von Werder occupied Gitschin. In the town the Austrians did not stand; they held some houses at the entrance for a short time, but these were carried, and then they retired rapidly towards the south. In their haste they left their hospitals; and here, as well as in Lochow, Von Werder’s division took a large number of prisoners.” MUTINY:--A memorable mutiny in the British fleet, for an advance of wages April 15th, 1797; Of the Nore June, 1797; Of Admiral Mitchell’s fleet at Bantry Bay December, 1801; Great Indian mutiny, begun March 27th, 1857. MYCALE, BATTLE OF.--Fought, September 22nd, 479 B.C., between the Greeks and Persians. The Persians consisted of about 100,000 men. They were completely defeated, many thousands of them killed, their camp burned, and the Greeks triumphantly embarked their troops, and sailed to Samos with an immense booty. N. NAAS, BATTLE OF.--A desperate engagement between a body of the King’s forces, consisting of the ancient Britons and the Armagh militia. The insurgent Irish, who had just begun the Great Rebellion of 1798, were 3000 strong, and were defeated with the loss of 300 killed and some hundreds wounded. Fought, May 24th, 1798. NARVA, BATTLE OF.--This was the celebrated battle in which Peter the Great of Russia was totally defeated by the renowned Charles XII of Sweden. Fought, November 30th, 1700. The Russians amounted to 70,000 men, while the Swedes had only 20,000. The enemy lost 30,000 in killed, whilst as many surrendered to the conqueror. NASEBY, BATTLE OF.--Between Charles I of England and the Parliamentary army, under Fairfax and Cromwell. The main body of the Royal army was commanded by Lord Astley. Prince Rupert led the right wing, Sir Marmaduke Langdale the left, and the King himself headed the body of reserve. The forces of the Parliament gained the victory, the Royalists being obliged to abandon the field, losing all their cannon and baggage and 5000 men made prisoners. Fought, June 14th, 1645. NAVY OF ENGLAND.--What the British Navy has done, and the number of vessels captured by it, is shown in the following table:-- -------------------------------------------------------- In the French War, ending 1802. ------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+------- FORCE. | French.| Dutch. |Spanish.| Other | Total. | | | |Nations.| ------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+------- Of the Line | 45 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 83 Fifties | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 Frigates | 133 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 191 Sloops, &c. | 161 | 32 | 55 | 16 | 264 +--------+--------+--------+--------+------- Total | 341 | 89 | 86 | 25 | 541 ------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------