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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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more. Hermannmade a daring escape from his prison, and was raised to be again their leader.Germanicus, hard pressed and fearful of the fate of \arus, retreated in hasteacross the Rhine. It seemed Hermanns unhappy doom to sacrifice every human affection,every tie of family, in the service of his ungrateful country. Most of his kins-men opposed his schemes from the start. Now his beloved wife was in thehands of his enemy. He led his troops against Segestes to secure her releaseThe allies of the cruel father deserted him, but sooner than admit defeat Se-gestes summoned the Romans to his help, and delivered his unfortunate daugh.ter to them as their prisoner. The husband and wife never met again. Hermann, in hot rage at his loss, sped like a flame among all the tribes androused them to war. His burning words, and the fame of his former victory,brought round him the largest army he had yet commanded. Meanwhile, Ger-manicus had marched to the scene of Varus defeat and interred with pathetic
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Germany—Campaigns of Germanicus 511 ceremonies the whitening bones that still lay thick upon the ground. The twoarmies met not far from the former battlefield, each side fighting for revenge. The Romans say this was a drawn battle, but Germanicus immediately em-barked all the troops his ships could carry and fled with them down the WeserRiver to the sea. A tempest shattered many of his vessels, and it was a badlybattered remnant that crept back to Gaul. The legions he had left behindsuffered even more severely. They endeavored, as had those of Varus, to re-treat through the forests to the Rhine. Hermann with his men assailed themconstantly. It shall be another day of Varus ! was his war-cry. Fortunately for the Romans, they were nearer than formerly to their refuge.Moreover, they had just looked upon their comrades bleaching skeletons, andknew the fate that awaited all who surrendered. Thus, though sore pressed,they managed to hold firm in their ranks as they struggled onward. Those

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