Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1897 — MCHTING WITHOUT FIREARM. [ARTICLE]

MCHTING WITHOUT FIREARM.

Thm Welsh were subduud by Edwnv 1. principally by the aid Of the archer* Tbu battle of Hastings was won b *ho superior skill es the Norman archers The use of oomplete chain or rim »rmor was discontinued about A. 1 ;S(I0. The bola, Patagonian, is a long oor having two stone or metal balls at tb Hid*. Long-bow starings were of plaitor »!lk, and worth five time their weight ti Jtold. The eroes-bow was introduced in th* 1 tnth century and made es the beaded. Stone arrow points snd hateheU ave been found In ever* country in th# »/orld. In 1316 heavy cavalry were covered, ;orse and man. with scale or chain *rnor. The latest cross-bows were drawn by he aid of pulleys manipulated by twe ranks. Military hooks were used In th# lege of TyTo, 718 B. a, by Nebuchad»«zsar. The saber is an Oriental weapon. It *'as introduced Into the French oavalrj hi 1710. The catapult was invented in Syi a use. 406 B. C., in the reign of Dlonyskn he Elder.

At the siege of Jerusalem the Ro »*n3 had 400 large and nearly 200 small .’Atapults. The Balesrio slingers served as mer .'enaries in the armies of both Cartliagi md Rome. Shields were not used In Europe #ftve on parade, after the time of Fran tis 1., 1660. Hengist, the Baxon conqueror ol England, about A. D. 448, had Iron •tale armor. The sling was made of woslen stall, tnd the' slingers always stood behind die Infantry. The great two-handed sword wae when not in action, carried on the back like a guitar. The ancient Mexicans used wood->i >words in war that they might not kll (heir enemies. The battering ram was s beam sue »»nded in the middle, drawn bask and ■brown forward. Richard I. built movable lower# >f three stories high and . capable ol »ei ling 500 men. Egyptian bronze awords made, B. C <2OO, were from two to throe feet long, with double edge. Militaby maoea, olnbs with iron enada, cams into Westarn Europe .‘i 'he seventh century. • wor< l ®f Henry the Pious, I) •«totM4*tUrtf gMMlas 1<m * ’