New-York tribune., 1904-09-25

I'd 40 capture OF Roanoke Island; captu-. q N.v-
- ~ z; capture Of Fort Macon: tn. navaf
aeGon IN Hampton Roads: the cs.ptu-. :, n
madrid. Mo-: attack on Island No Ten. ho-,nss
~oNtS ~ OF forts Jackson and ST. Philip: bornbars
se . ana passage OF the Vicksburx batteries oattla
- &Iltsours Landing. OF Shiloh April ana :
1eo<' battle OF Bull Pasture Mountain Nfa,. . Toso
battle OF Winchester Va Nav "a 49, AZ -0S. ,0S,.
oette OF Cross Keys. June s. 1852: capt,ra of vors
town; battle OF WILLIAMSBURG. Arbt,1v - -
CniSAahominy; battle OF Hanover Courthouse: bat
tie OF Fair Oaks, Seven Pines. R71nhos, sran.-
on James River; artillery firing IN 'front.' - rT,s
seven Days Fight: battle Of Ganes's MN. bs+,1a
Ot SaVases station; battle OF Malvern FIilI. bat+,a
OF cedar Mountain. August 9. 1852. heavy artulerv
nrins at kelley's Fort and RappssannocIs Stafto~.
nsnt at Brstow Station: second battls Or Fsuu z,,r
oaltie OF Chantily battle OF Autietar,. hattI. -
FerryViie. or Chapln's Creek KY: battle Of Prsgr,a
Grove ARK; capture OF Van Buren, ArkE battIa
OF Mur1reesooro. or Stone River: battle Of Fred
sIcAsotrs va battle Of Chancellorsville battle OF
Beverley Ford Va: battle OF -CSettvsbur~ pan-
anar at Mine Run; destruction OF Confederate
steamer Nashville; battle Of Carnsy's Bridge Ia
assault on Port Hudson; Porter's passage OF the
Vicksburg batteries; battle OF Raymond Miss
haVal action of Charleston Harbor; attack on
oefsness OF Seeessonvils: attack on Morris Island.
attack on General Terry James Island; bonn
Oalulnent OF Fort Wagner; attack on Fort Sumter;
D@'t's OF Mission Ridge; Bed River campaign; bat
IIS OF Marks Slill battle of Dallas Ga: bat,la OF
the wilderness; battle OF SpottsyIvanfa Court
-ouse' osttIe OF North Anne River; battle oS Cold
IiaroOr. or Bethesda Church: battle OF Ea.cher's
run run night at Dublin Bridge; battle OF Newmarket
Oatte OF the Cedars; the great battle Of Nashville
and many others
In other parts of the world tie same phenomenon
mas oeen noticed The battle OF Dresden was
Iousht on August &c and 27 "On the 27th ths
DattIe was renewed under torrents OF rain and srt
tempest OF hail" The battle OF LIsny was
fought on June 16 After the battle ths waath.~
was dreadful the rain fell torrents The basttI.
OF Waterloo Is said to bsvs been followed after
m IIS-slx hours by long rain sOf the battle OF
Eylau. February s. the record says: The action
began at daybresk. Two stsOng columns advanced
for the purpose Of turning the Fight ana storuing
the centre OF the Russians. but they rspuIsed
III great disorder. About midday heavy
STORM Of snow began falling. wfEch added to the
opscurity caused by the smoke from the burning
village Of Serpauen." At Madras on June Z ING
morning fair, noon cloudy in the evening rain
" B-More than two hundred pieces OF cannon
Ilred IN salutes. During the siege OF Valsnciennes
Dy the allied army IN the year 1793it rained violent
~ every day soon after the heavy canuonadine.
began The allies employed two hundred heavy
ordnance. and the besieged had about ons hundred
ana they wera frequently all in action at one tina"
| IL the last war between France and rz.rrs,,,
the occurrence Of storms OF rain after battles was
specal!y noticeable. particularly so in tba nontos
OF august and September. and the accounts from
the oattls fields contained many illusions to tbs
subject For instance, Immediately after the battle
60 WHICH INC HESaFCn emperor tAkaa
prisoner, telegram. dated Donchery septembar
/ reads; IT is raining torrents" Again az the
Domoardment Of StrasbUrg. in q dispatch dated
| september S. it says: There are daily thunder
storms and the Rhine has risen driving ths m
/ haoitants from their cellars"
I An article in German newspaper. dated Frank
Iort-on-the-Main. September Il 1870 saws: 'sfnca
| the commencement Of actual hOsLIities between
germany and France-that is from about the hrst
| week IN August to the present tIme-we have had
| IN this part Of Germany scarcely a day wtthour
| ram generally continuous. and often accouuan,ea
oy thunderstoru,s. This phenomenon has called the
attention OF the German press to the subject ana
some valuable historical facts connected therewith
| nave been brought to light: and there appears 10
| De HIte doubt, judging from the data on hand
that the many storms and rains which We have had
In Germany for the last six wesks-a most unusual
/ thing at this season here-have been brought on
! by the eannonading and firing OF small arms IN
/ Alsace and Lorraine"
| IL may De seen that IN the Civil War almost
| every battle OF the Eastern armies was followed
/ by rain; that rain followed all the great battles
OF the south; that it not only followed single BAT
Ties. but frequently each engagement OF a series
thal on land and on the wafer in the interior and
on the coast. on the Mississippi, the Gulf and
on the Atlantic, again and sagain. storm followed
/ battle, and that the phenomenon confined 10 no
| IN Mexico il the midst OF the dry season. and IL
/ occurred in North America. in South America IN
/ Asia and IN Europe under circumstances which
compelled the attention OF the Observers