New-York tribune., 1904-10-16

ried his rest. OF ash wood. with an iron spike
END 20 stick IN the ground, and 4 half hoop OF
iron for the musket 10 rest upon at the other.
Gustavus Adolphus substituted cartridge pouches
for handoIiers, abolished heavy rests and formed
bis in files six deep but the old fashion pre-
vailed In England down TO Naseby. when Fairfax
Arst superseded bandoliers with pouches and intro
duced lighter Tnusket rest OF iron tubing covered
with leather. Exactly how the solid tertias. ten
square. In which the infantry was formed. were
managed the field is a puzzle TO modern
perts. They want to know Il the pIkemen stood
like lambs, presenting fair mark for the muskets
os their foes And when 1t came 70 push Of pike
what became OF the ulusketeers. exposed. without
a hand-to-hand weapon the hanks7
The period In which this mode OF fighting was
observed begins with the battle OF LeiDsio IN 1851,
casualties amounted 10 L. TO = cent and s
followed by the battle % LUtzen. 1862; total
gagged. 1900: casualties, 1900 IS per cent bat
tie OF NordNagen. 1884. total engaged. 5000 casu-
alties, 1900. - per cent; battle % Rocroy 1913;
total engaged A. 90; casualties. 1909, s. per
cent: batrIe Of Marston Moor 1914; total engaged.
47.Oc0; casualties 800 Is per cent: battle Of
Nassby. 1915. total engaged, 10000; casualties. sCo
or IS per cent: battle OF Senef. IN 1914. total
gagged. 10000. casualties. s7oo 81 per cent The
average percentage of casualties for this, the first
period. Is 26
noticeable feature OF this period Is the large
proportion OF killed the entire amount OF casual
ties At Marston Moor although It seems improb-
stated above the country folk told Ashe that they
buried four thousand bodies the feld- At Lut-
zen. WalIenstein and Pappenheim LETT nine thou
sand dead the field. and Of the SwedeS. the en-
tire yellow regiment lay OF the ground IN order
where they stood before. At Rocroy the 'inconl-
parable Spanish infantry annihilGted: OF
eighteen thousand engaged nine thousand were
killed in their ranks How many OF you were
there before the battIe7'' asked French OF
Spanish officer. You have only to the dead
and the prisoners was the reply. This owing
IN part 10 the awkward mode OF formation before
alluded 70. and also doubt TO the horde OF camp
followers. who swarEnsd over the field after
action. pIundering friend and foe alike, and
poniardng all who had life enough left TO resist
Between the first and the second periods there Is
a space OF seventy years, OF which no account IS
here taken. as the sHded imperceDttbly into
the other the plug bayonet having been substituted
for the pike IN tho English army In 1872 and the
iron ranrod being the invention OF Leopold OF
AnhaIt-Dessau the "Old DessaueE." early in the
eighteenth century, The infantry OF the
ond period the old Brown Bess," SnOoth-bors
antlock. with bayonet
The substitution OF the smooth-bOre htntlock
with bayoDet for tire pike-a great improvement
IN weapons-brought about q decrease IN tho rate
OF Casualties from 90 20 2OlA per cert The period
In which this new weapon predominated begins
with the battle Of Hohenfredbers in l746 In which
10 900 Prussans and Austrians were engaged. with
14oo0 10 per cent, casualties. and s followed by
the battle OF Fontenoy in I7l5: log 900 French Eng
lish and Austrians; l2.OCO Il per cent casual
ties; battle OF Leuthen IN 1857 00O0 PrussanS
AUstrians $3.50, 10 per cent. casualties; battle
OF Kolin. IN I757; $4,000 Austrtans and Prussians;
SSs7. or 20 per cent casuaIties: battle OF Hoch-