The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-08

that. taking advantage Of the enemys
/ known infcrority, the Swedes were all
I taken prisoners. -Four years ago the
/ Russian maneuycrs were az PultOVa,
whore ~ tor the Great defeated Charles
/ XII in one 0f the hO0d est battles
fought on Rus ian soil Eight years
ago the reviews and manenyers were
held on The ground Of Borodino One
half the Russian army represented the
invading French fOrca, the other portion
successfully resisted the passage Of the
French across the RIVER, and did what
the Russian Generals Of eighty years
ago did not do
Tho Germans have often Used their
ancient battlclields on which TO train
their soldiers. just before the Franco
prussian war the eyOlutiOns or the Prus-
Sian armg were held on the historic
field 0f Leuthen in Silcsia whore, IA
1855. Frederick defeated the Austrians
For year or two a ter the Leuohen
ovO'utlons the prus>ian troops needed
TO instruction, having an abundance Of
practice 0n the plains and among the
fields Of France. but q year after the
war was over aud the victors had re-
turned % kcrin the fled Of Ross
bach was chosen for their cyOutions,
whore Frederick defeated the French
and imperial armies and the his
t0r.c significance Of the maneuYers on
these two memorable fields can not be
exaggerated. a few years ago the South
German evo 'utioas were held on tha
field OF Benhcim. where Marlboro. with
the English aua AUstrians, defeated the
mbincd French ana Bayar.an armies
The lines woge drawn un in exact ac-
cOriancc with the records OF that won
derful victory. the mistakes made BY
beth s des We're pointed out, aud, in the
cvo'ullons. rectiilsd. aud it was clnclu-
sy 81 shown that in pace of Marlboro
being victor be should, by al Che ru Is
OF regn az warfare. have been defeated
with terrible slaughter The Austrians
have several times utilized Austeriitz rs
MOrayia. where Napoleon defeated the
combined Russ an and Austrian army.
and Won the battle that decided the fate
OF Central Eurorc
Maucuvers have not been Sd popular
in Italy aud the south 0f Europe rrupr.
ally. probably from tho fact that until
italy was united. q generation ago. there
wa 40 naiionl army; but, IN the time
Of Victor Emmanuel. eg0lutions on
large scale were held at Maren 70 and on
other fields where Napoleon routed the
Ausiflaus and liberated Italy from one
foreign chain only 20 impo upon Il the
links of another The smaller nations
oi Northern Europe have Initiated their
powerful. neighbors in military exercises,
ana Che little army % Belgium las more
th3n once gone through a training on the
le q oi Natorioo while Holland. Den.
mark. and swelen have also trained
their forces semi annually on mime
battle fields
Although France Is fnil Of bate.
grounds they have not commonly been
resorted 70 as fields Of exercise for ihe
troops When the semi-annuai manou.
Kers take place ia Franc II Is n ua ly /
On ihe theory that an enemy has invaded /.
the country from lirest. Cherb0nrg. or
b. crsssing iho Rhine. and the troops /
AZ, marched in oppose The invaders
since tac surrender of Paris 10 the Ger.
mans erolutlpns on an extensive scae
have takca place ln fha imuadlaN