St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-11-21

4 TIL. BATTLE OF AsC CAL0N,
in theyesr 1892. between Richard the
! First England. and the Sultan Saladin,
] Who dlapsanded 800, 900 Saracens in. the
] battlel rs sno,her. great and terrible
sshpgter.- Over 40, 900 Saracens were
flef Cad on tnHSrh. The number oi
sSon&d. tbousan vhom naust have
died q sheir ws0fd1 xas; .isnmensels
! gTsa ae English losswas ineonaider4
| TuE BATTLE OF BANNoCKBCRN,
! which was fought between the Scotch and
English. resulted in the defeat of the
English Bruce had 10000 Scots and
Edward 1000 English IN this battle
! Upward of 10. 200 English were killed and
wounded. June 25, 1914.
THE BATTLE or cREssY, or cREcY.
This blood, battle wrs fought on the 26,h,
Of August. 4. D. 1916, Lctween Edward
Ill of Eng and aud his son Edward, cal
led on account of his black armor, the
Black Pnnce, and Philip. King of
France. The English gained what the
historian calls 1.-The most glorious triumph
ever achiesed by English arms" Aud
in proof oft, states that the King Of Ma
jorca. Duke of Bcheu,is, Duke of Lor-
raine Gall sovereign Princcs), a large
number Of French mobiles, aud 80. 900
privatss Of the French we're slain. while
the loss on the English side Was but trif-
ling.
The crcs; Of the Kin: of Bohemia, three
ostrich feathers. plume of feathers being
the ornament Of the helmet of heraldry
was taken. with the n,otto-.'Ich Diem"
in English. II scrve.' was considered q
splendid trophy. This has ever since
been adopted by heirs to the British
Crown. The Prince of Wales, always The
heir apparent, has the feathers. The
slaughtered thousands were rs nothing
compared to the plume of feathers. Such
is war and glory:
THE BATTLE OF Aa1scoURr.
This battle Was Tough: between the
English under Henry the Fifth and the
French, Oct %, 14l5. The English loss
in this battle did not exceed 100, while
the Essnch had 10, GOO killed and 14,OOO
prisoners taken. Such a tremendous
slaughter of the one army while the other
escaped with comparatively none would.
stagse the belief Of tbs most credulous
u'indswcre it not well authenticated BY
Impartial history.
TIT BATTLE OF posvoRrH FIELD
Thee had been no less than thirteen
battles Ought between the rival houses
Of Yor aud Lancaster, called the "Wars
of the loses" in England: but the battle
Of Bosprth Field decided the wars of
the ros - forever. King Richard the
Third urayed his forces agains. those un-
der the Earl Of Richmond, afterward
King ltnry the Seventh. In this battle
the pr'd aud the chivalry-the bone and
the sinex, the very noLlest of England's
sous. we're arrayed in deadly hate anu
strife aainst each other.
Bos~,rth Field was bloody ore. on
August p. in the year 1868 For the
thirteenyears preceding. blood and liic
and trea nre were expended for this suprc-
macy. Richard was slain on the battle
field, wlfre. when his horse was shot he
called fo another. saying. "A kingdom
for hore." But bis doom was sealed.
and his lie and kingdom ended on Bos-
worth Field. The carnage on both sides
was innrnse. and this. the last battle of
the white aud red roses" will ever BE-
regarded as ! bloody act iu bloody dra-
ma.
THE BATTLE OF AspERSS.