The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-11-22
JENA And AUERSTADT.
BY HN :. c. ABB TT.


lr the year 1906 EagIaaJ, Rns.a ana Prus-
sia formed a new coalition against France
Prussia commenced to- campaign, rs invading
SaXony with an army 81 100000 men, under
the command ol Fredprjck Wt'an, The Ptas-
sian King Alexander Rpssa, with an equal
army, was pressing dawn through the wilds O.
Poland, to unite in tSr march un90 Paris
England co-oper5jed with her iuyioci5.e feet
and with profuse expenditures from her mex
haustibIe treasury.
he Emperor was greatly annoyed bg this
nnprovoked attack, which Jhwarled all bis plans
Tor developing the industrial resourceSof France.
He shut himself uP flr iorty-efzbt hours 70 az
range the details OF th1 campaign, ard immeG-
ately dictated two hundred letters all OF which
still remAn the monument Of his energy and
Sagacity. 10 SIX days The whole imperial guard
was transported from Paris % lh- Rhine. Ttev
travelled by post sixty mIes day. On the
2+ih OF Sepembel Napoleon, at midnight, en-
tered his carriage al the Tu.ieiiss, ta ;1n
the army. His parting words TO the Senate
were:
In 50 just war, which we have mol pro-
voket by any acl, by any preience, the true
cause Of "hich il would BE- impossible to assign,
and where o4lv take arrfy To- eet.E.ti aa7~
selves, we depend entirely upon the support ct
The laws. and upoa that ii The psople, whom
circumstances call upon 20 give fresh proofs Of
their devotion and caurarr
Placing hmsclr At the tread Of his army, bv
series Of sklIfll .aaacarr-s he threyv his uFoIe
force into The rear OF The Prussians, cutting
shpn off from their supplies, ard from all pos
e5iity of retreat. Being thus sure of victory,
he wrote as follows 10 the King Of Prussia;
'SlRE, ~ BearnrR-L am IN the heart Of
SaXony. My strength 5 such that yo"r forces
canno, balance 'a" victory. Bot why Shed So
much blood why madF oa- subjects Say each
other? l do not PriZ' victory purchase" oT
The lives OF 50 many Of nv children. Il { were
Just commencing my GH.Hary career, aad q
haI any rea2an 70 far i,1- chances Of war, This
language would be wholly misplaced. Sire.
vour majesty VIII as vanqajshrd. At present
YOU are uuinjured, and gay treat with me IN a
uanapr, corfotn nahle eyi'h y-ur rank. Before
mouth is passed, y1u will treat n a different
position. | am aware that in bus wr.ajng
may irIitale thai sensaiilv which nationally
belongs 10 every sovereign. Gat circums,an-
ces demand that I should use nc coucgalnlrut
/ impiore your majesty 10 v.ev,, .u thIs letter,
nothing hat the desire have 10 spare the ef-
fusion of human blood. Slre~ my brother, !
pray God that He nav have you 10 His worthy
and holy keeping
To this letter 10 reply vas rsiagne1. Ia two
days fTom this time 'he advance g9sgd Of the
French net The Prassana, strongly entreached
upon the plains Of lena and AUers,adt. 7, was |
she evening Of tie 9th Of October, The sun !
was just sinking with unusual briIIancy 5-hind
the western hills when h- proud array OIL
the prussians, more than one hundred thousand I
strong, appeared iD sight, Three hundred pie
ces of artillery were concentrated iu batteries,
and squadron Of eighteen thousand cavalry, /
spleodidIy csparisoned ana vita FURNISHED ar
NOR were drawn up upon TIE pialn.
Napoleon Immediately took possession of tbe /
Landgrafenberg, steep, craggv hiIi, which the /