Baner

Johan Gustaf on, a Swedish general in the Thirty Years’ War, born in 1596; made his first campaigns in Poland and Ru ia, and: accompanied Gustavus Adolphus, who held him in high esteem, to Germany. After the death of Gustavus, in 1682, he had the chief command of the Swedish army, and, in 1634, invaded Bohemia, defeated the Saxons at Wittstock, Sept. 24, 1636, and took Torgau. He ravaged Saxony again in 1639, gained another victory at Chemnitz, and, in 1640, defeated Piccolo mini. In January, 1641, he very nearly took Ratisbon by surprise. He died in 1641. _ Bang, Herman, a Danish novelist, born in 1857. He came into notice about 1879, since which time he has published a number of novels and some poems.