Produced by John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Many minor changes are noted at the end of the book. BATTLES OF DESTINY BY SISTER M. FIDES SHEPPERSON, M. A. AUTHOR OF “HARP OF MILAN,” “CLOISTER CHORDS,” ETC. PRICE SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FOR SALE AT MOUNT MERCY CONVENT PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA ALSO AT UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE 1 9 1 4 COPYRIGHT 1914 BY SISTER M. FIDES SHEPPERSON, M. A. MOUNT MERCY CONVENT PITTSBURGH, PENNA. INTRODUCTION This little volume will prove of interest to the general reader and of inestimable value to the student or teacher of history. It contains graphic descriptions of the seventeen great struggles of the historic past--Marathon, Arbela, Zama, Teutobergerwald, Adrianople, Chalons, Tours, Senlac-Hastings, Orleans, Lepanto, Spanish Armada, Naseby, Blenheim, Pultowa, Saratoga, Valmy, and Waterloo. Dates, figures, facts, estimates and reflections are presented in attractive form; and the net results of long research labor are given in a nutshell. Those terrific conflicts of the past seem strangely fascinating when looked at in their crucial throes ere yet they are stamped with the die of destiny. The thoughtful mind asks, “Would our world of today be just what it is if all or if any one of these battles had borne results the reverse of what they did bear?” PRESS OF THE ALDINE PRINTING COMPANY 1331-1333-1335 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PENNA. INDEX TO CHAPTERS PAGE CHAPTER I.--Marathon 7 CHAPTER II.--Arbela 13 CHAPTER III.--Zama 27 CHAPTER IV.--Teutoberger Wald 33 CHAPTER V.--Adrianople 40 CHAPTER VI.--Chalons 48 CHAPTER VII.--Tours 54 CHAPTER VIII.--Hastings-Senlac 63 CHAPTER IX.--Orleans 81 CHAPTER X.--Lepanto 92 CHAPTER XI.--Spanish Armada 103 CHAPTER XII.--Naseby 114 CHAPTER XIII.--Blenheim 129 CHAPTER XIV.--Pultowa 134 CHAPTER XV.--Saratoga 140 CHAPTER XVI.--Valmy 145 CHAPTER XVII.--Waterloo 150 J. A. KOFFLER, Supervisor FRANK HAMILTON, Lino Machinist CHAS. F. MILLER, Compositor ROBERT E. LEWIS, Pressman CHAPTER I. MARATHON