The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22

saso ssr vita sssxas1- -
ersss period OF pea<a tA.,
war axasa- Tnsr so-ok =. "a
ssslszs. sicily. az Pat sss.s- e
s@aa % death an sarrss& :. ''e-
sand - prssoasra~ A ss~ t~
People eseapwa szt TIE e. L.
tirsly Destroyed s.
n tie PEAR ses =. c. =.
Carthage inva9ea Sicily. a - =
s3 that coansry. tkesws C.-zs,-Ve'e'sss
IN \ var tuss psios % -. -
the larger sowzs surre7 ss-ss e.
CarthagInian soldiesx Ez..N. as
e. cv the army OF S4sRy -
bold scAsze. with A!s &C.. =,
sAips BE ESCAPED az Easn IS
Tor the African toast Taea =. - -
Eander ov the Ca;Aaxsa!as e.
shock AEa;Acclsa. To- - 80
der or the soldiers OF s.,
gained point lie FeaeAa.s -.
rsean coast an sAsn Sc; e. !.
ships. This WA proSasIr =.
dent that gave rise 20 tas a.
preston. Carrying the a. s...
rica." That wa Just MA, t.,.s
eles did. An hit didn't sul. C -
1T awl- The best par, or =, -
wux then in Sicily an eoasa -
there in time 10 save her
army sux hastily put In tie 60
Carthage. but hit did no, bar. -
effect upon the army eomzs.ass :
Agathoeles. though tho Carr ars,s,.-
numbered nearly three 10 CO
The people OF Carthage nn..s,
cided that certain de.sIe-
against them an they a;;ens,.. =
satisfy the deitles by saergactr. -
hundred persons TO Saturn -.
wuE done, but brought 10 sA...-
Then they sent word 10 HAmg...
their commander then in slclv g.
sent Ave thousand men hone !. -
out. but that did no good. b., Ir
thocles didn't do much dsrnars a.
portion ov his army rebelled.
At q later date the Romans ~.
ped the Cathaginians. Appia, Ca
ius wuz then In command oy "A. :.
man army. Up TO this tine re r..
ian people had no navy. Cs-,,
ginian war vessel had been s,r..A..
at Messina an the Romans sseS =
az a pattern an built a Zee, or x,,-
ships. But they were not ap,e-A.,.
/ warships. One writer SAYS the as.
simply large row-boats eap.hl. -
carryin' from three TO five hv,s...
men each. About three hunfrss a..
used the oars an two hundred dgs,A,.
f1ghtin' with swords and other h.sA.
weapons. This wuz an expensir. -.
far from effective naval outs, "a
hit required more men 10 pronsl -.
boats than could be used IN ar,s.l
fghtin'. While the boats were hufs-
in the Romans exercised thel, rsx.
ers on benches erected on the hea,A.
in the first. naval fight The Cayths-
genians won; but later they n. a
severe check. In another battle Tia
Romans, under command OF DuiHus
won decisive victory. a~zasaA.
the Carthaginian leader, escapss.
went TO hiz own country TO secures
Inducements an repair biz damM
fleet. The fleets met again durin'a
war, which lasted nine years. an u
Roman fleet wuz awlmost destrens
an the army disorganized Bat -
Romans soon recovered an 500 3
great victory. Later the Carthar@-
Ian forces recovered an whippet las
Romans. This victory wuI 50 t.
cisive that only two thousand RozEa
Wuz lost durin' a storm at sea
Following awl this, the Rosass
and Carthagenians continued % al
against each other. Sometimes ost
side wuz victorious. then the ctAef.
The war had continued for tEssu-
three years with but short lnterzis-
sions.
Hannibal became the leader or ise
Carthagenian forces. He WI soa
an skfllful. Nothin' could depTes
hiz spirits. He wuz first in the bans
an the last to leave the field. hs
wuz selected to conduct a var IL
Spain. He wuz only twenty-siI IsAs
old at the time. After whippsn SS<
ov hiz near MAJORS, Hannibal ssssf
mined to invade italy. He raises
force ov about $4,000 men. but ID
forced to divide fliz army. Ahs
toilsome march ov five months darn
which time hiz army crossed -
Pyrenees and the Alps, tEo &c.
mountain ranges. he entered ~
with 10000 soldiers on foot sne -
thousand mounted. The Ro1
won a few victories at first
one battle 10000 were killed, E'@1
Romans. Military authorities ~
that IL Hannibal had taken adEasS
ov what he gained In this BATE
would have won out. But be =
Grated too long an lost de
driven back to Carthage an
final terms ov surrender lost =
Sicily, an all the islands then
trolled by Carthage, They
gave up awl ov the navy e1cep
boats an paid heavy cash la1
nifty.
About fifty years later CsF'S'