The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-10-10
WAR PRISONERS
AFTER A BATTLE.
The Great Danger Experienced BY
Men Who Have Been 10 the Front"
For Their Country.

When England's war In South Africa
which happily Is now rapidly drawing
to close began even the most san
guine persons were prepared for cap
lures" on the debit as we'll aa on the
credit side of Britaln's account. Look
Ing back from the recent RoodeVal dm-
buscade to the more disastrous one
near Nieholson's Neck II cannot be said
that their fears we're grOundlessi yet I'm
actual battle the number of English
soldiers taken prisoners has not by amy
means been formdable-indeed, when
compared with most battles II Is trin-
.ng.
In the great battle of Custoz2a.
| fought In 1866 between 10000 Austrinns
and learly 200. 900 Italians, both the
| losers and the viCtors, euriously enough
made IA big bag In captives. The Aus
trians who stil regard this fight as the
most brilliant In their history. had seV-
| eral hundreds of their men surround
| ed on one of the tanks and ta6en
| prisoners. but they retallated literally
| by capturing no less than ABB Italians.
In the sanguInary Franco Prusslan
| campaign practically every battle was
| fiaiitful In prisoners. while the French
Uen who threw down their arms in the
Slulhllubub SUR tlihtiN ~ NfiI anu tntT
dan would have taxed London itself tG
provide them with housed room
At Sadowa. where the Germans
thanks largely to their then deadly
needle gun. scored Il great victory over
the Austrians. no less than 1900 I'M
wounded Austrians were sent north
nndcr Prussian escort
The long drawn struggle ut Duppel-
IA SIT
tuuiiy saw the Germans and the Aus
trlHns then In alliance. secure several
thousand prisoners in addition to
scores of guns.
The Spaniurds, at the laundering hat
tie of Ayacucho. which virtually amt
Inflated their power In South America.
lost, In addition to the day. the flower
Of their magnihcently- equipped army.
The rival forces were almost equal IN
numbers. but the y1ators were woe
fully short of everything except splo n
did leadership and determination ard
az a sequel they took off the field Nith
them as captives 4Si Spanish Officers
and 5000 OF the rank and file.
In the first Plevna battle the Tul IL
we're left masters OF the field and also
Of over 1000 Russians but the after
we're all either seriously wounded 81
dead In the second and more san
culinary fight around the same town
the undulating ground fronting the
Turkish redoubts was strewn with 2.
100 Russian dead. which We're only re
covered under flag Of truce.
The eyentful battle Of Austerlitz was
extremely prolific In prisoners. Here
the magnificent presctence and strdte-
gy OF Napoleon made mere play of an
enemy q. 900 stronger than himself. no
less than 80 900 prisoners failing into
the hands Of the victorious French
on that day.
In the wars that England have wag-
ed against her enemies II has long peen
that countrys boast that the prisoners
of war ON her side Of the ledger dwarf
into fnsignifcance those on the enemy
In the Peninsular wars II was little
short OF miraculous how English gen
erals repeatedly baked immensely
superior forces OF their prey-as wit
mesa Sir John MoOre's glorious re-
treat on COrunna On the other hand
Great Britain was taeming with
French prisoners. The Crimean cam
paiRn yielded to the Russians n sur
prisingly small number OF British cap
tives. nor did England capture as many
Of the enemy as she might
The Zulus. chivalrous foes as theJ
we're. never took prisoners alive. for
at Insandhiwana no less than 60 Gill
GERS alone were butchered.
In the recent war with Spain the
prisoners taken by America Were 80
numerous that there was scarcely room
In the forts stationed along our coast
for the enemys soldiers