Show XIA 01 tink A OES ena pi affy ai c U I 1 i a y e 11 ak g aj tep A j R kl 4 t A 2 ot j eh W V e 4 xa r k y at f T lr r ja i h VI t S W I 1 ea V 11 ka 4 ila I 1 aill C j i n tit 4 yr at S t W 4 n I 1 lohff roh ff y g mv awo 7 7 t T V 5 all 1 LZ t b 4 7 4 k 6 1 I Z 4 W kya Ky 4 ya X 4 a i 4 y iffa S AS tt 1 arife rr y X ife as 41 s q ma y 4 A te r f RECY necy a town of northern france Is famous in history tor for the great victory gained near by on august 26 bv bi the english under ed ward III over the french of 0 king hing philip of valois the first attack attach resulted in for the brench nho mho were driven back bach the see sec ond attack was vlas made by bv a large body bodi of french knights who had arrived arril ed and served only to in ili crease the number of casualties of th tho 0 french forces A few of the 6 more Na valorous lorous charged up to the english line and tell fell near it the blind king of bohemia with alth a part of devoted knights sue suc acceded in penetrating the english line and the king was I 1 filed among the ranks of the prince of annales ales men menata at arms the tablet in the ll Il lustra tion marks the spot where lie he fell as near as can call be told at tho the present time WHERE WALLACE GATHERED HIS HOSTS NN wallace allace tower stirling scotland marks mark a spot famous in scottish history it wab hero her e wallace gathered the scots tor for his greatest bat tie sl centuries ago when ahen robert bruce was nal fighting tor for the throne of scotland the p billiam Ni ll liam lliam 11 wallace allace led P a roval army of scots to tho the hill in preparation tor for it 1 battle with nith the english under and ilore here them camped one september night in ili 1297 and the next day utterly defeated the english in an encounter at a t a bridge over the river hier up to that time the english forces of edward eduard I 1 had had the adain tage all ica victory here turned the tide ot of fortune and though he himself ills ay is aft afterward erNard taken prisoner and put to death t the eplen lid did triumph of ohp scots a few fell years later at bannockburn onla three or four miles from her here 0 at the other tide ride of stirling d did id secure the in dependence of the lind the men ora or of NN wallace allace Is dear to ever lover of scotland Scot lind bile the great rock he watched from shall endure nib ills monument I 1 ib sure sine build low lm bull 1 high abr great nime name cannot die GRAVE MOUND or OF GREEK HEROES the is the mound erected over oer the graves grales of 13 1112 tho fell in the battlo of marathon agut 12 13 C IS 49 the moi nd ad Is about forty forte fot high in 1 ato 10 birds in ili lei L ace the lie the 0 AV 0 drw f who iho died in this most decisive victor which pre dented persian influence from invading europe the bittle had hard begun when the per siani in im immense mensel superior perlor Bu force doubtless ten to one pulled themselves together and b sheer mass broke through tho the greek center dut but this had been calculated calculi ted upon miltiades biking ills his line weak neak at the center and allolA allowed cd the Persi ins to break it then anith his hen heia masses at the ends he ground the persian wings to pieces and tell fell upon the persian center the most stubborn fighting apart from the battle at ships was it it this spot hilt hilf a mile front from the shore six thou sand rand four hundred persian bodies lii on this plain and along the shore while men ot of canthon llari thon lia li wrapped in glora on this blood field THE MASSACRE AT A beautiful memorial was erected it at india in demor of the women and children mur tiered dered by bv nana sahib in ili 1857 perhaps the sid dest most pathetic incident I 1 in the entire hestor ot of the horld Is marked bi this brooding angel in the terrible indian mutiny hilt a ago nomen and aho hid bid escaped blaugh ter at the massacre of Cann pore were alere brought back bl bi nani nana sahib arid and were inere hacked to pieces here ba b professional butchers the bodies nere ere thrown into a ve bell beneath that stone upon the angel now stands her arms ire folded de noting resignation she holds in glicr or hands the martas palms palma around the veil curb Is in scribed ascribed sacred to the perpetual demor of the great company ot of christian people celeni women nomen arid and children ailio tills this spot pot nere massacred b bi ill the fol followers loers of the iab I naria nana and cast the ihling the dead into the niell belott on the dai da of juli isa THE LION OF one of the