Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

We regarded Rossignol with c on.
sternatiQn. W.
lieve, then
II believe neither in God nor devil,
interrupted the commandment; SO you
see there is no superstition about INK
but believe my own eyes, neverthe
less, and | know what know, ant
that is that | shall never see Franc,
again. If you want my commission
you can have it before long, for i
will soon be vacant. shall see thu
priest once more for the last time, ant
| am expecting him every moment
But you say you killed him.
Still | shall see him or his son; it..
all the same.
At this moment the pipe dropped
from the commentaries hands, and hi
seemed pctrified. Look he exclaim
ed; thhre he lisp
True enough, by the dim light O
the fire; which sudden shower O
rain had nearly extinguished; + per
ceived at short distance the figure
of Dumanet, who approached us
ghastly pale, with his head bound uT
in bloody handkerchief For ter
days he had followed us, though Sc.
verely wounded, and making his way
through the crowd of Fricoteurs, hae
at last succeeded in joining us. The
poor fellow took from his bosom the
eagle of the regiment, which he very
modestlypresented to Rossignol, who
though his countenance had not We,
recovered the color of which con.
sternation had deprived it: could MOI
forbear his gibes.
so, Monsieur de Citrate, he obser.
we'd, you bring rain with you. Coulc
you not contriye to turn a little Of
this water which is putting our fire
out into wine, as you say was done
at Cana of Galiiee? Then taking
the eagle and kissing it, without a
word or look or acknowledgment to
him who had saved it, he continued
Join your company curate.'
This was all the thanks Dumanet
received. He obeyed his orders,
joined his comrades, bore all their
jokes and scarcams with his usual
equanimity, and repaid them by dis
tributing quantity of tobacco, which
he had managed to purchase from
the Fricoteurs. On the morrow he
marched with us upon Hanau.
The Bavarian general De Wrede
had taken his position upon the Kint-
zig in advance of the city, with his
right upon the bridge of Lumboi,
and his center between that bridge
and the main road Gelnhausen, which
he COMMANDED by battery of sixty
guns. A much less weight of metal
would have suificed to have crushed
our way-worn and disheartened bat
tallions. More fortunately for us,
our advanced guard mistook their
way, and, instead ofmarching by the
Gelnhausen road directly upon Han
ua, turned off to the left, where the
country was more level; and before
either we or the Bavarians were
aware of it, we had actua ally turned
their flank. When our guides de-
bauched from the forrest of Lumboi,
to their establishment they found them
selves face to face with the enemy,
who in their turn, beheld them with
equal amazement and greater con-
sternation-expecting them, as they
did, upon the other side. The con-
fusion that ensued can better be
imagined than described. We thought
that we were supprised-they, that
their position had been turned by a
mastery hanover. a,i ,uv,,
Then ssas-<s.:tiire Is vet ad(1
ence between the Emperor ana men
OF ordinary mould. De Wrede, with
an army fresh and in fine condition,
well posted, with a powerful park OF
artillery finding it necessary to change
his order of battle at once, lost his
presence of mind and became con-
fused. Napoleon, who found himself
at the head Of a marching column,
within pistol shot OF the enemy, while
his artillery were two hours march
behind, was perfectly collected, and
showed himself upon the instant
equal to the occasion. Throwing his
whole force at once into columns of
attack, he road along the lines and
exclaimed: Soldiers, before you are
traitors-behind them is France !!
Charge!' That charge decided the
day. The enemy We're driven from
post to post at the point of the bay
onet, though for three hours they dis
puted every foot of ground. Mean
while our artillery had arrived, and
after brief protraction of the strug-
gle the Bavarians were forced into and
across the Kintzig, leaving ten thou
sand men upon the field Of battle, and
loosing as many more in the river
and upon the bridges.
For some time during the latter
portion of the fight, Rossignol, with
the remnant OF one regiment, had
been stationed in the rear of one of
our advanced batteries to protect the
guns from a sudden charge Of the en-