The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-08-16

for the liberty Of 4 people against 'I'"
most powerful and wur!ike "mgr" 81
The time. He won II. Oddly enough
ne won il by employment 81 tho very
tactics which have, gained the most
marked success for the German arms
in the present war. lie may almost De
said 10 have furnished the inspiration
for Hlndenburg. For he gained his
great victory 10y Turing the legion~ NJ
Rome into the nire of his SWainVN ana
morasSes and there Strengthening them
almost to man. The great fight took
Mace nine years before the heEinn!n-
of the Christian era. II droN" ia"
power Of Rome out Of Germany TOR
ever.
Nercing,turix. the great Gul.lc
chieftain. had been overcome 10y julius
Caesar. had been made To march in
Caesars triumph and had aft"rWard
been murdered in his Roman dungeon
Augustus. the vOluptuary and pr"t.-
gate. Was on the thrcn" of q Rom"
now largely given over 70 pleasure.
Tibprius. afterward To hecum" olup"r-
or himself had been recalled from mo
command of Germany, then held as an
outpost ~ German empire. To sue
coed him came Quintilius Warns, fresh
from rule rs the prOconsul Of Syria.
He established his headquarters near
the center of the modern country OF
WPstphalia, where he not only gave
up himself To- the qualification OF his
rapacity and RIGHTEOUSNESS. but en-
Couragcd all manner Of excuses on the
part of his soldiers. No mans life or
PROPERTY was safe Less 50 was the
honor of any woman. The Romans
wallowed in evil. The German swarm
huZ2cd In INDIGNATION. In the mind OF
ArminiuS formed the plan. prepo>ter-
Gus rs il seemed. NOT only To take ven
Scance upon the oVprr>>"rS, but Ia
defy til" whole Roman empire, and
turn Germany back from vaSSalagt
of Rome 10 its own independence. But
for his success the Europe of today
might be populated by an entirely diff
ferent race.
As is not infrequcntly the case a
woman figured in the maelstrom.
Armlnius, himself Il citizen Of Rome
by the benign concession of the Ro-
man emperor who had conquered
him, eloped with the daughter Of one
SegesteS. For this he was de-
nounced and prescribed. So be took
To the forests where he reused and
organized the wild hordes OF Ger
man fighting men.
Very crafty was Arminius. He
/ waited for the heavy rains. These
/ coming in due season turned the coun'
, try into hogs through which il became
| most difficult To maneuver regular
/ troops. Then he directed the tribes
near the Weser and the Ems to take
up arms in minor revolt against the
| Romans. This was represented tC
| Narus as II local disturbance which re
/ quired his immediate presence on the
spot. VaruS fell into the trap. Prompt
| ~ he set forth, starting his army on Z
! line parallel with the Lippe. Here, not
! far from the source of the Ems. where
the country is rugged and heavily
wooded. with streams which are shall
| low in the dry season, but which over
run their banks in the time of the
rains, Arminius staged his terrible en-
terprise. No modern Hindenburg drew
on the invaders with more guile.
Varus was little more than an Ordi
nary general, but he had with him 6
force of the best disciplined, most for
midable troops in the wOrld-ROmar
legionaries to the number of some IA,
600 supplemented by thousand 10
man cavalry and numerous light auxil
iaries. These were commanded b.
skillful officers, although the incOmpe
tent Varus had permitted his force Il
be encountered by a rabble Of CAM
followers and women who greatly i'm
peded the march. Into the dark for
est entered this doomed host.
Once clear of the firm level ground
came trouble. In the marshes the
cavalry often found itself unable t
proceed. Even the infantry mus
| lnuht TObuS III loSS. L ne CdulD lOllON
ers got in the way of the engineers
And then suddenly came the word tina
the rear guard had been furiously at
tackled by the barbar1ans.
Confused and startled. Varus CAV,
the command To press forward. Iii:
troops struggled on. but from tn,
woods on either flank came heav!
discharges of missiles. Some of tn,
best of the cohorts NeTe moved d0wI
by enemies whom they We're unable I,
see. On such ground the legions cuulC
not deplOy. The Germanic auXiliarie'
began t. desert. But Roman discipline
held firm. Advancing until it reached
something which apprOXimated III
open spot, the army, continually hese
by harassing foes, stolidly pitched il!
regulation Roman camp.