Story of one hundred years - A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all lands. Embodying (14779390391)

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Title: Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all lands. Embodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Shepp, Daniel B
Subjects: History, Modern
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Globe Bible publishing company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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1884—GEN. GORDON ON THE ROAD TO KHA.RTOUM
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STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 473 The general expectation in Europe was that the war, which brokeout on June 15, would be a long and desperate struggle, in which thesuperior resources of Austria would secure an ultimate victory. Butthese anticipations were completely falsified by the event. The Prussiantroops were better organized than any others in Europe, and they werearmed with the needle-gun, which enabled them to fire four or five timesas fast as their opponents. On the other hand, Austria was in a hope-less financial position, its armies were composed of various nationalities,it had to send more than 150,000 men to defend Venetia against theItalians, and it had no general to be compared with the Prussian com-mander-in-chief, Von Moltke. In every engagement the Prussians gainedconspicuous successes. Hesse-Cassel and Saxony were occupied with-out opposition. The Hanoverian army, after being defeated at Langen-salza, was compelled to capitulate (June 29). It was in Bohemia thatthe ma