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Identifier: battlesofninetee01forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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A steamer had been in readi-ness all day, and on the receipt of this news, theCouncil-of-War, with Siegwart and Meyer at itshead, went on board, taking the military treasuryand all documents, papers, etc., with them, andsteamed up the lake to Fliielen, leaving ordersto General Salis to arrange for an armistice.The General himself arrived about 8 p.m., GISLIKON. H5 suffering from his wound, and after giving therequisite instructions, departed to Unterwalden.As an old soldier, he doubtless knew that furtherresistance meant useless bloodshed. ColonelElgger, his Chief of the Staff, had been for twodays maintaining a stout resistance in the Valleyof Entlebuch, west of the city, to the seventh the Federal troops were allowed to enter peace-ably, and the Federal flag was displayed, nowarlike measures would be taken. Accordingly, at midday on the 24th, theFederal forces marched into Lucerne by all thegates. Twenty days had finished the civil war.The total losses were, on the Federal side, 60
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rusts battery galloped through honau (/. 144). Federal division, under Colonel Ochsenbein—who had his former defeat on almost the sameground to avenge—and had hastened back toLucerne, when night put an end to furtherfighting on the 23rd. He was at first in favgurof defending the city ; but was soon convincedof the hopelessness of the situation, and agreedto communicate with Dufour. At 9 in themorning of the 24th came the reply that it wastoo late to countermand the advance, but that it 10 killed and 386 wounded ; on that of the Son-derbund, 36 and 119. Dufour attributes thesmallness of these figures to the fact that thefighting took place in a broken and thickly-wooded country, where cover was plentiful.Something was, no doubt, also due to theinexperience of the gunners. Great care was taken to prevent any excesseson the part of the victors. The Bern division,between whom and Lucerne bitter feelings had 146 BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. existed ever since 1845, was not allowe

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