The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-08

nemOry-Wlth Gettysburg hhn ANU.
am In the American civil war Win
/ gonlggraiz. IN the Auatfo-Prus5AR
var: with Sedan and Metz, IN the
franco German war AZ Jena, IN
1906. the Prusslan .os vas 2l.ooo out
III a total Of 10000 and the French
/ 10, 900 out Of q total Of solooe-ihat -
o say. 10000 casualties oui Of 1915 600
ingagcd or. roughly speaking. one ~
I've. Al Eylau. In 1907. lhe Russians
lost $1,000 men out OF 1900.
he French 10000 out Of 5000 that
g. for both sides. the appalling proper
Ion Of enc IN thref' Al Warram In
1909. the Austrian loss was $1,000 out
II 100000. the French 1900 oui Of The
nme number Al Aspem. where Ma
loleon suffered bis hrSt defeat on May
n and %. 1909. The carnage vas silll
,roaior. Tor the French lost 5000 men
lut Of 1900 oae-hali their lumber
md the Ausirlans 2Qooo ont Of 10000
But even this awful huichtfy pslts be-
'ore that Of nofollno IN lhe NoscoV
ampaIgn. Tor on that Geld the Frehch
IN 5000 dead and wounded out Of
$4,000 engaged. ald tho Russians &C.,
300 out % che same number % 900
men slain or muiilaiei out u 2gf .O00i
Now the only battle 10 iho latter half
u the nineteenth century which can
compare with noroilno On Slaughter O.
hat Of kon|ggfir or saioun. IN iS6c.
which ended the Aur,ro-russlan war
lut Of 10000 men engaged 5o.ooo were
killed or wounded 10000 Ausirlans
and i0.ooo Prusslans-orc IN sishf ouly
ia against one In three iiiy
most sangu.nary battle 10 he Amcrl-
an civil was was that o. Antic-
am creek. fought between Mcclellan
md Lee on September H. 1862. when.
liier repealed repulfes. the Federa.s
compelled the Conicderaies 10 re-
reat Out OF 100000 mea eng
.6iGs we're len ON lhe Geld the b IL
rial loss belng i2ifs. and that Of tlt'
'oniodeaios 1900. and thar. remem-
'er, was before ihe era ~ trcoch Load
n 40 Gettysburg the combined
osses were ii.0oo bui the number Of
nen engaged was nearly double. ana
be proportion. Therefore. vas MOI quite
o great al 40 Aniic,am. Take. AGAIN.
eirzig and Waterloo. and contrast
hem with saioWa end Sedan. Al
-cipllg the French lost 5000 men out
{ 10000. and The Allies 1900 out Of
,N.oo0-lo2.ooo out % a total OF sts %
DO more than double the ratio OF
adowa Then at Waterloo 90 lor--'A.
I TIE ALLIES amounted % 1856 ou, OF
i.ooo. and those o. the French 10 nm
ard o12Q.ooo out Of 51ool-ln other
ords, one man out o. every three
iat fought that Day vas either Killed
wounded. Nov. a. sedan. under the
Fiul crushing Gre Of TIE German runs
.e French Loot 5000 oui Of 10000
fore they surrendered Oar smaller
.opouiou than a. Waterloo. while TIA
.Imana stated their losses a. aose
iled and $500 Wounded. on, of 20 !
p brought into action. These hr,s
10 hgurei seem 70 o. 20 Prove CON.
lsively that war Is no longer 40
arderous az Il Waa The alteration
tactics and IN the formation m
pops attacking has counteracted the
per'or precision and rangs Of modern
earns The she'll. though lis moral
ee' i' sreai'r. is DOT 20 destructive
the round shot. grape and eanls,e,
the old DAYS playing upon iroon,
'anelng IN line or column Tbs
'gahlne rife. incidentally superior !,
'lIaey and penetrating power 10 the
Brown bes1 r. no, 70 deadly !, h.
ecti for. when Il falls 10 Nm on,
nv NE wounds I, ihalcls Win n,
y ptolec'lle are 20, nearly 50 uslv
GRIPPING a. those Of m. IA
'erical bullet. which sma,h,s -.
other glanced Oh.