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Show .. Tl!e battle ci Worms, rhtr'ftjllford Tlmei of the l'Jtli JUs't, contains ali'intercstiu."- aceu, rtt of the exteriniuatlon of an Arm ot vvorbi9 two tmles wldo dnd from three to fbur mflcS IqnSf, which so completely 'covered 'cover-ed live yrdiind, that thb earth wliere they wcre.ECcincd lo be sliding, fotva.rd. They wFj;e tlrst discovered' about the 11 th of, thjb jnonCh and were th'tn ad-vuticldg ad-vuticldg updu the Minersyllle 'fields, The people of tlnjt, iec'lon turned but I in force, with rbllcrs and hurrowij dnd l tried to crush theiri but their- ufforts were hot, successful tp ehfccjtlrjfr the" invaders. They then tried, plowing n ditch iicrosa the front of the.-Jaruiy, and ltiakiiig a steep bank ul' which they hbpsd the wornis could tio climb, thousands wero killed In the ditclt but tholr numbers seemed tindlaunthcd. For tlye dayt, the ,batMo taljcd-iiut all ell'ortiS to check the advance ot tho de-vourers de-vourers ,had proved,, nqarallhig. oThq army wBS withltt half a tnlle of die I'rowlJiycrOpo dnd he, exhausted set-tjerh set-tjerh lyere oil the, verge of dlspalr, whop .the bleating Dfj.relufqrcqtiicuts bounded-' in iliclr .cats. In iX few mlnutou.an army bf. nearly live thou-suud thou-suud Sluwi ,wcu, tpqn the. enemy. From right tb leSt and frpri lefjt Jo, xU ght they marched upon the cjriwilbjr musm (rumpling theih Into the tiayf.fi till tint n wprm, wrs left q tell, the tale and the- Uelds .Vterq tsiircd. llreat thank tq the sheep anil the ir.tn, tyho comnmuded tetn inthls lmportout engagement. en-gagement. ,' |