Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1894 — A Song Wins a Battle. [ARTICLE]

A Song Wins a Battle.

Instances are recorded where the; tide of battle was turned by a song. One case occurred November 6,179 z, when the French under Dumouriez encountered the Austrians at Jemmapesy in Belgium. The day was going dead against the French when Dumouriez ran out to the front and raised the “Marseillaise.” Forty thousand voices instantly took up the chorus, and in-, spired biy the magic of the battle song,, the French rallied and fell so furiously upon the Austrians that the tide of battle was completely turned and victory given for defeat.