The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
LONG sIEGEs.
Vicksburg, the Investment of Paris,
and Some During the Revolution.
From the PHILADELPHIA Times

From the Philadelphia Times.
One of the greatest sieges of history, if
not the greatest, was al Vicksburg. Grant
invested the city on May IS. Inside the
city was Gen. Pemberton. The possession
of Vicksburg meant the control of the
great Mississippi valley. Pemberton had
with him 10000 men and rations for sixty
days. He was obliged TO surrender before
the sixty days were up, for there was
starvation in the city and a gun fire which
made the inhabitants live in dugouts. His
sixty days rations could not support the
army he had with him, and the refugees
and citizens at the same time. 1t is nee
essary only to read the detailed story of
that siege 10 see how inevitable the sur
render was.
the garrison in that Indian city was be-
sieged from July ] to Nov. 90
On Sept. rs Havelock managed to throw
a small force into the city. This only
made the situation worse, for there were
so many more mouths to feed. On Nov.
20 the garrison marched out and Joined the
relieving force under Sir Colin Campbell,
VINO then proceeded to avenge the horrors
of the siege, and died as Lord Give.
The siege of Paris, when that great mass
of iron rolled from the Brandenburg gate
to the Arch de fEtole and crushed France,
lasted nineteen weeks. There were many
stories, as there are in most sleges, and
great suffering. especially among the nom
combatants.
The Siege which brought the Turks into
Europe for firm foothoId was the siege
of Constantinople in 1853. There, after n
siege of fifty-three days, was planted tho
standard of the prophet, and the last or
the Constantines died fighting.
In the state of New York some sleges
h.,N5 bon, g
note as those OF the beleagured cities in
South Africa. on July 6. 1859 Prideaux
laid siege to the French and Indian strong
hold OF Fort Niagara. The French general
D'Auhry tried TO raise the siege, but was
defeated with a loss of 80 killed. A hot
fire was kept up by Prideaux and his CO.
lcrials all the time, and after Prideaux' $
deS IT, Sir William johnson succeeded him.
On July rs the fort surrendered. Probably
Mafeking nor Kimberley can show a great
er number actually shot by the enemy.
Another siege which ought to be remem-
bered but is not is the sege of Fort Erie,
directly opposite Buffalo, in Canada. In
the War of 1872 Gen. Drummond the
British commander, laid siege TO this fort
1t was on Aug. -, 1911, that he began his
investment. The men defending the place
We're mostly New York men. Gen. Jacob
Brown commanded the Americans
on the 18th Gen. Drummond made an
attack on the fort at midnight. hut was
beaten b3ck with the loss of one thousand
odd men. cat Spion Kop the British lost
about 200) Not discouraged, Gen. Drum
mond pushed forward his work, and had
approao he'd within a short distance of the
fort which was dangerous 10 the Amerl-
cans. when Gen. Brown, who had been
severely wounded in the assault, left his
bed and ordered a sortie on Sept II, de-
stroyihg the British works of circumva-
1Rfinn 81
the British lost in killed will never be
known, but coon after Drummond raised
the siege and retreated down the river and
across the Chippewa creek.