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Title: The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Perce, Elbert, 1831-1869
Subjects: Battles
Publisher: New York, Mason brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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memorable for the great battlefought in its vicinity on the 28th of Septem-ber, 1396, between the Ottoman army, nnderBojazet, and the Hungarians and their allies,under King Sigismund. The Hungarianswere totally defeated. Their defeat is ascriba-ble as much to the rashness and presumptionof the Count de Nevers, and other Frenchofficers, as to the bravery of the Turks. NINEVEH, B.C. 747.—We now turn oureyes upon a city, the name of which wUl ever ^^ be famous on its own account, and from itsconnection with the Scriptures. And yetthe siege of Nineveh furnishes but few par-ticulars for narration: it is, however, a re-markable circumstance, that, according to the ,best chronologers, Rome Avas founded thevery year that Nineveh was destroyed. Sardanapalus, King of Assyria, surpassedall his predecessors in effeminacy, luxury, andcowardice. He never went out of his palace,but spent all his time among his women,dressed and painted in the same manner asthey were, and employed, in imitation of
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NISIB.—NORFOLK. 417 them, in the labors of the distaff. His wholeglory consisted in his treasures, and all histime was devoted to the indulgence of infam-ous and criminal pleasures. Arbaces, governor of Media, having foundmeans to get into his palace and behold Sar-danapalus in the midst of his infamous serag-lio, was so cUsgusted with the idea tliat somany brave men should be subject to such aneffeminate being, that he immediately formeda conspiracy against him. Belesis, governorof Baljylon, and several others entered intoit. On the rumor of this revolt, the king hidhimself in the innermost recesses of his pal-ace. Being afterward obliged to take thefield with some forces his captains had gottogether, he at first gained three successivevictories over the enemy, but was in the endovercome and pursued to the gates of Nine-veh- He here shut himself up, convincedthat the rebels would never be able to take acity so wonderfully fortified by nature andart, and so abundantly stored with pr

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