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he assembled height from Shich whole
Geld Of battle could be surveyed, than he
looked around him ioT = lev ninuie With
his Telescope. sn6 immediately formed q
clear conception Of the position, forces
and intentions OF the whole hostile array.
In this way be could. With surprising ss-
euraey. calculate in few minutes. sc-
eording TO what be could see OF their for.
msuon and The extent Of ground which
they occupied, The numerical force cf
armies OF 60 or so 600 msn add IL their
troops were al all scattered. be knew %
once how long u would require for them
10 concentrate, end how many hours must
el'P'e before they made their attack
On one occasion, in!thr autumn Of 1919,
some OF kapoIeon's Generals expressed
an opinion that he might expect an attack
on the side Of Bohemis. From what I
can see" said he. calmly closing bis tele-
scope, the enemy have there two corps
OF SIXTY thousand msa. they will require
more than one day TO Concentrate and bs
ready 10 attack; We may psrs ue oup
march"
NAPoLEoN's HABr1s DURING A Corr,
PAIGS.-lf IN the eourse OF n campaign
be me, : courier on the road. he general
ly stopped, got out OF his carriage. and
called Ber,hieT or Caulaineour,, who sal
down 90 the ground TO write What the
Emperor dictated. Frequently chen the
officers around him were cent in different
directions, so that hardly any remsipsd in
attendance on has person. When be OK.
Pecied some intelligence from his Gene,
rails, sad q vas supposed that battle was
IN contemplation. he was generally in tho
most anxious state Of disqOieipde end
not unlTequenily in the middle OF the
! night called out aloud-"Cali DAlbe.
(hi' principal Secretsry.) let every one
arise" He then began 10 work at one
or two in me morning; having gone to
bed The night before. according 20 his IN.
variable custom. at o o clock, as he had
diBed. Three or four hours slee2 was ell
INA, he either allowed himself or required;
during the campaigo OF 1919. there was
only one nighi-,hsi when he rested n
GorlitE, after the conclusion Of the srnio,
iiee, that be slept ten hours without ws,
kening. Often Caulsincourt or Duros
were up with bin hard al work ell night.
On such occasions his iavorits, MameIukO
Russian, brought him frequently strong
coffee. and be walked abop: from DARK iii
sunrise. speaking add diciatiag without
inteImissiOn IN his apartment. which vsS
| always veil lighted, wrspped up in his
! nightgown. with . s,ik Handkerchief tied
ike turban round bis head. But tboso
| stretches were only made under the pres
sure OF necessity generally be retired
TO rest al eight OF niue. and slept tiII two,
then rose aud dictated for q eoupIs OF
hour; then rested, or more lIeqnsctly
msdiisted, for two hours clone after
which he dressed and q warm bath prs-
pared hin for the labors OF the susceadjpa
day.
His travelling csrrisEs RAs . perfect
curiosity, aud sinEularly Characteristic Of
the prevailing temper Of his disposition -
II Vas divided into two unequal sompatt-
men's, separated BY . Smsll low partition,
on which che elbows could rest, while IL
prevented siiher from eneFosching on the
other thsesmslier ives for Bsrthisr. the
larger. the lioR's Sbsre. Tor himself The
emperor eosld Iscline ia Q dorMsass in
front Of his seat; but 20 such seeommo-
dalion ~as afforded 10 he eonpsnioa.-
10 the Interior 81 the esiTisee weTs q
uumher Of brewers, Of wbieh kspolson
bad the key. in which we're placed dee
patches not yet reed. ahd . small library
Of books. A large is@p 'bshind him
threw hrigh, light in the interior. 90 that
he could read viihout intsFnissIoa ell
night. he paid greet attention 10 HE poF.
table library. sud bad pFsPsrsd isg Of
dnodeeimo editions Of about Ave hpndfsd
volumes. which he iniended 10 be his
eons'snt travelling eompsniOas; bat the
disasters Of the latter years Of he reign
prevented this design from being esgSjsd
Iato complete sEse0tioB.
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