The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-03-15

credit. When he marched to con.
quer the Romans, he started with an
army of 100, 900, and after defeating
the Gauls, undergoing terrible trials
in the fifteen days march across the
Alps, losing thousands in the snow
and ice, and sending part Of his Span
ish troops home, he reached Italy
with only &c, 900. But in his first
battle slew 40, 1000 Romans; a
slaughter fifteen times greater, in pro-
portion TO the number of the victors
than the Mukden battle, but still the
killed in numbers is not SO great.
leaving out proportions. Neither
did Hannibal reach the Mukden death
roll, when, little later, with an In
creased army, he got the Romans in a
great bow, as did Oyama the Russians
at Mukden, and slew so, 900 Of them.
Taking all points together, including
magnitude Of forces involved, these
three battles Of the east are undoubt
edly the most stupendous, and the
splendid ease and perfection with
which Oyama handled his vast legions
over front of 100 miles ranks him
as military genius of the foremost
rank-a second Napoleon. The near
est approach to the present war in i'm
mense single armies was when Napol-
con led 600, 600 men into Russia-he
returned with 100000. That loss is
due to the hardships, elements, fam
inc, more than to fighting. In 1913.
when Napoleon was at war with all
the powers of Europe, he faced only
800, 600 men under arms, and re-
treated from his defeat at Leipsic
with 10000, having lost in killed,
wounded and prisoners over 100, 900
men. The mortality was great but
the forces engaged were less than half
those at Mukden, and the battle was
of two-day' g duration. The combined
losses of the battle of Waterloo was
90, 600. There can be no doubt that
any of the three Manchurian engage
ments are of longer duration and great
er in number engaged than any in
the world, But, while the eastern
and Central Asiatic country is not
referred to with frequency, or scarcely
at all, In the great records of sanguin-
airy, frequent and thrilling strife
Central Europe, the Roman Empire.
Egypt, Persian and Turkish Asia.
and adjacent territory occupying the
martial field still it is true that Cen
trail Asia has furnished some of the
most countless hosts of war Of all
time' fit prelude to the present most
stupendous battle arena. The Muk-
den crash Of fighting phalanxes and
numbering engines of war occurs on
The borders of Mongolia, and it was
The boundless food of warning Mon
sois which poured resistlessly over
russia and submerged her. subjected
her to the rule Of Asiatics. BY study. .
Ing the policy Of her conquerors. I
meeting them with diplomacy and .
'upn'ns' only, was early Russia en-
'bled TO finally raise her neck and
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