Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-20
lFrom the Concord. On. H. Statesman.l
Great and Decisive Battles.

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Marathon, October 29th, 400 B. c., be-
tween the Athenians q ,000I under Mil
tales, and the Persians $4,000 under
Xerxes. Athenian loss, 1872, Persian
loss 6,400. Persians defeated.
Syracuse, September, Alb B. C., be-
tween the Athenians and Syracusans.--
Athenian army victorious at first, but af-
terward nearly all perished.
Cheronea, August, 33S B. c., betv cen
the Macedonians on one side and the
Athenians, Thebans and Corinthians on
the other. Macedonians victorious.
81 Arbela, October I'd, 331 B. c., between
the forces of Alexander the Great and
those of Darius. Alexander victorious.
Canine, PIG B. c., between the Romans
and the Carthaginians, the latter victo-
rious. Roman loss, $4,000, Carthaginian
loss, 5000.
Metaurus, 207 B. c., between Cartha-
ginians and Romans. Carthaginians de-
feated.
Teutoburg, September, 8, 10 and II,
9 B. C., between the Germans and the
Romans. The whole Roman army des.
troyed.
Catalonian Fields, 451 A. D., 100000
Huns under Attila defeated by 100000
Romans and Goths under Actius.
Tours, July 22d, 732. The Saracens
defeated by the Franks.
Hastings, October "A, 1866, between
the Normans under William and the
English under Harold. The Normans
victorious.
Orleans, May s, 1929, between the
French under Joan of Arc and the Eng.
lish under the Earl of Salisbury. The
French victorious.
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, which
was intended for the subjugation of Eng
land August, 1888.
Blenheim, August Is, 1904, between
the English, Dutch and Austrians on
one side and French and Bavarians on
the other. Thelatter defeated. Loss of the
former, $4,000, loss of the latter, nearly
10000. The French and Baryarians
defeated.
Pultava, July 8, 1909, between the
Russians under Peter the Great and the
Swedes under Charles XII. Russians
victorious.
Saratoga, October 13, TIT, between
the British under Burgoyne and the
Americans under Gates. Burgoyne sur
rendered.
Valmy. September 20, 1892, between
the Austrians and Prussians on one side
and the French on the other. The French
victorious.
Leipsic, October, 14-19, 1913 between
100000 French under Napoleon and
nearly 100000 allies. The French de-
| feated. Loss of the allies, $4,000, loss
of the French, $4,000.
Waterloo, June Is, 1915, between the
French under Napoleon and the allies
under Wellington. The French defeat.
ed. Loss of the allies, $4,000, loss Of
the French, $4,000.
Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 8, 1863, be.
tween the United States forces under
Meade and the rebels under Lee. The
rebels defeated. National loss, 23,1S6
rebel loss, about 10000.
Sadowa, July 8, 1856, between the
Prussians and the Austrians. The latter
defeated.
| Sedan, September, 1, 1870, between
the French and the Germans, The
French Emperor and $4,000 men sur
rendered.
| There have been many battles, indie
cisive in themselves, which from on,
cause or another have become quite a,
famous as many of those mentioned
above. Historians are not exactly agreed
as to which have been the decisive bat
ties of the world. Prof. Greasy made
them ont to have been fifteen in numbe
as follows:
| Marathon, Syracuse, Arbela, Metau
rus, Teutoburg, Catalonian Fields Co
Chalons,) Tours, Hastings, Orleans, De
feat of Armada, Blenheim, Pultava, Sa
ratoga,' Valmy and Waterloo. But sine
he wrote, the battles of Gettysburg, sa
dowa and Sedan have been fought.