GUSTAVUS

ADOLPHUS, the King of Sweden, was born in 1594, and commanded his army against Denmark when he was only seventeen with complete succe . He then defeated the Ru ians in battle after battle, conquered Poland, and launched into the Thirty Years War, in which he won imperishable renown lor his extraordinary series of victories at Leipzig, Wiirzburg. the Leek, etc. He was eventually killed in the battle of Lutzen, 1632.