Excerpt from The Witches of Bielefeld, War Poems and Notes
It is a far cry from the battle of Marathon to the battle of Flanders, from the year 490 B. C. to the year 1918 A. D., yet there is a great similarity between the two great struggles for liberty, The battle of Marathon is named as the first decisive battle in the history of the world, King Darius sent his satraps, Datis and Artephernes, with a force of one hundred thousand men from the Celician shore against the coasts of Eubea and Attica, They landed near Marathon, On the slope of a hill overlooking the plain of Marathon, in plain sight of the invading Persian horde, a council of war was in session at which were present the War-ruler Callimachus and ten Athenian generals, The immediate subject of their meeting was to decide whether they should give battle to the enemy that lay encamped on the shore beneath them, The Athenians were but ten thousand strong, and although they were hopelessly outnumbered, five generals voted to give instant battle and five were for awaiting reinforcement, which had been promised by the Spartans.
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