, 1862-04-17

- ,asass Famous Battles. ~ ~
A New Yofk paper gives The following bi3
account Of the most iatlous battles of ahcieii I'D
modern tines: 49,
The Battle of ASkalon, ii lie sear iig1. b.
TIVE Richard The First. and the Sultan SaIsdIn.
who Commanded 100000 Saraecns. vna one al
great and terrible slaughter. Over 10000 4ar1.
Gems were len dead on de ted Ne ouIdhefO
wounded, thousands Of whom died q tltif Wounds
,;s,aS %Ss S%'n''y 2 great Ths Ersss l1 - co.
e In the Batile Of Rannockbnrn, which wrlflurt
between the Scotch and English, Bruce bad 81 ,00J
Scots and Edward 100 600 English. UpN1rd-d
$4,000 English were killed ard wounded, d1ns
25ib; l4l4, AL .tsif n .s,.,,5f = - f6yi-,
Tie bloody battle q Crcssy,,or Crecy. ~
fought on the 25th o. August, 1876, belwork
Edward Ill o. England, his son EdEiid, tcalsf
on account Of his black afmor, The Blaek Pruuol
and Philip. King Of France The Enolilh glin1a
what the historian calls = the most glorious III
umph ever achieved By English arms y, AID, b
proof Of Il, states that the King of Malbfch Duh
Of Bohemia, Duke sof' Lorraine, (all sotoIeisA
princess "a large number Of French nobles ed
10000 privates Of the French were slain, while
the loss on the English side Rs tr.hing. Thecluk
Of the King Of Bohemiah. three ostrich llhfheit
being the ornament Of the helmet Of heitldi5 ms
taken, With the motto . 1ch DIEM In Enelh II
serve was considered q splendid trophy, Tbs
has ever since been adcpted BY heirs 10 tho Brlilh
crown. The Prince Il wales, always ths bit
apparent, has Che feathers The slaughtered th6d.
sands were as nothing cOmiafe1 20 de piumeg
feathers. Such is war and gloCy lssas ssss1e,
The battle q AgincOdrt xls fought between
the English Under Henry the FiIth and the French,
Oct. 18th, l4l6. The English lbs q this BATH
did not exceed lOO while the Fruneh had 10000
killed and $4,000 pfis0nen taken. Such ! iI.,
meldous slaughter Of the one army while he oiher
esta I'd with comparatively none, Apuld slnqT1E
the belief Of the most cfeddlous minds were Dot
well authenticated By impartial hisioTys l.l-ca
Il There have been 10 lrss than thirteen hatllu
fought between the rival kouSasof York and Ian
caster, called the wars OF the rods" ID Engands
but the battle Of BosWorth Field deeided Ile vars
Of the roses forever. King Richard the Ilild
arrayed his forces against lRote under is Earl of
Richmond, aterNard King Henry The seyeuth.
In Ii battle the pride and the chivnlry. The bonB
and the sihek, tIe very nobIlst 81 Enaiailds so6l
were arrayed In deadly hate and strife against tch
Other. BoswOrth Field was bloody one % Aus
22d, In the year 1913. For the Thirteen Yenp
preceding. blood aad LIE and treasure weIl e<-
pended l6r this supremacy Richard Wa aalu on
Tie battlefield, where, when his horse uia shoI =
called for another siying, a kingdom Iuf hol.eh
Bat bis doom was said, and rs IIe end l|prI1|1
ended on BoswOrth Field llhe carnage On tolh
sides was immense, and this last battle q ~
white and red roses viii ever be regard q -
bloody act IN bloody drama. y. -,
lhe battle o. Salamanca, between tle Blilil1
and Allies under Lard W Wellingfoh, and In HruncA,
under Lord Marmont took place On fhe 22d 4
July, 1912. The battle was won BY wellington.
although the Allies suffered severely Tie n ~,
wounded and missing being nearly 5000 While
that Of the FIench In killed and wounded Nul
sOO0 Marmont leit in the yietof hapds Illl
PrsoneIs II Pleces q cannon sl1 slesa q eoel
an Nv two aye. . J. ~. -. 81,