The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-11
PHANTOM ARMIES


A folio of Apparitions and W,
served In the British Museum ol1e's, Pc
at Durham. on the 27th Of Se1,o.-I5ils ,aeIils tbs,
when the evening sky was seo.-oeF' log.
oi stars, strange and prodigious =, @nd il.l
over Its northW estern Quarter. AZ : 81, sFrsat
Itself was shining; then csr.s lie sus
which turned to armed men rarL.l S'Issusrs
back. j. Z Edmondson, the ~ W. ~ norss.
Broadsheet adds 1T was tbo,-, o. tie
would see the apparition better j. 81 e. 'ley
because 1t appeared great wav no,.s ,,.'s-'...a11,
same, he continues gravelv. .sv.--'Ii d!
latter end of March, 1904 y AMI I'a - 70 lie
OF Hochstadt followed it. This mn. mn O'as
to the second battle fought there ,lS' ,,L., lee.
call Bienheim, when Marshal T.Tr-l55a T-.5a Es
defeated and taken prisoner by Nal 'a
But this wonderful light which ,,oo'.-3st .n.I..3t
armed men at Durham was on,Sl-'.- 3
marvel at Churchill. Oxfordsbira a- Q!
the same collection) we find that ~ -',S.' I 70
/ OF January, l705, four suns were 81 - :. s@
/ IN the AIR at once-''sent for signs mt ,,..'
kind" adds the publisher, Mr, Tr-E.--'s IT,, III
ST. Christopher's Court, "and bsri,s d
/ Specifications of the Lord, ike tie - ls'
/ ing unto his servant Daniel" l
! In l744. a man named D. St,i.L..
/ servant to Mr.. Lancaster, of BlaksF;T' '-s,
/ one evening about seven O'Clock ,.,
horse riding leisurely along Scu,sr FL
/ Cumberland. They were in close rsrt. 4
ere long quickened their pace. As,l;g.''' 90
had been sharply ricicuIed as the -. .'-
| beholder of spectre horsemaD in ST.!
/ place in the preceding year. he wateFal,-+
strange troopers for some time ere Es --'
moned his master from the house IN l.. sun
But here Stricket spoke of what Vas ., So. ~.
seen. MIR. Lancaster discovered tIs -, ~
troopers" whose appearance was as pr..-is
visible to him as TO his servant. ..7Iassr!
ionary hOrsemen seemed 20 come f,,r ",
lowest part Of Souter Fell. aud bscsrs -.'
BILE at a place named Kuott: they nv :.
successive troops (or squadrous) aorg +.
side OF the Fell TIL they came opposite +,
Blakehills. where they went over he NAM.
tain" They were two hours 10 sfgft. .rl
"this phenomenon was seen BY ereTv ra,.-,
(twenty six in number in every c.,,,--
within the distance IF mile" ," accs-i.r- s.
the statement attested before msgis,r,..
by Lancaster and Stricket, Oh the o., J-rr
1745.
During the middle of the last cs-,r-y
toll>keeper in Perthshire affirmed IN ~,
before certain justices Of the peace that
entire regiment passed through lis t1l -,.
at midnight; but as no force had lsi, 5rv
town in the neighborhOCd. or arrived sts sr-
other, or in fact were ever seen slvEfgs
but at his particular turnpike, the Ebs
story was treated as a delusion, though tr-
Highlanders sought in some way - c5-rse
the vision with the unquiet spirits Of tt5s
who fought at Cul!oden, for there. the vsz,
antry aver, that in the soft twilight II .s
summer evening, solitary wayfayeIs, VIE.
passing near the burial mounds. have su.
denly found themselves amid The smyEs All
hurly-buriy Of a battle, and could recr.rz.
the various clans engaged by their ia-iss
and badges. On these occasions certain
Laird of Culduthil was always seen amid tls
fray on a white horse, and the people beis7s
that once again great battle will be iIgti
there by the clans; but with whom, OF sbgl.
what, no seer has ventured to predict
SnadOwy figures of armed men were SET
in Stockton Forest, Yorkshire, prior to tie
war with France. as the Leeds Mercury al
local prints record; and 50 lately IS 1872
much curiosity and no small rdicuIs were
excited by the alleged appearance Of Pha--
tom army in the vicinity Of harG~WlTklg,
prosaic Leeds, and all the newspapers a-j
magazines of the time show how much ila
story amused the sksptical and OccuP5iLs
attention CT the scientific.