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Swiss attack was exposed to a cross fire that tore their squares to 

 shreds, — just what Charles of Burgundy should have done at Gran- 

 son, they sullenly fell back and the rule of the cannon began ; alas, 

 that its end is not yet in sight. 



Ten years later this same Francis was routed and captured at 

 Pavia; one reason for it was that he stupidly masked his own 

 guns by advancing his troops in front of them; another, that many 

 of the Swiss of Marignano were then fighting on his side ; but those 

 days of ^larignano and the slaughter were not forgiven ; so when the 

 crisis came, the Swiss, despite the despair and entreaties of their 

 officers, threw down their arms and pretended to be cowards, — for a 

 Swiss it could only be pretence. 



AUTHORITIES. 



■'Ancient Cannon in Europe"' (fourteenth century), Lt. Henry Brackenbury 

 (Later Lt.-Genl.), Proceedings of the Royal 'Artillery Institution, 1865, 

 Woolwich, Eng. 



" Etudes sur rArtillerie," Prince Louis Napoleon, Paris, 1846. 



■' Etudes sur I'Artillerie," General Fave, Paris, 1862. 



■' Quellen sur Geschichte der Feurwaffen," Leipzig, 1877. 



" Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army," Francis 

 Grose, London, 1812. 



'■ Principles and Practice of Modern Artiller\-," Lt.-Col. C. H. Owen, Lon- 

 don, 1873. 



" Gunpowder and Ammunition," Lt.-Col. H. C. L. Hime, London, 1504. 



■' Naval Gunnery," Capt. H. Garbett, London, 1897. 



" Catalog of the Musee d'Artillerie," Paris. 



" Encyclopedia Britannica." 



■' Encyclopedie Larousse." 



" Diet, du Mobilier Frangais," Viollet le Due. 



" Biographic Nouvelle." 



Author's notes, etc. 



