The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-05-27

Tie general treaty OF peace OF Rys-
wick between England, Germany, hoi-
land and Spain on the one part, and
France on the other, was signed by the
ministers OF these Powers nt the palace
! OF RyswicE near the Hauge, IN Holland,
| Sep. 20, 1877. 1t concluded this last
wear. The even, IS commemoraied by a.
pyramidal monument al that place.
The great modern and expensive wa's
Of Great Britain have been as follows;
War of the Succession with France,
Spain, Sc, commenced l7o2, and closed
in March, l7l3, by the peace OF Utrecht
duration, eleven years. The most nm
portant s,ipula,ions in this treaty wer"
the security OF the protestant succession
in England, the disun,lng the French
and Spanish crowns and the enlargement
Of the British colonies IN America.
War with Spain, Dvocmber, IT'S, to
the peace Of 1871 duration otwar, over
: two years.
War with Spain, Oetober, 1859, TO the
peace OF Alx-Ia- -Chapelle, April ~, l74s'
duration Of war, eight years nnd s'A
months.
=. The Seven Years War with France
i from Jane 3, 1856, TO the peace OF Pans
Feb. 10, 1868. By this war Great Brit
) ain acquired Canada and other French
= colonies.
t War with Spain, January 1852, closed
: by the generaI peace OF feofna.y ~
: 1863.
: War with the United States, 'ron
e April, l775, to the peace ot pans, No
vember 80 l7S2. Duration oi war
nearly eight years.
If War with France February 5, l71-
IA Peace Q. PARIS, January %, 1873. Dn
ration oi war, about five years
/ War with Spain, April II, 1888. bo
g ration OF war, about five years.
'e War with France, during the f'renc
s. Revolution from February !, l793, to III
CT peace oi Amlcns, March p, lso2' ~
VI Duratlon 81 war, nlne years,
oil War with France, and her allies, IN
u der Napoleon Buuaparte, from lSo3,
H. the Treaty OF Paris, 1914, eleven year
~ War against Napoleon. on his retul
&c from Eloa, in March, lei3, finally clos
IL by the battle OF Waterloo. June i, i~l
Ie War with the United States from Jm
~ IS, 1912, 10 The peace oi GHent, Deeet
'a Der p, l-li. Duration 81 war, "
eo years and SIX months,
.fY In the war agains Napoleon, the gre
u Powers ol Europe Ieagaed sometlu
~ with, and sometimes against tsfeat bf
~ ain. Russia leagucd with France Z
at IN L
ilso7, agalas, Great Britain, but
'. league only lasted about live years, a
~ there was no conflict between the arn
EN- of Enolana and Russia. They becal
- alhes again Ill ISL.
''1 Eariand spent sixiV-hve years IN
'ila and slxty.two years IN peace, previous
; ;. !" the close OF the war with France IN IL
ia since then the general peace has las
~ thirty -nlnt years, nearly. In the wa
1868, England spent thlriy- SIX nun
hu. sterling ia Inc war ol the Spanish
cession, sixtv-tevo millions III the Sp
can- ism war, .iity-tour millions . III tn So
wears war, uue hundred and twelve |
airs. hons. IA tie American Revolution
war one hundred aua thirty SIX nliil,
eas. IN the war vi tfie i'ii1a
tour hundred and sixty-tour tnlhoas,
IN the war against Napoleon, one Il
YOU sand one hundred and filty-nlne n!llt
thus proving total expenditure Tor
well IN one hundred and twenty seven &c
(lrom the English revolution III los,
ll,tle the downfall of Napoleon IN lSlo,
two thousand and twenty three NIL
ones pound sterling NJ. de Pralt est'T
the loss Of life by tn. French force
the SIX campaign. Of tine Peninsula
n out (Spain and PortagaD at SIX hun
l.np- thousand men. The loss suslane,
be a, the spanards and thelr allies probat
tre.n great, making the total destructlo
human beings IA the pentnsular