Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-20

hrtWeen France aud Eughnd since
II destroyed NapolcUu'p hope uf in
vnding Great Britain II was not until
| waterloo. some ten years later. that
~ decisive defeat VIA niuTlulHtcrcd
to lipnnpnrte by tho allied urmirA
~ Russia. AuTrih Prussia ana Eng
land
The Duke Of Wellington led tho
armies, and II WAS 10 him that tho
! battle brought tho greatest fame. Just
fns In this country Saratoga brings
TO mind General Gutrs and GcttyH.
burg General Mendc and IN France TO
mink ~ the famed siege nf Orleans
" to think of Joan OF Are For no
matter how far one goes hnck into
history there IN always one who stands
out, an heroic figure, In the story OF
decisive victory
Miltindrs was tho first but which
of the noted generals OF the allics and
America Will be The last In still a
vivid question
In tho eHrly days OF tho empires
0f ROME ana Greece and Persia the
winning uf decisive battle usually
meant tho establishment of a new
King aud sometimes new country.
For when Octavtus defeated the COM
binod fleets of Antony and Cleopatra
nt ACtium In ~ H. g., he at once
poNer In his own hands. Later. at
phiiIippi he won decisive battle
against Brutus and CRHsiuH and tight
ened his hold upon the empire
Alemndcf the Great was another
who sought TO conquer tho world and
hold VI In the hollow OF his hand, and
under his leadership the Macedonnns
and Greeks defeated the pcraihns In
the great battle Of Arhela. which was
those days
Another OF ting names of those who
stand ont upon the pages Of history hs
the leaders IN decisive battles il WI
liam the Conuueror, who iB T6TG de
feHted the English uudcr Harold Ht
the battle of Hastings aud established
the Norman regime OF Tours, when
Chriatcndum was rescued from Is
lam. Charles Martcl won for himself
undying fame
Sedan. Valmy, Blcnhcim I.utzcn
and ChRlons are all numbered Rmoug
the 0deCisiNc victories ~ the world \
history but the defent ut the Spanish
Armada, the battles OF Actum and
Trafalgar are the only sea fights in
cluded In the list tho some OF the
most famous struggles pf history
have occurred on the uCCnn
OF these the first on record is the
battle OF Salamis. which took place
in 40 n G.. when the rerAinhs we're
driven from Greek Suji and which
was part OF the warfare between the
great nations whose history also In
cludes the battles of Marathon and
Arhcls
'he triremes OF Salumla would
seem mere cockleshells beside the
mighty dreadnuuRhts of today but
the men OF those times considered
thcm mHrtrls OF sea craft and
armed with shields and swords. urged
on the men AT the oars with Wild bat
tie. songs depending upon sheer
weight Of numbers To bear back the
enemy How many were lost during
that fight viii never be known. but
some historians place the figures a.
high as 10000 or about firV times
ns many az tho loss " any naval en-
gagcment OF modern times, despite
the submarines aud lnincs.
American LOSSES have always been
light In battles ON the sea, despite tho
fact that the sailors ~ the United
states are noted the world over for
their daring and their indifference to
personal danger during battle
From that FIRST battle of the coast
OF SCOtl6Tnl, when John raul Jones
captured the S~rapis aud Scarhor-
uugh. until the day whom Admiral
Dewey. with the American fleet I'm
Manila Bay destroyed SPANS Asiatic
squadron. the Americans have a long
and notable list of naval victories
upon the pages ot their history. and
there are many who believe that the
decisive victory OF the present war
will he won by them rather than by
the armies at the front