The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05
ORIGINATOR OF THE FABIAN
TACTICS USED BY GEN. JOFFRE
ouintus Fabius Saved Rome From Sup)ugauon ny .1n,
+haaa .nd Changed Whole Trend Of History-"Ih
ct ;nroror,, Who Avoided Battle When Possible.

-.,d.r in chief OF the allied FORCES
=, Franco have been marked Feat
rres Of the analyses OF the war :"
nation by military writer's. what uoes
Fabian mean? and who was faolus!
ouintus Fabius was the man VINO
saved Rome from s~ubjugation by Gar
,hags and changed the whole treno Oh
bistorv for the second Punic war.
which ragged between Rome and Car
,haee from 2lS to 20i IS. G.. was no
iess a struggle for racial supremacy
i'm Europe thar Is the present war Says
a writer in the New York Sun. Il
In the year zig y. c. OF
phoenician origin was absolute mus
tress Of northern Africa and her great
military chief. Hannibal. a conquer
ed all of Spain but the town or Saeuh-
tum, founded by Greeks ana undeI III
protection of Rome. Just as fn9laho
declared war on Germany because
the Kaiser attacked Belgium. so when
Hannibal attacked Saguntum Rome
declared war on Carthage. Hanilpai
Immediately began preparations TO
march against Rome.
The prospect for Rome was as dark
in 21S Il. G.. as ii was for france IN
July, 1914. The Carthaginian army In
organization. discipline. efficiency and
yalor was the German army or that
age Hannibal was acknowledged TO
be the greatest general since AleXan-
der. Victory for Hannibal meant tins
humiliation of Roman leadership III
Europe, the destruction of Rome and
possibly of Greek civilization. Against
such an army and such a chief the
Romans could oppose only troops lee
by men of unknown military ability.
In the spring of 21S. preceded bs
envoys who were to win the Gauls tt
his cause by promises Of sharing II
the plunder Of Rome, the Italians b.
the announcement hat he was com
ing to deliver them from the Roman
yoke, Hannibal set out with 10000 IN
fantry, $4,000 horses and fifty ele
plants to cross the Alps and fall OIL
Rome. He left behind him in Spail
his brother Hasdrubal TO raise a.
army Of reserves.
The Romans, fathoming HannibaT
plans no better than did France thos
OF the German general staff. sent on
OF their c~onsuls, Tiberius Semproniu
Longus, with g. fleet, to invade Afric
and the other. Publius Corneliu
Scripio. to attack Hannibal in Spail
Scipio was about leaving Pisa whe
he heard that Hannibal had crosse
the Pyrenees. He d~isembarked {
Marseilles and rested his army prey
aratory to meeting Hannibal on tt
Rhone; but while Scipio was reStir
Hannibal crossed the Rhone, marche
northward into France. defeated tt
Allobroges, barbarian allies Of IL
Romans. and began to climb the pa
ses of the Alps. Two weeks later Hal
nibal with his army depleted by ba
ties with snow and Ice but still effe
tive, was on the plains OF Piedmo
and marching down the left bank
the Pc.
There he was met by Scipio. w
had returned hastily from Marseill
ss soon as he discovered where Ham
bal had gone. In the first conf
Scipio was beaten and fed across t
Ticinus. leaving hundreds of prisont
In HannibaPs hands. At the Riy
Trebia Scipio was REINFORCED
SemproniuS, who had abandoned
voyage to Africa and the Roma
gave battle. The first campaign er
cd there. with another victory
Hannibal.
ROM made great preparations
n second campaign. eleCting Ope
Servillius and Caius Flaminius G.,
suls, with orders to hold Hanni
back. while Sicily. Sardinia and T
entum were fortified against the c
thaginian fleet.
At h approach of spring Har
bal. leaving the heavily fortified to-
Of Placentia and Cremona in his n
as the Germans left Namur and M
pense. marched down the valley of
Arno to Faesule (Florence) and t
skirted Arretium. where the Coz
flamtnius was hoping to block
path. Flaminius. angered at the
dainful way in which Hannibal ";
ed around him came out and enga
the Carthaginians. The result was
battle Of Lake Trasimene, in w
the Romans lost 1900 killed
wounded n a vast numbe of pri
ers. The fighting is said to have
so hot that the participants did
notice an earthquake which destr
several italian villages.
I'VE have been defeated in a s
battle" was the laconic annou
ment made to the Senate in r
The Consul Servillius FASTENED
Flaminius's rescue. sending on a
Of him a cavalry force Of 1000, "
Hannibal cut to pieces. The few
yivors returned to Servillius with