Excerpt from The Magazine of the Reformed Dutch Church for 1829-1830, Vol. 4 Our cause is good, said he to the friends who crowded anxiously round him, as the tr00ps marched out; but it is ill defended. It will cost my life, and that of a number of excellent men, who would Wish to restore re on to its primitive sim plicity o matter; God will not abandon his servants; he will come to their assistance when you think all lost. My confidence rests upon him alone. And not upon men. I submit myself to his will. Cappel is three leagues from Zurich. On the road the roaring of the cannon attacking the position of the Zurichers, was heard. The march of the troops was slow, from the height of Mount Albis, and the weight of their armour. Zuingle, agitated for the fate of the post, urged the officers to push forward at speed. Hasten, he cried, or we shall be too late. As for me, I will go and join my brethren. I will help to save them, or we will die together. The little army, animated by his ex hortation rushed forward, and at three in the afternoon came in sight of the battle. The troops of the five Can tons were eight thousand, an over whelming superiority. After some discharges of cannon, they advanced to surround the Zurichers, who amounted to but fifteen hundred. The enemy were boldly repulsed for a while, but their numbers enabled them to outflank the Protestants, and all was flight or slaughter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.