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Show I ,; j Fight Where They Are J H H , ,, , Wlion tho Atucrlcnn mnrlnon nnd H 7 tlio Colombian troops rocontly run- H lit fronloil each other nt Cclon It looked !i for a tlmo ns If n liattlo wns to lio fought on tlio pier of tlio Hoynl Mall J tUoniiiHhlp rntiiimtiy. ! Tlio pier Ib rnthcr nn iinusuiil plnco Is, to Unlit it liattlo, lint battlon lmvo been Jv fought In mini' curious iilaoca. rntiK- hy lui; from moiiiitniii peaks to sowers, h ? from Ice (lolds to ilosort sands. H j ' At the liattlo of Monterey, In tho H . . Mexican wnr, tlio Amerlcius were H I nliln to couimnml tlio streets of tho H ,i(, city with their mllllery, lint they had H ,j ! dllllculty In illsloilKing tho Moxlcnns H II j from tlio lioiiBcH. fci, tho city liclnp; H V I built of stono or ndobo In hollil blocks H 'It ' of hoiiHoa, tho Yankees broke throiii;li H ,;' tho walls from ono house to nnother, H ) tlRbtlnj; and driving out tlio enemy, H . im ho that tho liattlo of Monterey was H i' liirgoJy fought lniliMirs. H i In ono of tho battles of tho wars of H WHJIam tho Hllent for tlio lndopctnl- H 'j enco of tho Netherlands, tho Spanish H 'u Hbljia wcro frozen In on theo Zuyder H l Zee. Tho Dutch camo out on horso- hack ovor tlio Ico and attacked them. This Is probably tho only battlo In which cnvnlry was iiBeil directly against ships. Several other combats wero fought between troops on tho lco In these wars, and on ono occasion tho Infantry Is said to liavo worn skates. The liattlo of Austcrlltz was partly fought on n frozen lake, and when tho allies wero rotroatliiB across It tho shot from tho Krcnt'h artillery, plunging plung-ing into tho Ico nnd breaking It up, caused the death of thousands of litis-sinus litis-sinus nnd Austrlans. Of the many underground battles which liavo taken place In history, tho llcrcest wns probably that of the slego of llaarlom In tho Dutch wars. Tho Spaniards mined nnd tho Dutch countermined coun-termined with cqunl Industry and bo-low bo-low tho ground n flerco coulllct raged. When tho Vorsnlllcs troops took I'nrls nftor tho Coinmuno thoy chased some of tho Communist troops to tho great sewers of tho French capital, whero some despcrnto strugglos took placo |