illustrations shows the lion of Chae Clia ronea cronea nakli holcli guards tho grilles graces of patriots anbo ho tell fell on mt lit parnas parnassus us ecce VS 38 n B C A fatt beirs igo one trae trailed led past this pot and will BIM anin masne ma pieces of maible ell eil of a lion the lead laa la with its muzzle upward other lai 1113 scattered ibous dhere was inas acier an am doubt among intel greeks greek tint that these aero of 0 a lion sit si t up cief the who nho tell foll in the battle on oil or near tins this spot when the ins ind athe niana mada a last lasit heroic struggle for foi the liberty albert 4 SJ S J J S advy PV M JL A 0 A friy f jp jn r A y ij j i ps lif X A 4 A iray arja 3 e v as y ws ibs 1 alliy il liy 1 L 41 1 baj tz bli i Z 1 li aj j i NN wy 6 ij t lam aw A lw 4 w ss rt rf jy sim z ae to yh gi v il fyd aff afef K Z vyta P li kt r x fy t aan 01 al 4 3 4 r t 01 1 r A 1 f fe i jt t y e y T i T ly il ry f tt t s t ay ts t s V r i V amm 1 of greece n B C all inho ho honor a lost causa will bring their offerings to this sacred spot the heroes abo vho fought here did not pr propose cip ae to submit until alie lid ind done their utmost to sa bae e greece from Macedon nn in philip the bittle NN as contested especially b bi the The bans nho formed the fight vang thrown out into the plain resting on the ind and dicing vet chile the athenians at the other end of the I 1 tie no rested on the hills one of bleb appears just be hind the lion the macedonians Macedon ians lans were anere command ed bi the iederan teran antipates Anti And pater mith the louth lul alexander ba b his side ride when afeei a stubborn fight the were acre bc iten the athenians Atheni ins nere ere io isolated and rolled up a loss lors of ON oer er a th thou and slain derno the soul out of the enterprise fought in ili the ranks in the enclosure hero the lion nov non stands 1 54 skeletons meic found ind carried can led to the athenian museum the lion HOD is a funeral monument not only to the theban but to dead greece greece remit remitted rem tined ned i a power ba b its art ind and litera ture lut but the ilace Macell donlin orilin and then the roman more its rulers WHERE JOAN OF ARC WAS BURNED A blib in the side iden alk of the place du aleu x marche rouen I 1 ranee birks the spot al here joan of 0 are arc as burned at the stake for a century and a half after the conquest this northern district belonged to ang lind b virtue of the Rove sovereigns reIgns inheritance from lellam of dormand mand rouen here ii is s in english town then the french captured and held it until HIS 1419 alien it fell once more moie into french hinds millie hile the inspired girl feinne darc MIS leading the french armies agunat the duglish this nas mas a stronghold of her eue enemies and eer actori she rhe ion mide their hatred black blacker pir according to the old chronicles chronic leq she had premonitions thit her mission for frince MIS mccomi dished she raked the siege of Orl orleans eiris and secured the boronat 1011 0 of I 1 charles VII at rheims but the king mould bould not act let her go back to preato life in 1430 it at she mas taken prisoner oner b the Burgun dlan allies of the english and b them sold to those thore against nhom hom she had tie de fended bended her countin counte it MIS inis in in old castle halt a mile innia IMI behind us its the building itself Is not noi ao in existence el stence tint that she mas tried tor for herebi and condemned to deith as a I 1 match itch on ill tha slot here tl e slab la Is set in the pavement pi 1431 rite N is burned at the stake THE LION OF WATERLOO the battle of waterloo Nater loci MIS one of the most important militar mill tar engagements of ill hestor it nas as fought en cn june IS 1315 1815 be between teen the allied forces of great the ind and pru 8 sli ur ui der general IN ellington arid and the arria am of fragio under napoleon apoleon rills fill battle MIS the culmination of the lie camplen folio ing the e capo of flour hla his exile eilo at I 1 iba napoleon Ni i mas lie ho left ohp allt fjeld lit in ill alil center of a squire mth a somber but bilm countenance counte nince ht hi tar seeing glance probing futurity and seeing that more than a n bittle hid bid been lost thit daa da on oil the of june three atis after his de flat fat f at napoleon denchel paris and the da prevented preen ted his abdication tit huge statue shob n in the illustration stands stand on oil a 26 foot mound lit in the center of llie ilic battlefield abilio ten or cehe miles from tho the ell of brussels |