The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-29

Durfn' his reign the Kfax OF Eng
land invaded France and took Ter
+ ruenne and TounzY: and the Swisa
awlso invaded Burgundy 9Th IS 300
/ men. Louis decided TO make peace
with bix enemies through family en-
tangiemeuts He offered biz second
daughter 10 either or the two grand
sons os the King ov Spain. an in this
marriage to rsnounee the claims or
France on Milan an Genoa The pro-
posal wuz accepted, Louis himself
married the Princess MaTy. sister OF
the English King. So he for = time
settled awi differences with England
and Spain. But he didn't live long.
dyfn' on the and ov January. 1914.
an wuz succeeded By Francis /.
Count OF Angouime an Duke or Bre-
tagne an valois.
The new King had hardly got hiz
seat on the throne warm till he con-
cluded that Italy needed a whippin'
an that he WIZ the man for the Job.
He increased hiz army TO $4,000. the
largest France had supported in or
binary times. He hired q. 900 Ger
man soldiers awiso. In addition he
had some ten or twelve thousand in
fantry. new volunteers an some
5000 pioneers, old soldiers, who had
quit the regular army. A part ov the
force wuZ dispatched at once to clear
The way TO the Alps. that vast noun
tain range between France an her
foes. But another difficulty must be
met an overcome. There were but
two known roads or passes over the
Alps at this time, both controlled by
the Swiss an guarded by them. The
position wuz such that a mere hand
full ov soldiers could prevent the pas
sage oy awlmost any number ov SOL
diers. An the Swiss an the Italians
weer friendly. So the French must
: find a new way TO get through the
dertook TO show them a new route.
To drag cannon over these mountains
quickly wuz a problem, but the
French accomplished the task an
penetrated Italy by the sources ov
the River Pc. The Italians were
thoroughly surprised when the
= French began pourin' into the coun-
z try on their side ov the mountains
5 an they hastily hid their hand or
l gans an peanut roasters. The
French army captured Villefrance an
1 established that town az headquar-
t ters. The Swiss guard now abandon
2 ed teh useless position on the noun
4 tains, for the enemy had passed by OF
= around them. Still the French
/ dreaded the Swiss, for on their home
e soil an with ample supplies, they
e might prove more than a match fol
;. the French so far from home But
r they agreed to accept liberal cash
z sum at first. But hit seems that they
V changed their minds about this be
: fore the deal could be closed There
wuz nothin' to do but fight. The bat
= tie began in the afternoon an con
0 tinued long after night when the
p moon went out ov site. Hit wuz &
, desperate fife, too, for the Swiss were
K genuine soldiers. The cannon USED
q by the French were new to the Swiss
J. but they didn't hesitate to charge an
8 even captured some ov the cannon
: One ov the veterans with the army
z said he had been in seventeen big bat.
l ties but that awl ov them were al
''childs play" when compared to the
q battle ov Marignano, which he saiG
+ wuz "a battle ov giants" The Swiss
b were finally defeated but not unit
!. many important men fell on bott
? sides. The King ov France wuz giver
: the Knighthood after the battle a.
r "the chevalier without fear and with
= out reproach."
The Duchy ov Milan wuZ conquer
: ed by the victory ov the French a,
O Merignano. The Swiss who held the
V capital surrounded hit, bein' hare
= pressed by France. for any country
= with money could hire the soldiers o,
another country in those days
: France an Italy were at war from
a 1921 to 1924. The King ov France
/ invaded Italy and laid seise to Pavia
Y He wuz captured on the Gath ov Feb
I ruary. By making certain conces
e sions an promises which he didn't
r keep, he wuz released. But there
e wuz war an bad feelin' between thu
l. two countries long after that an hi
= continued until the death ov the
:, French King in 1547. He wuz sue
r ceeded by hiz son, Henry II, aged 20
V I will now relate a joke on the
v King whose death wuz just mention
e ed, though jokes are a little out OF
e place in speakin' ov the dead. The
e new King wuz havin' the late death
z ov hiz predecessor celebrated in the
V customary style ov the day an sew
eral big guns were billed fol
V speeches upon the good qualities oy
t. the late King. One priest said thai
n King Francis had lived such a good