The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-08
Capitulations Of Modern History.

The Nepen W,ener zag56aa, under the
above heading, Gives the following interest.
ing details;
The captuhton Of Sedan Of the "a
inst. Is a singularIy remarkab event. mas
much as siuce hing Francis /. of France.
no monarch has ever been taken prisoner
upon the Immediate Geld of battle On the
other hand, purely ID Itary catastrophcs of
this kind have occurred several times dur
Ing the past two centuries we think that
by giving the principal details Of these &C.
rurrences 40 our readers W. shall enable
them to compare past events with those Of
The last few days. The principal oatastro-
plies are AZ follows
1900. ClpItuiauon at Narwa A Russian
army Of 10000 men surrendered
70 Charles Nj. Of Sweden.
"l199. Capi,ulaJiOn at Pultawa On Tie
day after the battle Of Putawa the
remains "a the Swedish army sur
rendered 10 Peter the Great II Rus,
sin.
"17l3. CaPitulatiOn Of Tonnng, IN
SchleswiE. A Swedish army under
General Steeubock, surrendered To
the allied RUSSIA and Danish ar.
mics.
''1756. Capitulation Of Pirna. The Saxon
army, finding itself hcmmed ID On
all sides, surrendered TO Frederick
the Great Of Prussia.
"17j7. Captulauon Of klostcr Seven.
The Duke o. UumuerIand, WIN
10000 English troops, copclu.
ded a capltulation with the French,
III consequence Of which the Eng
lsh troops quilted Germany.
"1760. Capitulation Of Maren. A Prus-
san division Of 1000 men, under
General Won Fink, surrendered 10
the Austrians. THg cavalry cut
their way through
"17ol. Capltulauon Ut Yorktown. An
English army Of 5000 men, under
Lord CORVALLIS, laid down their
arms before the North American
General Washington.
1895. Capitulation Of Ulm. The Aus
TRAN Field Marshal Mack surren-
dered, with 900 men u Ma
poleon l. The cavalry, command.
ed by the Grand Duke Ferdinand,
cut their way through the enemy.
"lS06. Capitulation Of Prcnzlau. The
Prussian General Prince Hohen-
henlohe surrendered himself and
$1,000 men, mostly cavalry, to tho
French Marshals Bertha and Mu-
rat.
"lS06. Capitulation Of Ratkau, near Luz
beck. The Prus-Ian General Blu
cher surrendered himself, with 10
600 men, subject to being allowed
to march OF with Donors Of war, but
without arEr. I'D Marshal Berna-
dotte.
"lo0S. Capitulation of Bayen. The
French General Dupont surrender
ed, with 10000 men, to the Span
ISL army, under General Palafox.
"lS0S. Capitulation Of Cintra. The French
Marshal JunOt, with more than 2O.-
600 men, surrendered to the Eng.
lish army under Sir Arthur Wei
lesley afterwards Duke Of Vel
lington.)
"lol3. Capitulation Of Kuhn. The French
General Vandamme surrendered.
with $4,000 men, to the Emperor
Of Russia aud the King Of Prussia.
The cavalry cut their way through
the enemy.
''lol9. Capitulation Of Villages. The Hun
garIan army, un6er General Cor
gey, 70, coo men strong, surren-
dered TO the Russians.
''lo65. Capitulation Of Virginia. General
Lee, with 80, 900 men surrendered
at AppomatOx Court House, south
Of Richmond, 10 tie Federal Gen.
eral Grant
1860. CapitulatIon Of South Carolina.
The Confederate General John
ston and Beaure gard, with ~, 900
men, surrendered 10 the Federal
General Sherman.
1880 Capltulation VI LangeDzala THE
HanOverian army Of $4,000 men
surrendered 10 tire Prussians under
General Nogel Won Falkensten.
@lsT0. CapItulation al Sedan The French
reserve army, composed Of 50. 600
men, under McAIahon, surrendered
to the allied German forces, com
handed By the King Of Prussia.
The Emperor Napoleon III. wa