Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-12

bearing on the woe or welfare Of man.
kind.
They say history repeats itself, and
if it does the twentieth century will be
but following a precedent that Is 500
years old should it, too end amid the
roar of cannon.
At the close of the tenth century
there was comparative peace among
the European peoples, or as near peace
as ever existed in those troublous
times. There were some minor strug
giles, to be sure, but they were rather
in the way of organized brigandage
than real warfare. A throne or two
made up the booty for which the high
waymen contended, and the Danes
were massacred in England in 1902.
but otherwise the sunset Of the old
era and tho dawn of the new were
unaccompanied by storm. What Wig
orous warfare was carried on did not
affect Europe, because it resulted
from the first invasion of India by
Mahmoud of Ghuzni in 1901.
But with the close of the eleventh
century not only did the crusade be-
gin, but Robert, Duke of Normandy,
made war on his brother Henry /,
and invaded England, and so the last
half decade of the eleventh century
was signified by strife that was
bounded on the one hand by Jerusa :
lem and on the other by London.
In 1895 a series of general wars
began with the successes Of the Moors
over Alfonso the Noble King of Cas-
tile, and the opening of that great
strife which was to shake Europe, the
struggle for supremacy between the
Guedphs and the Ghibellines. Pope In
nocent III, summoned Europe to a
new crusade, and that added to the
general uproar. A fourth crusade was
inaugurated in 1901, and Philip Au-
gustus wrested one French province
after another from King John of
England.
The war dance Of the end Of the
thirteenth century began with an in.
vasion of England by Philip the Fair
and John Balliol and the Scots under
Wallace supplemented this with a
dash Of fighting on their own ac-
count.
The French invaded Flanders at
the same time, 1907, and Albert of
Austria, son of Rudolph of Hapsburg,
took up arms for the dethronement of
the German Emperor, Adolphus of
Nassau. The Genoese did a little
naval fighting. with the Yenetians, and
Boniface VIII; had a. successful bout
with the Colonnas of Rome. In 1902
there was a rising in Flanders
against the French and in the next
year Edward, completed his con-
quest of the Scotch. So the four
teenth century began noisily enough.
To Jump forward to the end Of that
century we find the Turks and Hun
garians fighting, and Ladislas fighting
for Naples with Louis ii. of Anjou
Owen Glendower led revolt Of the
Welsh, and the Percys defeated the
Scots. Tamerlane defeated Bajazet,
and all these troubles happened in the
last four years Of the fourteenth CEN
tury and the first two of the fif-
teenth.
The sixteenth began quite as hope
fully. Charles VII conquered Naples
and Ferdinand ii recovered 1t. Per-
kin Warbeck signalized the death of
the old era in England. by backing his
pretensions to the throne with arms.
The French conquered Milan and
Macmillan of Germany made war
on the Swiss. Louis XII, conquered
Naples, and so all Europe, practically,
was in trouble.
The next century was near it's be-
ginning when Howard and Essex
captured Cadiz Maurice Of Nassau
also took a rap at the Spaniards, and
Elizabeth sent Essex to ireland to put
down the insurrection under the Earl
of Tyrone.
Sigismund Vasa was driven out of
Sweden, and the French invaded Sa =
voy. Maurice of Nassau defeated AL
bert of Austria, and so again we find
Europe warning from Ireland to Swe-
den and south Of Austria.
At the close of the seventeenth CEN
tury there was particularly warm
time. Villeroi fought William III in
the Netherlands. Savoy finished off
war with France. Peter the Great
took Azoy from the Turks and the
French captured Barcelona.
The forces of Leopold |, under
Prince Eugene of Savoy annihilated
the Turkish army at Zenita; the Sire
litzes revolted in Russia, and in 100
Russia, Poland and Denmark entered
into Joint war against Sweden.
Philip V entered Madrid and the great
war of Spanish succession, which in
volved nearly all Europe, began in
1901.
The close Of the eighteenth century
brought the French conquest of Hol-
land, instructions in Paris, the
French campaign by the Austrians,
the earlier victories of Bonapartc with
the famous Army of Italy" the cam
paigns of 1896 against Austria and