Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-24
From the Baltimore amerieas-


Grande Armee, pendant lAnnce, 1872
which is likely to attract general at
tention. A translation Of it was ma
king in London, and it was expected
to appear in the beginning Of March.
In the last number Of the London Ma
gazine, we observe (says the N. York
Evening Post, an article on the SUBJ
iect, accompanied by several extracts
from the work, which we have perused
with deep interest. They relate chief
fly to the battle of Moscow, previous to
the cenflagration of that capital, and
are written with clearness and in a
style and manner calculated to engage
the attention of most readers. 1t would
appear, that Napoleon, at the time he
entered on the Russian campaign, was
greatly afflicted with bodily disease;
probably that which terminated his
life. After giving an account Of the
battle of Moscow, which lasted from
sunrise till 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
the writer proceeds as follows
at was late in the day, the ammuni-
ton exhausted, and the battle over
1t was only then that the emperor
mounted his horse with difficulty, and
rode slowly towards the heights of Sc
menoska. He found there a field of
battle but incompletely gained, for The
cannon balls and even the bullets Of the
enemy, still disputed it with US. In the
midst Of these spirit-stirring sounds of
war, and the still flaming ardour Of
Ney and Murat, Napoleon remained
the same his spirits sunk, his voice
languishing, and addressing his victo-
torious generals only to recommend
prudence to them; after which he re-
tuned at a slow pace to his tent behind
the battery, which had been carried two
days before, and in front Of which he
had remained, since morning, an almost
motionless spectacle of all the vicissi-
tudes of that terrible day.
Con entering,his tent, he appeared
not only enfeebled in body, but pros
trated in mind. The field of battle he
had visited, told him in more conyinc-
ing terms than his generals, that this
victory, so long pursued, so dearly pur-
chased, was incomplete. Was it him,
who was accustomed to follow up his
success to the last possible results,
that Fortune now found frigid and in
active, when she offered him her best
favors For the loss was immense, and
without proportionate result. Every
one around the emperor had to dcplore
the death of a friend or relation, for
the havoc had been great among the
officers Of high rank. Forty-three &C.
neraIs had been killed or wounded
What mourning in Paris What tri-
umph for his enemies! What a DANCE
rous subject of meditation for Germa-
ny In his army, even in his tent, vic
tory appeared silent, sombre, isolated,
neglected even by the flatterers! Those
whom he sent for, Dumas, Daru, sc.
listened to him, but replied not but
their attitude, their downcast looks,
their silence, was sufficiently intelligi-
bic.
"At ten O'Clock, Murat, whom IL
hours fighting had not tired, came to
ask for the cavalry of the guard. "The
enemy" he said, "were passing hasti-
ly, and in disorder, the Moskowa and
he wished to surprise and destroy
them" The emperor repressed this
sally Of immoderate ardor, and then
dictated the bulletin Of the day.-He
was pleased to inform Europe that nei-
Their himself nor his guard was expos
ed. Some attributed this 10 an excess
of self.love. Others, better informed,
judged differently; for they had never
seen him exhibit gratuitous vanity
they thought, that distant as he was
from France, and at the head Of an AZ
my Of foreigners, who could be kept to
gether only by victory, he felt how in.
dispensable it was t. preserve untouch-
ed chosen and devoted body Of troops.
Those who had not lost sight Of Ma
poleon during the whole OF the day,
were convinced that this conqueror Of
so rnany nations was vanquished by a
burning fever. They then called to
mind what he himself had written
down fifteen years before in Italy
"Health is indispensable to soldier /;
its place can be supplied by no other
quality" and also an expression, unfor-
tunately but too prophetic, which the
emperor made use Of on the field Of
Austerlitz, when he said, "Oudinot is
worn out; man can make war but for
a certain time; ! myself shall be capa.
BILE for six years more, after which /
should STOP"
Of the scenes which occurred du-
ring the campaign, and after Napoleon
had left the army for Paris, we have
this appalling description:
"The winter" says comte de Segur,
"now overlook us; and by filling up
the measure of each individuals suffer-
ings, put an end to that mutual support
which had hitherto sustained u.s.
~ Tho crane ryasented only