. Battles of the nineteenth century . -, to converge by variousroads on Lucerne, from east, north, and west,he resolved to make his main attack with thefourth and fifth, under Colonels Ziegler andGmiir. Of these, the former was at presentquartered in Aarau, the latter between theReuss and the Lake of Zurich. The attack was fixed for November 23rd. Twodays before, the little canton of Zug, which hadentered the Sonderbund somewhat reluctantly,seeing that further resistance was useless, capitu-lated, thereby relieving Dufour of anxiety for hisleft flank. On the 22nd the General issued aproclamati
. Battles of the nineteenth century . -, to converge by variousroads on Lucerne, from east, north, and west,he resolved to make his main attack with thefourth and fifth, under Colonels Ziegler andGmiir. Of these, the former was at presentquartered in Aarau, the latter between theReuss and the Lake of Zurich. The attack was fixed for November 23rd. Twodays before, the little canton of Zug, which hadentered the Sonderbund somewhat reluctantly,seeing that further resistance was useless, capitu-lated, thereby relieving Dufour of anxiety for hisleft flank. On the 22nd the General issued aproclamation to his troops, reminding them that. they were performing a duty to their countr}-,and bidding them lay aside all feeling of hostilityas soon as the victory was won. They werespecially enjoined to respect all churches andbuildings used in the service of religion, and tosee that no injury was done to non-combatantsor to private property. That evening Colonel Zieglers divisionbivouacked in the Freiamt, right up to thefrontier of Lucerne. It was a clear night, andround the Lake of Zug they could see the watch-fires of the fifth division, vrhich was now occupy-ing that canton. In the early morning of the 23 rd the Aargauengineers threw abridge of boats overthe Reuss at Sins,another being placeda couple of mileshigher up, at Ober-riiti. Ziegler, withtwo brigades of hisdivision, underColonels Egloff andKonig, crossed to theright bank, and cameinto touch withColonel Gmiir andthe fifth division,advancing from theLake of Zug. Thethird brigade, underColonel Miiller, wasto remain on the leftbank, and attack Gis-likon from the direc
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