Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-11-04

Napoleon tuen appeared height, from hirh he
surveyed the whoecuuntry, with that of Il Conque |
ror which every Thing al aud without cunlu
sion: wh.r pcariates ihrongh obstacles, aside ac
ccssaricS, discovers the capital point aud fixes II with
the look Of eagle like prey which he is about to
dart with a.. las might and all ms infetr"sty.
He knew itat lra%ie before him, nj Borodiuo, the
kologha river running "a rayine, along the margin
ct which hs p:iccCted few vcrS;s turned abruptly 10
the left ANA discharged itself into the Nioskwa. He
guessed that chain OF considerable heights alone could
have opposed course aud suddenly changc It's i-
reciinu. These we're doubt, occupied bv the ere
rny's army. ami this side II could not be easily at
tackled. Ba, the kologha both banks of which he fol-
lowed while 1t covered the ,ight of the position left their
left exposed.
The night before the battle oC Eorodno we are told
that cold ,nizzlng rain began to fall and the au
tumn set IN with violent wind. This addition
al enemy, that il necessary take into account
for this period Of the answered to the age which
Napoleon was entering, and every one knows tie in
ueace ot the seasons of the year the like seasons
life.
During that night how many different ag,ations
The soldiers and the officers had prepare their arms
10 repair their clothing and TO combat cold and hunger;
for their lite was continual combat. The generals
md the Emperor himself were uneasy lest their defeat
of the preceding day should have diseartened the Rus
SLAMS and they should escape 10 the dark. Rurt had
anticipated this imagined several times that saw
their fires hnrn more family and that heard the
noise of their DEPARTURE bnt dav alone eclpsed the
light of the enemv7s bivou;cs
This time there need to 60 far in search of
them. The of the 9th found The armies again,
and d played them to each other, the same ground
where II had left them The evening before There was
general feeling Us cxuita,ion.
The Emperor took the advantage of the first rays of
dawn 20 advance between the two lines and 10 go from
height to height along tho whole front Of thc hostile
army. He saw the Russians GROWING ali the ennen-
ces in vast semicirce two leagues extent from the
Nloskwa TO the Moscow road.
Napoleon, after having determined on his plan,
had returned Co camp when Murat, when the Rus.
slams had SO often deceived. persuaded him that tliey
we're going to run away once more without fighting
In vain did Rapp, who to observe their ;tti-
tude return and that hc had seen them nrcncng
themselves more and more; that they were numerous
lndiqiousy disposed, and appeared determined mucl,
rather 10 attack II they we're net anticipated, than To
retreat Nurat persisted in his opinion. ami the Empc-
ror, uneasy, returned to the heights OF Barodino
lie there perceived long black columns of troops co
1eng the hgh-road and spreading the plain then
large conveys of wagons provisions and ammunition.
nShort all the dispositions Indicative Of STAY and
battle. AT that very moment though he had taken with
iin hui few atendants that he might not attract the no
ce and the FIRE OF the enemy lie recognised by the
ltussan batteries, and shot suddenly inter
rupted the silence of that day. For it frequently
happens nothing was so calm as the day preceding that
great battle
Thus these two colossal foca or the pont of com
nlsncrg their terrible contest watched each other AT.
tcnvcy measured another with their eyes, ard ST.
icnly prepared for n tremendous conflict.
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