The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-02-15
Great Battles of Ancient and Modern Times.

In the Scriptures there is battle spoken of
which must have been an extraordinary and
tremendous passage at arms, in the shape OF
swinging swords and battleaxes, of thrusting
spears and shooting darts. 1t was fought on
Mt. Ephraim between AbUah, with 400,0O0
valiant men of war, Jeroboam, win SOo,OOO
chosen men, the latter being defeated with a
loss OF 100000 slain. At the seige of Jecusa-
lem by Titus, 1,00O,09S men, women and chill
dren perished, besides several hundred thou
sand who sought shelter in the mountains to
escape the Roman army, who also perished.-
1t is also written that Cesar once @slew AGO.
600 Germans" and the consequence was a
fuctuation in the price Of Sour krout. Z
At the battle OF Pharsalia between. Caesar
and Pompey, the latter was defeated. with a
loss of $4,000. , 60 8e.4Gar-,lls 30 D 49,
A great many battles are spoken of in an
cient history, the loss therein being from 100,
to 100000, which, if some folks will read thew
will find out that large armies and bloody bat
ties are not entirely. of recent origin. The
Persian General Xerxes brought with him to
the conquest of Greece 100000 warriors, SER
wants, and hangers-on.'
At the battle OF Fontenoy, in Europe which
if mistake not, occurred in 1745, 100000 men
are said to have fallen. The French beat the
Austrians and Russians at Austerlitz-the
combined loss being over 10000. The most
ucoIluOufC pdtUiO Va AuOuClu IlllieS Was IOuO0t
during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1912
at Borodino. French loss 4S,0O0; Russian ST.
900; total 100000. The gates of Moscow turn
ed back on their hinges, and the Eagles of
France rested on the Kremlin, By some
means the Russians set fire to the CITY and
burned it to the ground .I. I'm "A II u :
The retreat of Napoleon from the SHOWS and
ices of the North eliminated with the loss of
over 100000 OF his veteran Amy which, enter
ed the campaign 100000 strong One account
states 100000, of whom only $4,000 escaped
from the cold, bleak land ofthe Russians.
All Europe banded together to crush the
Corsican, and it was accomplished at Waterloo
but the fighting did not do it. British gold
corrupted Grouchy, and, in consequence OF his
services being lost with his 10000 men, the
French We're sent whizzing across the frontiers
of Belgium. .,.-.,...t,,. ~
The iirst considerable loss in the war of the
great rebellion was at Shiloh. Union loss 49,
29S-confederate loss near the same; total
about $1,000. @McCiellan's seven days battle
Is sos; total about 10000. Combined loss at
Murfresboro, $4,000 Union loss at Chicka-
manga, IL, S51-confederate 16,499; total 3d.
$50. Combined loss at CT a ice lorsyi lie. $1,000
Union loss at Gettysburg, a few hundred over
$4,000 loss not less than 27.O00-
rather over; total, $4,000. There was more
artillery used in this battle than ever recorded.
there being not less than 700 pieces In the
End corps there were GA pieces, and If as many
in the other corps, it would foot up ass, not
saying anything of large amount in the re-
serve artillery, and it is said every piece was
used at some time during the fight. 10 saiJi s.
In the Wilderness, May 9th and 9th, and
the fights on the 10th and 18th, Meade's army
lost $1,000 in pitched battle. 1t is said that
on the 10th was the heaviest DAYS fight dur
inc the war Generals Burnside Hancool,
Warren and Wright each had their entire
corps engaged. The carnage commenced at
early hour and kept up until night, leaving
1000 killed and 5000 wounded on the field
Total in seven days 10000 supposing the con-
federate loss to be the same as ours. ,e.s lETe.
More than 100000 have enlisted in the
war for the Union since the fall of Sumter till
the closing scenes Of the great conflict Lou
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