Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-12-14
WAR CRIES.
Some of the Slogans Which Have Rallied
Men to Bloody battle.

WAR CRIES.
Some Of the Slogans Which Have Rallied
Men to Bloody Battle.
| Amid the smoke and din of modern
warfare, the sharp rattle of musketry
there is not the same occasion for the
war cry that there was in times gone
by when men fought hand to hand and
face to face. During the middle ages
the battle cry was generally an abbre-
Walton derived from the motto beneath
| the leaders heraldic shields. The
motto ''Dieu ct mon Droit''-''God and
my Right''-which now accompanies
the royal arms OF Great Britain, was
once a war cry and was used in En-
gland at least as early as the time of
Henry vi. 1t originated in saying of
Richard L.: mot I, but God and our
right, have vanquished France"
| These ancient battle cries, like the
war whoop of tho Indian of to-day,
served the double purpose of terrifying
the enemy and raising tho courage of
friendly forces and guiding them to the
point of danger. Every general or
noble had cry of his own, which
sometimes varied in different wars.
Pompey's legions shouted Hercules
Hercules the invincible;"
the Goths cried "Ambrodes!'' the Ger
mans Right and Lett" and the French
followers of the Bourbons "Notre
Dame!' Some of the slogans were very
long, such as that of the English at the
battle of Hastings, which was abbrevi-
ated, however. by the soldiers to the
homely phrase ''Get outp' an express
sion that meant the same and was more
pointed. The Normans, nevertheless,
, did not retire but took up permanent
quarters on the island; and they are
there yet.
The Irish war cry was not. as we
would suppose, est. Patrick!' but
"Aboo" which meant "Victoryr' The
Scotch cry from the earliest times was
''St Andrew" In "Marnion," before
the armies clashed together in deadly
conflict on Flodden Field, Sir Walter
Scott says:
Oh for one hour Of Wallace wight,
OF well-skilled Bruce, to rule the fight,
And cry: "St. Andrew and our right"
"Well-sl1illed Bruce" himself was an
arouser OF courage and daring. In the
'Lord of the Isles," Scott says:
1.-THE Bruce! The Brucel" to well-known CRY
His native rocks and woods reply.
The Erucel he Bruce' in th,t dread word
The knell of hundred deaths was heard
The same writer in his spirited ac-
count of medieval tournament in
"Ivanhoe' describes the combatants
shouting their battle cries in che fol-
lowing passagea:
'The tumult was presently increased
by the advance of the second rank on
either side, which, acting as reserve,
low rushed on to aid their companions
The followers of Brian de Bois-Guil-
bert shouted: 'Ha! Beauscant! Beau
scant! For the Temple-for the Tenn
pie" The opposite party shouted in an
Swer: 'Desdich oda! Desdichodap which
watchword they took from the motto
upon their leaders shield. X At
once this knight SCENE to throw aside
his apathy, when he discovered the
leader of his party so hard beset; for
setting spurs to his horse, which was
quite fresh, he came to h is assistance
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voice like trumpet call, 'Desdichado
the rescued I"
The national war cry of the English
was est George" although Edward
III. at Calais shouted EST, Edward and
St. George" and the bowmen sped
their arrows unerringly to the cry of
CHERRY EnglandH' The slogan of the
Lowland Scotch soldiers of later date
as they charged in battle was ''Scot-
land forever!" while the Welsh yelled
"Allelulia'' in their warfare against
the English.
Among Asiatic warriors the battle
cry still fourishes in all its ancient
vigor. The ''Hur Hur, Mahadeo!" of
the Mahrattas. the wild and warlike
noun taineers of Central India, has
been heard by the British troops and
their allies on many a hard-fought
field in the east; and the Mohammedan
"Allah II Allah!' is another popular
cry that drives Oriental fanatics wild.
At the present time the cheer among
the English is nearest expressed by
''h'ray!' In this country the shout is
broader, more like "hoo-raw!' During
the civil war what was known as the
rebel yell" was frequently heard and
may be regarded as the war cry of the
confederate armies. It is heard to-day
now and again at political and other
gatherings, when an enthusiastic
southerner gives vent to his emotion
in piercing "ki-yi." Anyone who has
ever heard this yell can easily imagine
that it would at least terrify an ene-
my in battle if it did not inspire COM
rade with new courage.
Americans witnessing country
dance in the rural parts of Scotland, or
at Scottish gatherings in this country
and Canada. have often been amused
on hearing the cry of "Hooch!' raised
at intervals in the dance, as an express
sion of JOY. It is doubtless survival
of a war cry and is closely related to
the 'Hock' of the Germans.-Kate
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