The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

BouloCne 10 years ago. But 10 the
case with which their realm has been
invaded from time 10 time in the past
IN" English themselves are the best
WitU"SSos.
For SaI"n Dane Norman W.
Truuu Ccli or Whatever We hc
an alike were invaders. who in turn
scrambled up out of tn" sea and
Wr"*t"d the island from their prcde-
""%sorS. The cells were the oldest in
HabilIUtS. with the BeigaC new "
landed and SqUatiinE about the mar
hOr>. a. The lime OF the first historic
invasion. when julius Caesar rounded
the rhall> cliffs Of Dover IN the after
noon Of an August day in the fifty
iflh year bcf"r" the christian er.l As
III" nearly l""m dictionaries of Rome,
Wn" va" com" over from France In
Mt! h""tS. attempted to land on the
low sh"r, OF Deal. the Briions spur
rcd their horses into the sea and well
coined their visitors with javelns
That battle in the waves. which threw
IN" tOndnS mt great confusion. con-
lEnu"d uni! Caesar sent in Smal II boats
a BODY Of men with sings. arrows and
engines 10 attIcK the enemy in flank.
Nertun" Against Caesar.
1t WAS 4 bad beginning for the
campaign. ana next the elements came
I" tie aid Of the BritonS. for Gen. Nep=
rune ever has been tine islanders most
faithful ally and most redoUbtabie
warrior.
\ s'"rm which wrought heavy dam
:i"c t" caesars CaIlrys where they
h.d been heached. also drove his cav
airy transports back to France Icay-
lnE hir Wlrh only thirty horses to
meet the Mid chariOteers who dash
:" "p"n rI@ !"=icns ~ furious speed.
Ia dire" weeks h" WAS glad TO beat
= retreat. rrrrosSIng the channel in
l:I- haSi.i I-rcpIircd boats
y hen h" resumed his campaign the
""N' July. h" had taken a better meas
u""In"at 81 tn" Task of invading Brit
''n "hd h" embarked perhaps 25,O00
'''.r ""F 2.npO horses on =: feet of 500
Nss'l> Instead uf hJffctiHg the Ro-
!.Aa-. ;'r So; hsr,Imcd them this |
.''N. and they h"l to labor at the
"..r" .Aif the night. Ns tie invaders |
"'"W u".r iI' same Kcnrish coast |
" "'.i' they had landed the year be- |
lore. tn" Br.IouS did not again ride |
"nt &" rrH"l th"ni. hui terrified nv !
th' rpI."HrHm"c of III" enormous fiotilla |!
they FASTENED I" inrrcmch themselves |!
.I . camp on The downs. " here the |
Romans attacked them and put them /
g." nI-nt.
"rr. r"r". however. old Neptune !
played havoc with ra"sar's gaIIeyS on |
'HC beach and wrecked others sent |
hd"h 10 Franc" for supplies. After
"a" months of really frultless CAM
r'i-uinT and penetrating 10 further
than eighty or ninety miles into the
EXTERIOR. probably to the modern 81.
NIiHIS. tn" proud COnqueror of Ciaul !!
abandoned the invasion of the island.
he nt''fprln Rome let Britain alone
.u it's darkness for nearly 100 years.
" hen the Emperor Claudius renewed
tn" work Of conquest. But forty years
N"r" required FOR the subjugation of
tn" Sluhborr isl" even to the bounds
of COilaud. which never was sub
Hucd. Their" the invaders were con-
f"n' TO build The famous Roman wall
i""nfN feet high and eight feet thick. |
and running nearly SeVenty-five miles
across the island. And after almost
2.W"n Years the ruins of that huge for
iih"ation attest today the dread and
Nal"r of the inVincible Scots.
For four centuries the Romans tar
r1cd in Britain. but only as Sojourners
90 we land. and AS the heart of the
'lr"'N ing empire grew feeble. its
word fell from its nerVcless hand
'rlor"upon the men Of the uncon-
U"rr"d highlands burst through the
''r'ai Wall and the long submissive
fEriIuS. grown timid and helpless.
Rcd ont for the bold pirates of the
North Sea to come TO their aid. AN
.nvIi.'iiOm that WAS heartily welcomed
h, tn" warllk" Angles. SaXOns and
jUtcS