Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-06-12
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s1cfinctd US ior tho gOty ol HnCc, " I
II 80 bat now that tris object IS altamcj ,
{. It dc.ircJ Iha, the last man of US shall /
expire Were Il facing The cnomy's hfe, !
aud uRh auns in our hanjs, well and good 4
but OF hunger, ofdis-asc.--Bo, that oenuoi I
be The momcut has come NO mus al
last Surrender. Pushed 10 desperation, .
several Of the so!dlcs wcn, so flt hsio d.. ,
r,oy ,he,r urms Meanwhile a private /,
pln, was ,nlkej or con,rivod by some men, +
whom suffering had duvcn 10 desperation :
Masscna ndju ued to them a beautiful
proclamation, 10 which he reminded them
OF the du,ics Of a sulJrr, which consist
not lees IN supporting pri'aions aud sui.
i,riDg than ia lJcinl dangefs. lie pointed
10 the example OF their officers, ea'ine Of
the some food with thcms, Ives, aud expo.
sing themselves, day by day, to b. Killed
or wound.d al their head He told them
that The First Consul was advancing al ,hc
/ head OF An army lnt Their drlIvcrnnce that
/ to cnpnulalc ~ this time Of day were To
/ lose IN a moment the result of two months
Of deeds of devotion. Yet few DAYS, SAID
he nay few hours, and you viii be de-.
l,vctcd and nltrr having rcndtiCd the no
/ bi,st service 10 your country.
And thus IT. every sound, in every echo
toward the horizon, they thought they
heard the cannon OF Grneral Bonaparlc, &
were seen 10 Iun ,aprIy together o.,
/ dlv 1t was currently believed that the frns
Of cannon was heard in the direction Of Bo.
chcun cS,rnvagant Joy broke forth on eve.
~ SIDE Nlasscnn himself burned to the
rampars Yam illusion /, was but the
multetlns OF ~ storm IN the gorges Of the
Appcninrs Feelings Of angry m-lanctol-
" and depression grew upon every heart
Al length on The itn vi June, there re
manned bu, two ounces 10 each man Of tina,
loaIhsome bread compose Of starch aud ca.
Gao, To yield the place was now absolute.
IS necessary for reduced 10 extremity, as
our soldiers were, the wrctched mtn could
not be- called upon 10 dcvOur cuch other ;
and their resistance had lis inevitable turn,
IN the physical imposslblny Of existing
any longer without food. / he ufmy had
moreover, had the sense that II had done
all that could be expected from il: courage
The CONVICTION was strong upon them, that
they were not dei,uIuy the Thermopylae
Of France but were scrying to fvor ma
npuvtt which, ut that moinont. must have
succeeded Or i4l,d utterly. Above nll a
belief began TO gain ground the lsl Coun'
, sui was thinking more OF extending his
:, combination than OF relieving IA Mas.
scna shared thus feeling, aud he avowed It
not bu, he did not consider his duties ms
entirely accomplished until he had held
, out the least possible terms o! Ttsisiance.---
, These two miserable ounces OF bread which
remained for each man, being consumed,
, nothing would remain but the necessity 10
, surrender. To this he resigned himself al
least. but in griIl aud bitterness Of heart.
Gcnefll On had sent HIM n Az oflrucc
4 for the Anstrians were MT less eager 10
;. come to terms than the French. In fact
;. this general had received the most positive
. orders 10 raise The siege Of Genoa and lc
, fall back upon AlosscndrL Some have
r said that these offers on the par, Of The enc
my should have taught Massena what was
the real state Of things Doubtless, he wei
n knew that, could he wait day or two lon
g ger, succor might probably arrive, tu
q those two days were not his to dispose Of
4 Give me, said the Gtnocsc, only tive
;. days provisions, or even one, and vii
! will save you from Austrian yoke, u, IN,
4 same time that spare my army the pane
Il u surrender.
- Al length on the third OF June Mu.senl
y; was compelled to treat A surrender a
:. discretion was named but he rejected the
i, idea IN manner SO decided that il was no
,, again propose, He insisted tia, the arm,
should 60 whlIher 1t would with IT'S arms
y, and baggage, with coIors flying, and WHIT
:, the liberty to serve and fight when bcyon,
!, the bcsioger's lines lfno, snd he 10 IN,
:. Austrian flag of truce: will sally ioul
=, from Genoa, sword IN hand Whnh 500
n finished men will attack your camp, and
TO- will fight uni | cut my way thtousI
10 YOU
N The garrison was permitted to depnr
:, but IL was insisted lhnt IT'S commander shout
"A Icmaln u prisoner IN person lur they lrar
q ID thn ri,h lradc' ,u,N as he lis carr
- son might cot rs way from Genoa TO S.
vonn. join with the troops OF Snehd and Il
= tcmn some formidable on.rrptlse upon III
"a rear OF Baron dc Meias 10 calm the II
"A digna,lon Of Massena, the end OF his coHd
;. ,on, so honorable TO himself was avowet
;, lie would no, hear one word oil il II ",
=, then asked, lhnl the garrison should lcls
- hy sea, tina, II nigh, not have time 10 Joi
te S"chus corps To all these proposuoI
II he opposed hIs usual answer. that he wouI
80 -, cot, hls way through them It was 1t lcog
-. agreed 10. that 5000 men should pass b
-. land, lha, Is to say those " bo were srlI ab
~ TO support their arm The couyoi'srn
=. were TO be successfully embarked and tfan
IA sponed 10 suckns general quarters e.
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