Show iron unit rrrrnl Young Student write to ui for loa particular In regard to the battle at Tour Ani er The battle of Town was foiwht on the eleventh day of Of tOiler A I 732 It was the great del struggle between Christian clvlllxnUin and Saracenic barbarism for the ez plro ol the world and tin therein been considered an event ot the hlgba significance Tho Christian host cro commanded by Karl Marlel or ClVle the Hammer name given hill for his prodlglotu prowess not crushing blow In battle and tho liratns by I Abdelltahman a chlcftan of great talent courage and experience Up to that point the Moieln hosts bad awept the world victorlius ever all opponents and their prmd chieftain Insolently boasted l that he creicen should wave from every churchiplr In Christendom and thattho follower of Christ should becomi hewers atwood at-wood and drawer ot watir for the beloved I loved of Mohammed Flusied with vie tory and laden with Incomputable spoil Abdelllahman led > ls I counties myrmidons Io pluck from the Chris tlani their richest treisuns collected In the Ilailllca ot St Mania ot Tour n shrine In which the profagades veneration ol the church was alu ceo trred Tho cupidity and fanaticism 01 the Moslemi combined to make them fiercely desire the plllige and overthrow over-throw ot this Illustrious sanctuary They therefore took their way slither and Karl and his shaggy giants The North met them near Tours For eight days the armies were la ilht 01 each other slight skirmishes keeping nllvo tho ardor ol cither host until It length on that memorable eleventh 01 October at enrlleat dawn with one Iou shout ot AllahAkbar dod 1 Is I great the wild Moslem horsemen charged like a tornado upon their foe The Koran and the Illblp IslamUa and Christianity met In that Irrribio shock Kach antagonism put forth its I best efforts nnd fought III bravest and Its fiercest All day long the Impetuous Impetu-ous charlie of the fierce horsemen were InccMnntly reneed and all day lone the brave Frank withstood heir onsets on-sets without flinching a hair Abel llahmans ringing battlecry unceasingly unceas-Ingly prated above the horrid din 01 battle and Karl ponderous tattlea fell Inceisanlly upon the turbaned heads ol his foe About tour ocloc In the afternoon the Saracens were thrown Into confusion by an attack on their camp and In their rear and then Karl ordered Ids iron lesions 10 advance In solid phalanxes The obeyed l and boro down all cppoi lion In vain did Abdeln hmsn rag his fiery horsemen went doa before the Christian warrior like twin before tile avalanche Three hundred and cventyflvo thousand Smcem froll that day but only fifteen daadre Frank Europe had driven back Alii and once more triumphant oer the t Crescent waved the Crots |