, 1862-04-12
Ages Of military Commanders.


Phillip of Macedon ascended the throne at th
age of twenty-five, and soon distinguished him
self in his wars with the neghboring States
At the age of fOrty-fve he had conquered al
Greece. Er13
Alexander the great had defeated the celebra
ted Theban band at the battle of Cheronea, anc
gain ed military reputation atthe age of eighteen
He assembled the throne of his father, Phillip, be
fore twenty, and at twenty-five had reached the
zenith of his glory, having already conquered the
world He died before the age of thrty-twc.
Julius Caesar commanded the fleet sent to block,
ade Myty line, where he distinguished himself be-
fore the age of twenty-five.
Hannibal Joined the Carthigenian army in Spain
at twenty-five, and was made Commander-in- Chic
at twenty-six. Victorious in Spain and France
he crnssed the Alps and won the battle Of Gamma
before the age Of thirty-one Daf ',r = ia
.Scipio Afrcanus the elder1 at the age Of six
teen. distinguished himself at the battle of Ticn4
us at twenty was made edile and soon aftei
pro consul in Spain; at twenty-nine he won the
great battle at Zama, and closed his military ca
reer if9 .isl Nog.j D., o1n1r55 iIi,s
Scipio Africanus Qhe younger) also distp;
guished himself iniearly life; at the age Of thirty
six he had conquered the Carthigenian armies and
completed the destruction of Carthage. s- r9l
Ghenghis-Kahn succeeded to the dominion O.
his father at the age of thirteen, and almost i'm
mediately raised an army of thirty thousand men
with which he defeated numerous force of reb
els, who had thought to take advantage Of his ex-
treme youth to draw from his dominion. He soon
acquired military reputation by his numerous
conquests, and before the age of forty had made
himself emperor of Mogul. s9 y31 s0o4 q
Chsrlemagne was crowned King at twenty-six
conqured Aquitaine at twenty-eght, made himself
master OF. France and the greater part of Ger
many at twenty y-nine, placed on his brow the iron
crown Of Italy at thirty-two, and conqured Spair
at thirty-six.
Gonsalvo de Cordova, the Great Captain en-.
tered the army at ffteen and before the age o
seventeen acquired brilliant military reputation
and was knighted by the King himself on the fielC
of battle; at forty-one he was promoted over tht
heads Of the older veterans and made Command
erin Chief of the army in Italy.
Henry w., of France, was placed at the heaC
o. Huguenot army at the age of sixteen at nine
teen he became King of Navarro; at forty he hat
overthrowu all his enemies and placed himself OF
the throne of France.
Mentecuculi, at the age of thirty-one, with tw'
thousand horse attacked ten thousand Swede
and captured all their baggage and artillery
at thirty-two he had gained the great victory a
Triebel.
SAKE entered the army at twelve, and soon OBJ
tanned the command of a regiment of horse a
twenty-four ne became Marechal-de-Camp a
folty-four Marshal of France.
Vauban, the celebrated French Engineer, en-
tered the army of Conde as cadet at the age 0
seventeen at twenty was made Lieutenant ant
at the age of twenty-five he himself conducted
several successful sieges and had assisted at seve
raj Others.
Turenne entered the army at the age of four
teen. lie served one year as volunteer, fou
years as a Captain, four years as a Colonel, thre
years as a Major General, five years as Lieu
tenant General, and became Marshal of Franc
at thirty-two He had won all his military repu
tation by the age of forty.
Prince Maurice commanded an army at eight
cen, and acquired his military reputation in yer
early life.
The great Condo immortalized his name at tn
battle of Rocroi, in which, at the age of twenty
two, he defeated the Spaniards. He had won a
his great military fame before the age of twenty
FIVE
Prince Eugene, of Savoy, gained the battle c
Zena at thrty-four.
Petercthe Great, of Russia, organized larg
army at the age of twenty; at twenty-four h
fought the Turks and captured Asoph at twenty
eight he made war with Sweden; at thirty he er
tered Moscow in triumph, after the victory a
Embach and the capture of Noteburg and Ma
lenburg.
Charles the XII, of Sweden, completed his fir
successful campaign against Denmark at eigh
cen overthrew $4,000 Russians at Navarro
nineteen, and conqured Poland and Saxony
twenty four
Frederick the Great of Prussia, at the age
twenty eight, entered upon that career of glor
which has mmortalized his name. He establishe
his reputation in the first c;lssian war. which ;
,ar0,;na,ed at the aye of thirty. The second S
leslan war was terminated at thirty three; and
forty-three, with population OF five millions,
successfully opposed league of more than hu
dred millions Of people.
Prince Henry, CT Prussia, decided the victo
of the Prague at thirty-one De- cD--sasSII
Cortez effected the conquest of Mexico at thi
, ty-six. r oo
4 Pizarro completed the conquest of Peru
thirty-6se.
Lord Give reached the zenith of his militia
fame at thirty-6ve.
The great Napoleon was cOmmauder-in-Chi
at twenty-six. 'f l'n o-i'aaa o"i
/, 1Dessaix became General of Division at TIVE
t ty-six he died at thirty-two with reputati'
, second only to that of Napoleon.
, Soult became a General of Division at tweht
e nine.
E sgene BeauharnAis was one Of Napoleon
q ablest Generals Attwenty-eight he command
the army of Italy, and at thirty-one gsiped gre
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