Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-17
GREAT BATTLES
OF A CENTURY


"The Rattle Of The Baltic be- had no
mcans ol knowinF that i ho had wait
"a Six years be might have found
atill ioftIor inspiration IN the battle of
Waterloo. That same battle nf tho
Baltic fought To 1901. was by no
means an unworthy theme Tho fleet
of Lord Nelson met the Danes az
Copenhagen in n naval encounter and
captured twenty.oight of their vessels
Bot EnElandH land forces did even
hotter than that fourteen years later.
when with the allies thpy fought tho
elimination Of that brief campaign
which put an end Go the supremacy OF
Napoleon honapario
Napoleon had escaped from Elha
and had made bis way to France. Ho
entered Paris on March go ana ro.
coivod warm Welcome from his
countrymcn, who we're convinced that
their IDOLS waning star was about Co
flame into undreamod Of brlllinucy.
TIE great lighters professions of "a
profound devotion to peace dld not de-
colve the allies They were AN az
Vienna engaged IN parcollng the ter.
rltou OF Europe into dainty udhltg
for tholr own dolocintion when the
news of NauolcOn'a escape reached
thom They did not take time to com.
plctc their pleasant negotiation, but
hurried oT to prepare for a rosump.
tion Of tho conflict
Napoleon. an the time singing
naoanH to blessed peace. was also pro.
parinr whom the moment came DC
declared that ho had nm army of 500.
0to men Ha actual forces numbered
about iqe 600 available soldiers with
those ho mnat nrht the combined
forces Of tho English Dutch. nelrlans.
Hnn0torinue prusellne and SaNons
Tho Aurfr'1ns and tho Russians were
also wHrHhalDd AGAINST him iu fU'
force Wellington. H'urnCf ana Prince
achwnrzonhoTr were the leaders that
he muHi outNt Ho know the peril
bat ho d'l not hesitate
The nsuin ,urucBn bad no .uJnu
tlon of moat.ug his humorous Zoos as
united army he planned tO dispose
OF them separately. ID was the failure
coz this plan that defeated him. Hla
own Judgment OF the probable move
mtuts Oi che allies was at variance
with that uf hls marshals. but mo- et
fOt succeeded in preventing the en-
cmy from concentrating This error
OF Judgment coupled with oVUrcpnh
denco. lost the day go Waterloo.
After waterloo there was peace in
Europe Tor several years The Napo
lo0nic wars had exhausted the nght
inr strength of an the powers and the
treasures were drained No nation
could AFFORD 90 ro tO war Every 81
fort waH directed toward recunora
Del. .a.H
however. there was notable military
activity Several OF tho LatIn.Amer
ican countries undertook t0 throw Oh
The Spanish yoke. among Thorn Mex
leo. Peru nnd Chile The final battle
Of me South American wars uf indie
pondonre was "a notable conflict 70
was fought at AyaCuchu. Peru in
1894 No was one Oi the biOodiost ac
lions of modern timoH Although only
about 600 mon were hnra DO combat
400 were killed and zoo wounded %
was the final triumph of tho llhorator
Bolivar 10 also marked the close Of
spanish rule boz South America.
The hogiillti0s OF the following year
were confined 60 india and were the
result of the efforts Of some OF the
tributary Indian princes 90 roestab
lish their r}le. From 1915 TO 1880 nlI
the wars iu EUROPE were with the
MoHlcmH except few revolutions
The Russians fought mo porsiaus 10
1896 and The Turks IN 1878 The
Greek revolution Of 1891 caused much
excitement iN Europe " threatened
10 Involve the entire Christian world
iu n crusade against the Mualoms
The Hoiloncs carried ON dcsullop
warfare AGAINST their Turkish OF
preasors for several years without en-
listing tho sympathy nf the greal
Christian powers. Individual rnthual
aata from an countries Joined IN,
ranks OF tho rovoIutioniHt8. bat then
governments held alnut 70 was 10
this struggle that Lord Byron en-
gagged and he was actively iurihorin'
the cause OF Greek Independence
when be died Finally England
France and Russia made "a treaty IN
which n was agreed tn assist the rev
niutionists in obtaining thoir free
dom After a series OF encounters the
allied feet met the Turkish vessels al
Navnrno and won signal victory
On 1890 the French hOmhardod AT
giera and forced IL 90 capitulaie. The
Algerlnoa who were little better thar
pirates. NAN ANNNNNMIN NNN lNNAht
with wheat during the N0pOlo0ui,
wars. and q DISPUTE arose over th,
payment of certain bolatcd claim'
made hy Algiers Tho dey was un
civil 90 the French Ambassador and
boxed his ears France sent n feet
and since the city of Alglors wal
fortified only against an attack from
the water side the sailors landed an,
entered the city from the rear.
In 1891 tho nolglans rcvuliod an,
crowned the Duke OF SaxeCOhurg al
Leopold T. The battle of Antwerp wal
fought before the Dutch consented d
the new arrangement For nearly 90
teen years after the siege Of ANTWERP
both Europe and America we're Ia
state of peace. Ia 1888 Don CarloI
began one of his frequent attempts q
secure the Spanish throne. Even a
that early date Russia had made al
her mind 10 acquire territory Ia Asia
In t889-f0 she sent an expedition d
conquer Khiva u was not success
fui. and Khlva retained her indopend
ence for thirty years nftcrward Eng
land began the hrst Afghan war u
1883. but lt was disastrous Out Of az
frmy Of nearly 1000 soldiers ana H.
900 camp followers only one European
and four natives reached the British
lines Ina the early fOriloe England