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

How England Lost Out in
France in the Fourteenth
Century

roth Countries Nearly Out-At War
over Normandy-Thirty Officers
Killed While Trying to Save the
Iafe Of One GeneraI-A Crooked
King Was Louis the Eleventh.
when the Bonds Of FeudaIisn
We're Burst in France-When Iron
and Brass Cannon First Appeared
in France-A New Pass Over the
Alps and Results.
Bukinsville. y. G, Feb. rs. 1912.
correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
English power practically ceased to
fcy any effect In France in 1443.
Lord Willoughby commanded the
English troops and he felt so discour-
aged that he decided to quit the coun-
tyr and stipulated for the safe re-
treat of hiz troops TO Normandy. He
had not whipped France an France
had not whipped him. But both
were so near down an out that some
fh!n' had 10 be done. a truce wuz
agreed upon for twenty-five months.
Tie French King. Charles, set to
work at once to try an pull the
country together; for awlmost con-
tinuous war had proven disastrous
Nh hit anyways has an ANYWAYS will
lie is said to have met with much sue
cess in that line. for the French are
a thrifty people in peace az we'll az
in war.
In 1449 there wuz another tilt with
England. This time Normandy wuz
the bone ov contention. The English
forces were unable to contend with
the French under the circumstances
an France recovered Normandy with
out a serious fight. But the row wuZ
renewed a little later an serious
Gghtin' occurred. The French had
laid seige to Castil1on when Gen. Tai
bot appeared with 5000 English
troops. Talbot wuZ 80 years old but
game. He soon fell in battle an hiz
son. Lord Lisle, threw himself upon
the body ov hiz father. Other Off
GERS awlsO appeared and hit IL said
that no less than thirty officers were
killed while tryin' to protect the
brave old English military leader.
But hit proved to be hiz last fight, for
he had gotten death-wound. In hiz
death England had again lost hope ov
dominating France, for every city ex-
cept Calais had been lost.
Louis the 18th succeeded hiz ia
Their, King Charles. He wuz said to
be so crooked that he couldn't sleep
on a bed. After a life ov deceit an
worse he wuZ seized with an attack
Ov appoplexy in 1880, which left him
an invalid for the balance ov hiz life.
He continued to direct hiz schemes
from hiz sick bed He seized the es-
tate oV the Duke of Bourbon, hiz
rival in a political way. He died in
1883.
Charles the Sth succeeded him
when but II years old. On account
Ov hiz youth an delicate health
France wuZ ruled by a regent, Anne
eldest daughter ov the late King, wuz
chosen, an wuZ known az a COVER
ness. Charles died in 1893 after
playin' but a small part in rulin
France.
At the end ov the fourteenth CEN
fury France had began to burst the
bonds ov feudalism. The right oy
suffrage wuz given to a larger num-
no ri bo
gesses Qawmakers,) wuz increased
The number ov cities an towns in
creased to about two thousand in a
short time. Previous to this Paris an
few other large cities had nearly
everything in the way ov trade an
manufacturin'. The King an the
lawmakers were often far apart Fol
instance, the King could engage the
country in war, defensive war, with
out legislative authority, bat the law.
makers could, if they saw proper
stand aloof and let him root hog Oh
die" an the King wuZ not given any
cash to keep up an army in time or
peace. Another curious law or rule
muz made which placed the legal age
Ov any person entitled to sit upon the
throne at l 4 instead ov 81, which wul
Gnwise, for what does boy or girl oy
IA know about rulin' a country?
About this time the use ov artillery
IN war wuz begun az an experiment
The old-fashioned smooth-bore iror
an brass cannon, which were MOI
dangerous if soldiers were good al
dodgin', were awl the style for sew.
eral hundred years, up to fifty or six
ty years ago, in fact.
About this time the clerical gentle
men had a perpetual picnick, espe
clally in France. A bishop wuz a;