Notable Battles

Pultowa, A. D. 1709. Charles XII., of Sweden, defeated by tlie Russians under Peter the Great. Saratoga, A. D. 1777. Critical battle of the American War of Independence. The English defeated by the Americans under Gen. Gates. Valmy, A. D., 1729. An invading army of Prussians, Austrians and Hesni;ms, under the Duko of Brunswick, ted by the French under Kellermann. The first success of the republic against foreigners. Trafalgar. On the 21st of October, A. D. 1805, the great naval battle of Trafalgar was fought. The English defeated the French aml dotrnyed Napoleon's hopes to successfully invade England. Waterloo, A. D. 1815. The French under Napoleon, defeated by the allied armies of Russia, Austria, Prussia and Kngland, under Wellington. Siege of Sebastopol, A. D. 1854-5. The Russians succumbed to the beleaguering armies of England, France and Turkey, and the result was delay in the expansión of the Russian empire. Gettysburg, July, A. D. 1863. The deciding battle of the war for the union. The confederates under Gen. Lee defeated by the union iorces under Meade. Sedan, A. T. 1870. The decisive battle of the Franco-German war.