Chapter I: Introduction

This little volume will prove of interest to the general reader and of inestimable value to the student or teacher of history. It contains graphic descriptions of the seventeen great struggles of the historic past--Marathon, Arbela, Zama, Teutobergerwald, Adrianople, Chalons, Tours, Senlac-Hastings, Orleans, Lepanto, Spanish Armada, Naseby, Blenheim, Pultowa, Saratoga, Valmy, and Waterloo. Dates, figures, facts, estimates and reflections are presented in attractive form; and the net results of long research labor are given in a nutshell.

Those terrific conflicts of the past seem strangely fascinating when looked at in their crucial throes ere yet they are stamped with the die of destiny. The thoughtful mind asks, “Would our world of today be just what it is if all or if any one of these battles had borne results the reverse of what they did bear?”

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INDEX TO CHAPTERS

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CHAPTER I.--Marathon 7

CHAPTER II.--Arbela 13

CHAPTER III.--Zama 27

CHAPTER IV.--Teutoberger Wald 33

CHAPTER V.--Adrianople 40

CHAPTER VI.--Chalons 48

CHAPTER VII.--Tours 54

CHAPTER VIII.--Hastings-Senlac 63

CHAPTER IX.--Orleans 81

CHAPTER X.--Lepanto 92

CHAPTER XI.--Spanish Armada 103

CHAPTER XII.--Naseby 114

CHAPTER XIII.--Blenheim 129

CHAPTER XIV.--Pultowa 134

CHAPTER XV.--Saratoga 140

CHAPTER XVI.--Valmy 145

CHAPTER XVII.--Waterloo 150

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