Arizona republican., 1904-10-01


 which were especially remarkable. On the 2Sd, about two hours after the se- were cannonading took place between s and 10 a. m., there was a most vio- lent rainfall for some ten or fifteen minutes. Again, in the afternoon, at about the same interval after another period of heavy caunonading, another violent shower of rain fell. The fact before stated. that no rain had fallen for months before the battle, and that none fell for months after at that place, is almost proof positive, not only that the canhonading caused the rain but that cannonadlng will bring rain at time when the atmospheric con- ditions are apparently in the highest degree unfavcrable to the production of that phenomenon through the ordi- nary operations of nature.
 The battle of Palo Alto. Mexico, on May s. 1S46, also fought in the dry season. was also followed by rain. The battle CT siege Of Monterey was fought Sept. 21 to 23. 1S46, which. like the dates before mentioned, was in the dry sea son. The morning of the Fist was bright and beaunful, but 'soon after the storming of the two forts, Fedora ciOn and SoIdado, violent storm came up." and to Its "unbroken peItings" General Worth and the Second divi- | sion were exposed throughout the night. The battle of Contreras was fought on August 19. 1s47, at a season when rains were very infrequent. The battle ragged furiously, and for more than three hours the entire force was under O heavy fire, Night at length put an end to the conflict, and a cold rain soon afterward began to fall in tor lents." The battle Of Churubusco was fought the next day, which was bright and clear. The day after 1t rained heavily. The battle of Moline del Key. fought or September 8. 1S47, was also l followed in the afternoon and evening by hard rain, as was the battle Of Chepultepec. which was fought on Sept. 13. 1S47.
 In the civil war the occurrence of the phenomenon under discussion was ire quent. The battle of Big Bethel may be mentioned as an early instance This battle, fought in eastern Virginia on June 10. 1S61 was soon followed by copious rain. Incessant rains attend cd General McClellans campaign in Western Virginia in July, 1861. His troops had four separate engagements 0TD rF each violent rains fell" The battle of Rich Mountain, fought on July 1O was one of tFese, and was followed by one or two rainy days. The following enga gements, which took place in that part of the country later in the same year. were also each quickly follow ed by rain: Battle of Carntfax Ferry, August 10, 1861; battle of Cheat Noun tain. Sept. 13 and 14. 1861; battle Of Green Brier, October 3, 1s61 battle O: Allegheny Summit. December 12, 1851.
 None of these are classed as great battles. but the firing was apparently sufficient to bring rain. The first battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21, 1861 The day was bright and clear all through. but the next day was one Of dTenching rain.
 In short almost every battle of the civil war was followed by rain; cer- tainly every great battle was followed by a downpour.
 In other parts Of the world the same phenomenon has been noticed. The battle of Dresden was fought on Au- gust 26 and 27. "On the 27th the bat tie was renewed under torrents of rain and amid a. tempest of hail." The battle of Ligny was founght on June 16 After the battle the weather was dreadful. the rain fell in torrents" The battle of Waterloo is said to have been followed after thirty-six hours by long rain. or the battle of Eylau, February 8, the record says: "The ac- ton began at daybreak Two strong columns advanced for the purpose of turning the right and storming the cen ter of the Russians. but they were re- pulsed in great disorder. About midday a heavy storm of snow began falling, which added to the obscurity caused by the smoke from the burning village of Serpallen." At Madras or June 4, IT'S. morning fair. nooo cloudy, in the evening rain. N. B. More than two hundred pieces of can non fired in salutes.' During the siege of Valencienres by the allied army in the year 1793 It rained violently every day soon after the heavy cannonading began. The allies employed two hun dred heavy ordnance, and the besieg- ed had about one hundred, and they were frequently all in action at one time''
 Tn the last war between France and Germany the occurrence of storms of rain after battles was specially notice able, particularly SO in the months of August and September, and the ac- counts from the battle fields contained