TODAY'S ANNIVER-SARIES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14223, 11 December 1911, Page 6

TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES.

-. , DECEMBEB 11. -~«','-' > M LcTiie, Prince of Coadd, di«J ~ «* lßSff ? Chaxlos XII. of Sweden killed at Fwd- ' : ~ .riokehall ■ -' ....- ... ■ -JI7IS. ~ BatUe of M&gersfonlein, South Afric* 1393 -I Lonis; Prince of CandeV~ThJs.prin«>, a ' who' 'is' distinguished -by - the title of the js'l t'Uri'at Cando.'Ms'famous-for! hu cofin&cttoß with the Thirty' Years "War and SSs the Fronde wars; '1n.1643, when Jbe was 1, Oyjai only twenty-two?, lie was appointed to " ./M tli©chief oomraandof thoJFrenoh r forces» -■ M and in bis first campaign defeated :tho' ;.sij( Spaniards , at Rocroi in the most briW - T ~>M liant of all his viotories. Aβ for more ". Hi than-a century the Spanish' nrmics. had , *J| been deemed air bat 'Invincible, this > jsss victory plaocd Conde , atonco in the first. '"-Sg rank of, commanders. In. the' followisg ,"\ '«$& ycair,'"with- his" , threat' rival .Turenne-aa' sjjfiffl his. subordinate, in "a series of engage* -*, &j£ ments he inflicted at Freibourg a seven*" T n M check on the Bavarian-general .Mercy, and'iV the following year he again , devv"jj£|i feated the same gemoraLat NoadlingeW, ,, ***M These victories made t him a popular hero, but thoy were caiaed at an mense loss of the strategy * of?.; IqM Conde is now, considered 'mediocre. 'HbV' fm& sddod to his renown in-the succeedingrMc|| years, and in the v third war. of< Fronde'(struggles betweea the and' the , nobUity and ' the Parlianwpi-V , mm nnd citizens ' during thi> "minority ,*ofC Ifouis XIV.),. he. defeated*, the" royal'" , troops at Blorwuj, but, was. at I«nsfc3i s forced by Turenne.'-who was now rival.to make for Paris. „ There'lie »u>". : >i?3H tamed a defeat which deprived him'of •all hope of ultimate success, and peac&-# ', was opnoluded, th«'terms of which co i dlsV s 'n v that for the next sis yeaw'j, figjM ho offered hig sword in the Spain, but at Xhrakirk'lio onco - came against his former eubordinfttd' :,I ' Ttirenne, whOi aided b£ 6000 well's Ironsides,, inflicted a, severe foat on the Spaniards." ■ Condd, after. ysj@a this, returned' to , ' Franco," and, too 6|jfl powerful to bo made an antagonist, was * restored Kinp to-his estates and/ i; s||B privileges in Burcundy. Hβ played '--fwJB an important role in the Rucoeeding con- . u 'Oj|g fiicts ! octireen Spain and* France, and his last battle was fought at Sennffcia " : Holland, where he.hed as h:a opponent " *'<fia William, Prince of Orange. TJio ba # ttl« lasted seventeen hours, and, both-sides ■ '-m claimed the victory. The Pnnce Fc- "4| I tamed all his'lifo a lovo of'literature, J 'and was tho friend "of-tne"fanioOT ,-« literary. men of his'day.' ' Hβ v loomed-, ;|| .large in tho eyes of hie contemporaries, • J® but ho is regarded to-aay as a somewhat, .showy"pr;nce, with few of the -;4f of greatness. ' ' , ' V ~'%\s z ': : Charles XII. of etio , \ L '" l ss& ceeded to the-'Throne uron tho death, ; fm of his father Charles XI., being thoa". -Iβ. lin his fifteenth TJhe neighbour- ,j/j*£ ing Powers, ■ including , t il* Russia, and Poland, thinldng this an >*• "M, csccl'cnt 'opportunity of humbling ' ' Jo t Sweden, then the gieat.Pow«r cf.thft-' >'aj north, formed a league against her. but , ' m ; in epite of his youth tho youtliful King - jat once took energetic measures, and ,•-" iso threatened • Copenhagen that Deo- ; - tm i mark was glad enough to-arrange a, '^1 '. peace. Cliarles now hastened to meet \r|| the Russians, who lay under the walls. ,'w| of Narva. 60,000 btrons, stormed their <^*1 , camp, with but 800Q Swedes, and ; routed -. ,Sffi I them" with great slaughter. ,He next '*?$% \ took his conquering; army into Poland, v x's ' and forced tho King into a - ' ?fj? peace. In the succeeding years Charles * .followed up his*conquests, and'made" '.'gs ; himself tho most dresded general -ia' IJ* i Sfortbern Europe, xnaldng hirosdf prac- .■ p ! tically'the"dictator "of its destinies.-His „ 'f|^ I plan of conquests included even Eng- ', ,ti| land, to replace the House of Stuart on *. • tho Throno, but this was not destined " •*?:/£ !to come off. He was conducting 'JM in Nonyay when he received his death- k^j .wound. ' Charles was only , -thirty- „ ,"*J^st cix years, of ' afje whea '.this hap-. ; A^ pened.. 'Charles was essentially,, a ''-v: ,^ soldier, sharing all the fatigues,with $ifr . |*^ humblest .of ms soldiers. His towewng. '^sfa ambition," however; was disastrous.to. "»j4i|| .' his country, and after bis death Sweden^j'v*?-r| exhausted.by his, wars, fell from Kor^Vji ' high'estate and'ceased to be numbereo -, { among the great Powers. \7'&'' j !^*3«