Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-11-09

| boundless. Sixty.six thousand prisoners,
| two hundred pieces of cannon, ninety
standards, and an immense amount OF mil
| itary stores had been taken in campaign
| of twenty days, and with loss of but ff-
| teen hundred men. A few thousand only
of the great army Of invasion had escaped,
in fugitive bands, through the defles of
| the mountains. .... .~-r.. ..
But astounding as was this success, the
! French army was still in imminent peril.
But $4,000 Of the 100000 of their foes
had been captured or dispersed Alexan.
der of Russia was hurrying down through
the plains of Poland, at the head of ll6,
900 troops. Dense columns Of Austrians,
numbering 10000 from Italy and the
Tyrol, were making forced marches to
combine with the Russians. Hungarian
army. 10000 strong, was goaded forward
10 loin the enemies of France. Thirty
thousand English troops, landed in Hano
YER, united with the Swedish and Neapo-
! Titan auxilaries, were Fastening to the
scene of conflict The Queen Of Prussia
| had also effected an interview between
her husband Frederic William and the
| Emperor of Russia. The two sovereigns
met at midnight in the tomb of Frederic
the Great at Pottsdam, and over the re.
mains of the great warrior pledged their
mutual faith against France. Prussia
placed her army of 100000 men at the
service of the allies. Napoleon was nearly
| ve hundred miles distant from his capi.
tai, and all Europe deemed him ruined
beyound redemption His only safety lay
in attacking his vastly outnumberng foes
before they could concentrate.
Forward to Vienna was the com.
mand. 1t was an audacions march Of
nearly four hundred miles farther into the
very heart Of the enemies country, regard
less Of impreguable fortresses and swarm
ing armies upon his right hand and his left
! "If Napoleon" says his brother Louis,
ain his bold and often hazardous actions,
seemed to calculate wholly on his good
fortune, no person seemed to leave less to
accident in the conception of his plans -
He always considered things under every
imaginable aspect. And though he never,
or scarcely ever. experienced reverses, he
was in every enterprise prepared before
hand for whatever might happen"
At the command Forward to Vienna.'
the whole French army moved resistlessiy
.
an inundation All Austria was terror
stricken. The panic in Viena was dread
ful, as each day the resistless host drew
nearer. On tho morning of the 18th OF
November, the Eagles OF France gitiered
upon the heights which surrounded the
Austrian capital. Resistance was hope,
less. The Emperor Francis, with trag-
ment of his army, had fed to the North,
seeking the protection of Russia. A dep
utation of citizens waited upon Napoleon
imploring his clemency, and surrcndering
to him the keys of the city. No private
property was allowed to be touched But
the government chests ard afsenals, filled
to repletion with the munitions of war,
fell into the hands of the victor. One
hundred thousand muskets, two thousand
cannon, and military supplies Of every
kind repienishei the stores OF the French
In forty days the Emperor had trans
ported the army of 10000 men from the
shore. of the ocean to the remote capital
of Vienna. His descent Of the Danube
was continued battle and continuous
victory. But his situation seemed more
perilous now than ever before. Detach-
ments which had been forced to leave by
the way, to protect his line of communi-
cation, had dwinded his available troops,
whom he could march into battle, to but
10000 men. Armies in his vicinity,
amounting to 100000 met, were strain
ing every nerve to concentrate and destroy
him. He paused for moment to decide
where to strike his first blow, and then
fixing his eyes upon the legions of Alex.
ander crowding down through the dehles
Of the Carpathian mountains. and who
were soon to he joined by tho Emperor
Francis and his routed troops, he gave
again the order for an onward march.
The blasts of winter already swept the
hills whtened with snow But the indom-
table host, eagerly following their leader,
plunged into the wilderness of the north,
until they disappeared from the observa
ton of France. On the lst Of December
the French, 10000 in number met the
Russians and Ausirians, l00, 900 strong,
on the field of Austerltz, more than &
thousand miles from the capital of France
The conflict was short and terrible. Al.
oxander and Francis, from an adjacent
emiuence, witnessed the discontinue and
almost annihilation of their entire army,
Accompanied by few guards, they joined
the fugtives and fled from the CORY fled
A flag of truce, borne by the hand o
Prince John of Austria, was sent to Ma
poleon imploring an armistc. 1t was
readily granted, and the next morning the
Emperor Francis repaired to an appointed
place for an interview With Napoleon
He found the French Emperor standing
by camp FIRE built by the side Of a wind
mill, which alone protected him from the
wind which swept the frozen hills.
!" | receive you said Napoleon, q in
the only palace which have inhabited fol
the last two months
"You have made such good use Of thai
hab,a,ion,' Francis replied, that it ought
to be agreeable to you
The terms Of Peace we're soon concluded
both with Austria and Russia. When the
Emperor Francis had withdrawn Napoleon
walked for some time though,fally before
the fire, and was overheard to say