The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-09-05
RESULT OF WAR
l0l YEARS AGO


combining their hatreds and their
men to curb the genius of Napoleon.
The century has changed every
method of warfare, bringing new i'm
nlements of death and increasing the
mower of each soldier as a killer
many fold.
Napoleon gathered 200, 900 men at
Ieipsic in October, 1913, to stand
against the armies raised by Austria,
Russia. Sweden and Prussia. The
allies had total of 100000 men.
There were mixtures of races on
each side. To the eagles of Napoleon
rallied not only his own Frenchmen,
but Italians. Spaniards. Portuguese,
Belgians, Swiss, Dutch, Poles and
Germans.
Against him were pitted Slavs, En-
glish, Germans, Swedes. Hungarians
and savage Bashkirs. mixed Tartar
tribe from northern Russia, who
fought with bows and arrows.
1t was fighting at close range. The
infantry carried flintlock muskets. To
reload was a matter of minutes.
Their sharp bayonets were often more
deadly than their bullets. The ar
tiIlery of the period was primitive.
The guns were muzzle-loading, fired
with fuse or match. The round ball
shrapnel or chained shot carried but
short distances. The clash was be-
tween men who could look into each
others eyes who rode down each
other with circling sabers.
In that battle. the first important
battlefield defeat of Napoleon. 54,-
600 of the allies lost their lives. OF
Napoeon's army 10000 dead and
wounded were left behind when the
retreat toward Paris began. The
battle lasted from October Ia to Oc-
tober 20. 1913.
Now. with millions of men under
arms. the chances of carnage are
multiplied not only by the number
engaged, but by the new weapons of
warfare which turn each soldier into
a platoon.
Bombs capable of killing hundreds
or tearing down great Notifications
may be dropped from airships in the
night.
The cannons have grown to me-
chanical monsters. The flintlock has
become repeater, sending not one
bullet. but a volley. The Gattling
gun speaks hundred death sentences
a second. The machine guns multi
ply the man behind into squad,
while upon the sea the great steel
ships of death carry the means OF
wiping out cities from distances al
most beyond the range of vision.
Even with the primitive weapons
waste, sorrow. starvation and un'
speakable suffering blighted the
cities and countries these armies Wis
tied. Each contested city became q
group Of hospitals. Livestock and
crops were swept away. taking the
result of years of industry in an hour.
Following the beaten army of Ma
poleon. the armies entered Paris and
forced him to abdicate. He was BAN
ished to Elba, but within year had
escaped and gathered an army OF
100000. and England and Prussia
ended the last war in which all great
nations were involved, at Waterloo.
lnmen involved in the present war,
the armies have increased nearly ten
times. In addition. the armament
of battleships brings to the contest
greater death power than existed in
the entire equipment of century
past.
The greatest drama of death of all
ages impends, say the military ex-
perts.
The clash of battleships at sea. OF
men on land. who fire from distances
beyond the range of human eye, OF
alrships which dart like great vul-
lures through the air. presents a
spectacle that history has never yet
recorded.
The world knows the awfulness OF
1913.
What picture will 1914 paint?