Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — [?]HTING WITHOUT FIREARMS [ARTICLE]

[?]HTING WITHOUT FIREARMS

The Welsh were subdued by Edwar principally by th«nid Of the archer* The battle of Hastings was won I j h> superior skill of the Norman archers The use of complete ohaln or rln: irmor was discontinued about A. I--13 10. The bola, Patagonian, is a long eon. nuv ng two stone or metal balls at the ends. Lono-bow strings were of plaited <Slk. and worth five time their weight is told. The cross-bow was Introduced in the imh century and made of the best tori. S rovE arrow points and hatoheta we been found in every country in th••orld. 1 1 1216 heavy oavalry were covered, 'orgo and man, with soale or chain ir. or. T ir. latest cross-boweiwere drawn by ie aid of pulleye manipulated by twr r.i.ks. Militaby hooks were used In the doge of Tyre, 718 B. 0„ by Nebuchadi.izzar. The saber lean Oriental weapon. It was Introduced Into the French cavalry In 1710.

The catapult was invented in Syra .’use, 406 B. C., In the reign of Dlonyslu? the Elder. At the siege of Jerusalem the Ro mans had 400 large and nearly 200 smali catapults. The Balearic slingers served as mer jenaries in the armies of both Carthage and Rome. Shields were not used In Europe, aovo on parade, after the time of Fran, els J., 1660. Hengist, the Saxon oonqueror of England, about A. D. 449, had iron i'-alo amor. The sling was made of woolen stuff, and the slingers always stood behind lie infantry. The great two-handed sword was e lion not in action, carried on the back ike a guitar. * The ancient Mexicans used woodei. •words in war that they might not kill heir enemies. The battering ram was a beam sue- " nded in the middle, drawn baok and brown forward. Richard I. built movable towers of three stories high and capable <,’/ bolding 500 men. Egyptian, bronze swords made, B. (' S2OO, were from two to three feet long, with double edge. Military maces, clubs with tr-r. ‘leads, came into -Western Europe ir ile- seventh century. The sword of Henry the Pious, Duk. >( Silesia, wae six feet long an-' »• lifhtd thirty pound*.