Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-05-16
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GREAT BATTLES IN EUROPE.

inehceu hoStltles anew have borne an lnpor-
tant part, will be read with interest. We copy
from the Boston Traveller =
AT Lodi in Lombardy, on the 10th of May,
1876, Napoleon gained decisive victory over
the Austrans, the most desperate contest hav-
ing been at a wooden bridge over the AIDA.
AT Arcole, little village of Northern Italy
on the 18th November 1896, Napoleon gained
a great victory over the Austrians, but with
terrible slaughter on both sides, the Austrians
having $4,000 and the French IL, 900 killed and
wounded.
On the banks of the Trebbia river, in Italy,
III miles from Genoa, the French army, under
Marshal Macdonald, ON the 18th of June, 1893,
fought an allied Austrian and Russian army, in
battle, which lasted three days, and in which
the French lost $4,000 men, and the allies an
equal number. 1t was in this vicinity that, 2lS
years before Christ Hannibal fought great
battle and defeated the Romans
In the plain of Marengo, at the foot Of the
Apprentices, IA miles from the strong Sandman
Notifications at Aessandria, in 1899, the
French, under Marshal Joubert, were defeated
by the combined Austrians and Russians I'M
der Suwarrow. Each army had upwards of
1000 killed and wounded, and several thousand
prisoners.
AT Engen, in Baden the French defeated an
Austrian army on the Sd Of May, 1900, the loss
in killed and wounded ON each side being set
down at 1000 men.
AT Hohenlinden, village in Upper Bavaria,
on the Sd December, 1900, a great battle was
fought between the French and Bavarians, UNI
der Moreau, and the Austrians, under the
ArchduEe John. The Austrians were defeat.
ed, with the loss of IA, 900 men. The French
loss was 5000.
AT the Austerliz, on the I'd December
1905, Napoleon gained a great victory over the
allied Austrian and Russian army The allies,
out of sc, 900 men, lost 10000 in killed, wound
ed and prisoners. The French lost I2,000
At Mazda, small town in Naples, on the
4th of July, 1909, was one of the most re-
markabe battles on record. small English
force under Sir L. Stuart, defeated great
superior French force. The French out of
1900 men engaged, had 700 killed, between
5000 and 1000 wounded, and 1000 prisoners
The British lost only A killed, and 2S4 wound
ed.
AT Jena, in Central Germany, in the Duchy
of SAKE Weimar on the 14th October, 1900,
the grand French army under Napoleon, total
ly defeated the Prussians, led by their king
and the Du Of Brunswick, the latter OF whom
was killed in the battle. The Russians lost
10000 men in killed and wounded, and nearly
as many prisoners. The French had 1000
killed and wounded.
February, 1907, the French gained victory
over the allied Russian and Prussian army,
but at a vast sacrifice of lire. The allies lost
$4,000 and the French 10000 men.
AT Friedland in Prussia the French again
defeated the allied Russians and Prussians on
the 10th June, 1907 The allies lost 1900
in killed and wounded the French 5000.
AT Wagram, village of Lower Austria, IL
miles from Vienna, Napoleon fought great
battle with the Austrians, on the 9th June,
1909 The armies lost each $4,000 men in
killed and wounded, but the French remained
masters of the field.
At Talavera, in Spain, on the 9th and 28th
July, 1909, the English and Spanish troops
under the Duke Of Wellington totally defeated
the French under Joseph Bonaparte and Mar
shalls Jourdon and Victor. The British and
Spanish lost 6,268 men, and the French 1886
killed and wounded.
AT Albuera, in Spain, on the 10th May, 1871,
the British and allies, under Gen. Berestord,
gained victory over the French under Mar
shall Soult. The French loss was 5000; that
of the allies nearly 1000, the British alone
having lost 1890 out of 800 men engaged.
When the muster of one British regiment was
called after the battle, only three privates and
one drummer answered to their names.
On the heights, four miles from Salamanca,
in Spain, the English and Spaniards under
Wellington, totally defeated the French under
Marmont, ON the 22d July, 1872 The allies
lost 5000 men, and the French 10000
AT the battle Of Smolenski, in Russia, in
1912, the French loss was 1900, and that of
the Russians 10000.
At Borodno, on the It'll September, was
fought desperate battle between the Russians
and French. The French lost, in killed,
wounded, and prisoners, $4,000, and the Rus
about tho Sauna urinhar Tho Survivorc
of the French army, from the Russian cam
paign, were not more than $4,000, out of an
army of 100000 men.
At Lutzen, in Russian Saxony, on the I'd
May, 1918, the allied Russian and Prussian
forces were defeated by the French under Ma
poleon, the French losing $4,000 and the allies
$4,000 men.
AT Bautzen, in Saxony, on the Dist and 22d
May, 1878, battle took place between the
allies and the French, in which the French loss
was put down at 5000, and that of the allies
$4,000.
At Dresden, in Saxony, on the 26th and
9th August 1915, the allies were defeated by
the French. The loss of the allies was about
$4,000 in killed, wounded, and prisoners, and
that of the French about $4,000.
AT Leipsic, in Saxony, in October, 1918,
desperate battle was fought, which lasted three
DAYS, and the French were totally defeated by
the allies. Napoleon lost two marshals, TWEEN
ty generals and about 10000 men. The allies
lost 1890 officers and about 10000 men.
In Vitoria, in Spain, on the 2lst June, 1873,
the English and French fought battle, in
which the French lost 1000, and the English
$3.50 men.
AT Toulouse, in France, Wellington defeat
ed the French under Soult, on the 10th April,
1914. French loss, 4700 allied army's loss,
1850 men.
At Paris the allies lost 9093 men, and the
French about $500.
At Lgny, in France, battle occurred be-
tween the Prussians and French, on the 10th
June, 1916. two days before the battle Of Wa
terloo, in which the Prussians lost l5,O00m
and the French $500.
In the indecisive battle at Quatre Bras, In
Belgium, on the 10th June, the day before that
of Waterloo, the allies lost 5000 men, and the
French ia
AT Waterloo, the total loss of the allies was
1886 men Napoleon's was about 10000.
Neither the Austrians nor the Prussians can
derive much encouragement from history TO
engage in war with France. The French
troops have only been matched in these wars
by the English, the Spaniards, and the Rus
slams, scarcely by the last named
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