Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-30
FATHER OF MODERN WARFARE
The Champion Of German Protestants.
An Orator aud a Poct-A Patriot
as well ~ warrIor-By Col.
onei Theodore A. Dodge.
lconrrlrht. 1saa. Nv N. A. nadeel


The weapons of olden times were
bows aud arrows, slings, iavclius,
pixies and swords. For segcs thcre
were powerful machines called cnta.
pulls aud bullistas, which hurled enor.
mOus stones or heavy pixies many hun
drcd feet and there We're rams 20
batter down wills; but tn battle thu
smaller weapons alone were employed
Only infantry Wpg cavalry were used
whose weapons were for close worl,
or carried but u -b1rt distance. Those
which carried further Ike arrows aud
sltnr-stOncs. were Tended on by good
armOr. Caesar mentions centurion
who showed him two hundred aud
thirty arrow holes Ia his shield, an IT,
ocived In on, engagement aud yet hv
was not seriously hurt
Battles were decided by hand-to.
hand lighting with pike Or sword.
Tho yictos did not usually suffer
great loss; The yauquishvd were pun
sued and cut 60 pieces
tnmpagucs Wcrv generally conducted
In summer when there was mo- forage
for the horses. and the men carried
rUuOus for two or three weeks The
weapons were easily made and Wpair-
cd 10y the men: on they picked up 9th.
crs on the field. a regulation pattern
was not imperative.
hut after gunpuwdcr was invented.
artillery came into use, anu there had
| 20 Doe great dcpots or furirpsses for
strong cannon firearms aud ammuui-
tiUn. the men slDt away their powder
aud ball, and a broken gun WIS not
easily mcudcd.
In addition 20 the artillery. there
I bad to Dee long trains Of ammunition
with the army aud further supplies
Were brought by conveys from the for
tro-scs. ID the enemy should capture
your fortress or n supply train, % was
as disastrous az a defeat Armies Ov.
came nervous about their bnsr ~ sup
plies. and Instead oi hcing uimbc and
independent as of odd, were mdchound
boy fear Tor their ratious aud material
ot war. Such were the conditions
about the time of The Reformation, when
the Protestant countries were lighting
for existence against the Catholic pow
ers.
GUSTAYUS As A ROY
Gnstnvus Adolphus. son Of Charles
IN of Sweden, was born Iu these
troublous days lie was a lad of great
personal beauty and strength. and
clever at his studies Earnest und
brave, he was champion OF all that Was
pure aud honest. lie was quick tenn.
pcrcd. aud blow followed "a word, but
hc later acquired ~ singular seli.cuutrol
lie was persuasive us u speaker and
many of his religious poems ARE sung
in Sweden today. lie was famous az %
rider and "a swordsman. GusluyuA wcat
| through every step of military rank, aud
! Boo lGii, lt the age OF ~, bore dis
| tingushcd part in q wHr with Denmark,
aud succeeded ca the throne. lie rrigncd
/ for twonty-onc years, and he and his
people we're ana unit
WHAT HE LEARNED FIGHTING
POLAND
sweden was at war with Russia. 20
land aud Denmark. buttuvus con.
uurrrd "a pence with Denmark and Rus
su after several years hghung
The war with Poland lasted till 1929
SiWsmuud. king Of Poland, was Il Cath.
Ollie; Guslnyus was the most prominent
Protestant prince in Europe aud Go him
the hurasspd German Professionals ap-
pcalod for help
Little Sweden could DO nothing with.
ont preparation. but tiusiuyus fOrc.a W
That hu must bye aud bye take up The
championship of the Reformation, lie
rrorgluized his army and GRATED tho
first distinctly national force, while
other nations recruited mcrccuuries.
During the Polish war Hustayus
proved the solidIty of his army; hv con
ccivcd new ideas respecting military con
duct uun developed his own individual
sklfully conducted. Gusinyus was nj
ways the one 20 attack, aud was almost
always successful lie was fun Of ia
tclligcnce, activity aud courage, was
personally us bold as Alexander, and was
frequently wounded No modern soldier
Is so like the ancient heroes
lie always lrd hs men into battle: mo-
protests from his mulstrls on Htau could
restrain him II was his example which
made the Swodes lgbt No s,nuncnly lu
TIE midst Of danger De- was az cool ns
In the palace no Stockholm. lie could
control the entire army while charging
nl thu head of his cavalry.
HE FIGHTS FOR THE GERMAN
PROTESTANTS.
The great Imperial General Wallen-
stein had been very successful against
the prOtestauts in Germany.
Tie Polish war ended, GuHtnyus took
up the cause of fhesp German PrOtes-
tants, aud landed AN army Ia Germany
in 1870.
lie rs less noted for his battles chan
for the conduct uf three years cam
uuiFu am over Germany on one broad
intelligent. farseeug plan, from which
he never sworYed
This was am entire novelty IN the war
of that day. no one since Caesar had
conducted "a crisply strategic series Of
y
operation. An army was marched into
a province. not hecause 20 was araic-
Mcally important but because Il was
rich IN plumber Temporary cXp-dioncy
was alone consulted. A fortress would
H. besieged without amy reference 90
its Possession having any ultimate value.
The base or cOmmuicat tons OF an army
were la1ly guarded. There was mo- sys-
tenn or fOrefhOught: but war was afro
Ciously cruel Religious funnticlsm was
rampant. l1vcry leading general had
some glazing vice. Armies were reward
ed by turning cities over 10 them 90 plum
der Murder arson, rnpine marched
with every column. An army left
bowling waste Of desolaion behind D.
i, was Gustoyus who pot am end 20 ali
this.
Wallensiein had been superseded by
lilly an able. noted general u was he
WHO FIRST opposed Gusinyus.
The king, by clever uanoeuyers and
good fighting. drove him ont OF Northern
Germany, and finally defeated him at
Breitenfed, near i.eipslg.
Illlys soldiers were drawn az ln
dense, unweldy mass which was in-
tended 10 crush rs opponent ~ mere
weight, Ike the Green ptaauA. Gus
tayus made his lines much mora slender.
hnt his men We're better disciplined, and
he had made improvements which en-
ahled both his artillery ana infunfry %
he much more rapidly ihan the eaemy.
iilsiayus had been slow compared 70