The Holly chieftain., 1900-01-12
BATTLES OF HISTORY
WHICH MAKE THE PRESENT
ONES APPEAR TAME.
Lord Mothuen's Description of tire
Modder River Affair Ridiculous When
Compared with Real BattIes-some
Civil War Fatalities.


threw the English people into conster-
nation by describing IL as the bloodiest
battle Of the century. When the de-
tails were received it vas found that
the British loss was 70 killed. 372
wounded and II rlisssug-a total Of 452
in an army Of 1000 men. The Beers
suffered as much with a force OF II 600
in q defensive position so. all told. the
losses were less than 1000 men. This
loss makes the MOider river affair an
affair Of outpOsts compared to a real
battle Of this century. At New Or
leans where the Cyutend!ng forces were
less than those engaged in this African
encounter. 100 men we're killed and
wounded. Al Cold Harbor. Va, $500
federal troops we're killed and wound
ed IN al assault lasting twenty min
utcs upon the Confederate fortlfca-
t.OHs. A. SHotJsvlvania and the VIII
deruess. in Virginia. 57.335. At Gettys-
burg 55ls5 were killed and wounded.
At Stone River 35.ITs men were sacri-
feed. At Chtekamauga the sacrifice
Was as much as az Stone river. At
Pitts5u-E Landing Tenn. % 600 rep
reseuts the loss. A. Chauceliorsville
10000 at Autietam. -G.g1D Turning
10 the old world. We find bloody en-
counters that make the end Of the
century fighting very tame affairs. The
battle OF AlbGern. Spain was the most
terrible OF the peninsula war. 1t oc-
CURED on the lftE Js May. 1911, when
10000 French Under Soult advanced
on the heights held by the English and
Spanish under BeFesf0rd In the face
of heavy artillery the French succeed
cd In carrying the heights occupied by
the SPan,arts. Then the English at
tempted TO fO7ce them back. but were
several times repuIscd. The fusiliers.
however came 20 the rescue and won
the day FOR the allied armies In four
hours OF fighting 5000 men were
slain-sgJp OF the French and 1000 Of
the allies. The battle OF Aspern. May
20, 1903 took place at the village Of
that name on the Danube. Both the
Austrian and the French armies were
100000 strong The Austrians lost 81
officers and 1900 privates killed and
10000 wounded, while the French un-
der Napoleon suffered a loss of 80 900.
At Austsrlltz, Dec ., 1906. the
French had 10000 men in the plain.
while 10000 Russians and Austriaus
were strongly posted in the heights
The French gained the heights at ter
rible cost the Russians and Austrians
fleeing across a body Of frozen water.
The caunons were turned to play on
the ice with the result that thousands
were drowned in the lake The French
loss was y 900 and that OF the allies
was $1,000 Bauzcu, May 20 and q, ,
1913, was won by the French, who had
an army OF $50 900, against 80 600 Rus
sian and Prussian troops. Each side
lost 5000 men. At BOrodino. a vii
lage in Russia. Napoleon fought one
OF the bloodiest battles in his march to
Moscow, Sept :, 1872. The two op-
posing sides were nearly equally
strong the French having $4,000 and
$50 cannon, while the Russians num-
bered l32 900 and had $40 pieces of ar
tillery. The Russians had 10 900 men
killed and 10000 wounded. The French
lost 1900 killed and had IS 900
wounded total OF $4,000 casualties.
Dresden was the scene OF a frightful
battle, Aug. 26 and %. 1913 The
French lost 10000 men. while the al
lied armies sustained a loss of 30 900
killed. wounded and taken prisoners.
AT Eylau, in Prussia, Feb s. 1907, the
French had 50 900 troops and the Rus
SLAMS $1,000. The armies fought in an
Sold ~,
lery and rife fire was frightfully dis
astrous. The total loss was $4,000 men,
each side sustaining an equal loss. Oct.
16, II and IS. 1913. were terrible days
at Leipsig. The armies OF Napoleon
lost 10000 men and those of the al
lies 10000. The losses at the siege of
SebastopOl, although it lasted some
time. were terrible. The English lost
10000 men; the French 30 900; the
Turks, 1000; the Sardlnians, 900; the
Russians. 50. 0.OOO-a total of 133. 900. In
the battle OF Waterloo Napoleon lost
10000 and the allies 81 900 men. Grave
lotte, the decisive battle of the Franco
Prusslan war. resulted in a loss of 3O,-
900 men to the French and 10000 to the
Germans At Liguy the French lost
5000 and the Prussians 1900. Jena.
Oct. II, 1906. resulted in the Prussians
losing 10000 men and the French
$500, At the battle Of Sedan. Sept. l,
1870, the Germans lost 5000 killed and
wounded while the French losses were
II 900. July 3. 1866. was the date Of
the great battle of Koniggratz or, as
il is often called. Sadowa. The Prus-
SLAMS, numbering 221 900, defeated the
Austrians, who had a numerical
strength OF 2O5,0O0. The Prussians lost