The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-03-13

Ireland Grows Restless Again
France Compelled to- Abandon San
Domingo-NapoIe.a Bonaparte BE
gan to Pay Attention to Great Brit
ain-The English Defeat France
and Spain at the Same Time-HaIf
of British Army Dead or on Sick
List.
Bilkinsville, y. c., March 10, 1918.
| Correspondence of the Caucasian
/ Enterprise.)
/ About the beginnin' ov the eigh-
| teenth century, the British had to re-
| sist a new batch ov enemies-the
| Danes, and others on that side. A
| feet WIZ sent TO Copenhagen an the
/ Danish fleet wuz destroyed At the
same time news reached Great Brit
ain that her military force had been
successful in Egypt. BY agreement
! between the French ruler an the
! British government, the English
crown agreed to restore awl territory
lately acquired except Trinidad, Cey-
| Ion an the Cape of Good Hope. The
| Island ov Malta wuZ to be restored to
/ the order ov St. John of Jerusalem;
! Egypt wuZ given back to the former
ruler. The territory ov Rome and
| Naples wuz to be evacuated by the
French. BY agreement a definite
agreement treaty wuz to be formed.
The fisheries ov New Foundland were
to be restored to the former basis,
which meant that both nations
should hev certain privileges.
Durin' the same year the French
subdued the people ov Switzerland,
though the British protested vigor-
ously against it.
In 1903 the people ov Ireland
caused a stir in England proper by
maxim a new an powerful effort to
become an independent republic. An
armed mob raised a good deal ov
cane in Dublin, KILN Lord kilwar-
den and hiz nephew. The riot didn't
last long Robert Emmett an other
leaders were arrested, tried an put
to death.
The next step ov the British wuz
island ov st. Domingo. The natives
then declared their independence.
Early after the beginnin' ov the
eighteenth century Napoleon Bone
parte began to cast hiz eyes toward
Great Britain. He needed naval help,
however After a time a deal wuz
made with Spain an her naval force
agreed to act with that ov France.
But Lord Nelson, the British admiral,
defeated both navies off Trafalgar.
! This battle resulted in a great loss to
| the British, Nelson bein' killed, he
But the French an Spanish fleets
were practically put out ov business
an hit took a long time for the two
nations to restore their navies-if
they ever hev done SO. But the ma
val loss to the French wuZ only a part
ov her strength for Napoleon proved
himself great az commander ov the
tria's army, which, at the time wuz
allied with the Russian army. He
followed up hiz advantage by driving
out the Russian army which had
Joined the Austrians against France.
The next row between Great Brit
ain an France came near resultin'
badly for the English arms. Sir John
Moore wuz in charge ov the forces ov
Britain an had a. force ov Spanish
troops to look after, for Spain an
Britain had combined to whip Ma
poleon. The French commander
knew that the British had gotten into
dangerous position, bein' divided.
Napoleon felt so certain that he held
| the winnin' card that he announced
to hiz army that the hour was at last
arrived when the English leopard
should fly before the French eagles"
Soult an Junot were marching to in
tercept the British in one direction,
Madrid with the corps ov Ney an
Bessieres. One ov the French gen.
erals wuz not cautious an soon
found hiz force practically surround
ed by a strong British force.
But Sir John Moore wuz retreatin'
toward Villa France. The weather
an roads were fearfully bad. Bag
gage, ammunition an guns were
thrown away or destroyed, even
horses bein' shot to keep them from
faIlin' into the hands ov the French.
But there wuz no rest for the sol
dier in that day Napoleon fastened
to Paris to prepare to fight the Ger
mans, who were apparently gettin'
ready to fight France. But the first
attention had to be given to Spain,
for hiz late friends had made war
against him. The French force first
attacked the Spanish city Saragossa
an before it's capture twenty thous-
and ov it's defenders were killed. The
war continued until the French cap