The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-31
1912 and 1851.

| the war now raging IN this country is con
dnc'ed i2 appalling, il We compare it with
! hose that have preceded 1t The war Of
| the Revolution was relatively mere sue
cession of skirmishes The war of 1912
measured both as regards numbers and
The field Of operations, shrjnks into con
tenptible lnsignificauce beside the oigau-
tic operations that are going on AT the
present Eo1r. If we look back a. the his
tory, more especially of the last war with
gland, and compare lis leading Incl
dents with those Of the conflict now rag
lng, we shall find that it hardly rises to
| he dignity of 2 modern Reconnaissance -
The battles dwiHdle down into the vetiest
enleutetS; the casualties are fe aud the
| number Of prisoners taken in victorious
engagements counted rather by hundreds
than thousands.
We cite a te~ incidents from the war
OF l. i to show what petty affairs rela.-
lrrIy were some of the most brilliant VIC
tories, achieved hy our arms
j he fist "hattIe" of anv Importance
w~s that Of Brownsrown, near Detroit
fought August 9th 1872 Our force was
only 600. lhat Of the British and Indians
combined, $50. Our loss WAS IS killed
and G3 wounded that Of the enemy 100
Gen. HuIi's army" which disgracetuIy
>u1rendere,i at Detroit six d1trs after. only
nnr he!ed t,ceniy fire hundrca men while
.hlt of the rueruN consisted of only 100
Eng,l>h anA coo indians No w"nuet
Ten l} Q, k who commanded the latter.
wrote 10 sir Gee. Provost Wher de.
IA my good frrrune Your Exec leury
aI:I be surprised.
\ the h,tt'e of 9 leenStown, two col
nuns # thee hultired men each did
h"u All the fighting OH oar side. Gen.
Van Rensselaer, in his report SAYS: Que
t.'iId part Of the men IDLE might have say
~da.l, As it was some looked on, while
others fled into The woods, leaving thei
brethren 10 their fate"
A the Seige OF Fort Erie, the English
threw 1000 el,hot SHOT without hurt,
lng q man Our loss was 4 killed and
seven ~ounded
Bricadier Gen. Smith Abandoned his
favorite project of invading Canada West
because, although lie had been preparing
the greater part of the Summer, and had
ener@etica!ly drummed up volunteers, lie
had succeeded in collecting only 500
men-and he did not think the expedition
would be successful unless he had 1850
more.
At the battle OF York our force vas l..
700 that OF the enemy 700 English and
100 Indians. Our loss was sos in killed
and wounded; that of the enemy 700 kill,
el 800 wounded 200 prisoners. This WAS
one OF tie most brilliant of cur victories,
vet ii is not to be compared with the bat~
tie of Belmont or that of Balls BlGt1, eli
rhrr as regards The number engaged and
tile losses sustained.
At tie battle of Sacketl's Harbor, lie
enemN's los in killed and wounded was
1856; ours l54, Among the trophies Ia
ken by our troops were the British stand
Ard and mace. Over the latter hung a hu-
man scalp.
Com Perry's victory on Lake Erie was
esteemed a big thing" in its day; yet
his whole flee, consisted of only 81 guns
and two swivcls. Our loss in killed and
wounded was 1913: that of the enemy has
never been definitely known.
At the halIe of Chippewa our loss was
32S; that oflhe enemy 514. At the bat
lie of Fort Erie our loss was 81, that Of
the enemv 582
At tie battle Of Baltimore the enemy's
forces numbered from 1000 TO 5000;
ours was probably less than half that
nuinber. Our loss was about 170; that Of
he enemy some 100 in killed, wounded
and missing.
Even the battle of New Orleans looks
insignificant to eyes tha. have witnessed
reconnaissance on The Potomac 1G 00C
strong and review Of 70 900 troops. The
British force, including sailors aud ma
rneS was about 1900: that Of Gen.
jackson 600 on the left bank of the rv.
AMI about 800 distributed in positions
| harl by Oar los>s was seven killed and
-x wou~dad; that OF the enemy 100 kill
t.d and 400 wounded
II is safe to say that notwithstanding
he torpor OF "A larger share of our army,
AMI The tauuts that we have thus far been
"uaying at war" greater number OF
ives have been lost within the past five
months than during The entire War Of
1872 "-liLaay Ecening J"arnai.