Historic Battlefields

At Cannae. where tlie Romans susfcainecl the worst defeat they ever experiemcd, there were 146,000 men on the field, of wbom 52,000 were killed. At the battle on the Tlirasymene, Alxere Bümnlbal defeated the Romans, tliere were 05,000 men engaged, of whom 17,000 were killed. At Gettj-sburg 140,000 men fought on the Union and Confedérate sides, of whom 8,000 were placed hors du e om bat. After the surrender of the Turks at Plevna, the üiissians took possession of $17,000,000 -n-orth of arrns. At Borodino 250,000 Freneli and Russians fought, and the clead and woiinded numbered 78,000. During the retreat from Moscow, the Freneli lost or threw away over 600,000 musket.s. At Waterloo tliere were 1-15,000 men on both sides, of -whom 51,000 were killed or disabled. There were 402,000 men on the field of Sadowa, of whom 33,000 were kijled of dlsabled. At Austerlitz 170,000 men were engaged, and the dead and wounded numbered 23,000. At Gravelotte 320,000 men were engaged, of .wnom 13,000 were killed or crippled. At Bannotkburn, 135,000 men fought, and 38,000 were killed or wouoided.