The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-01-03

sapo'eu1 now Ieit strOng, ln'
: King o! Bavaria. one of Napoleon,
, allies, wished to place his son, {
young man, inexperienced in war
but OF thorough military education
In command Of the Bavarian troops
Your army" replied Napoleon
must fight in earnest in this cam
paign. Your son may be able &c
command when he shall have made
six or seven campaigns with u.s.
, Meanwhile let him come to my
head quarters. lie will be received
there with all tie consideration due
to him, and will learn our trade"
General Vandsme was placed in
com nand of the 12 600 troops fur
nishcd BY the King of Wurtembure
81 know" said Napoleon, "GeneraI
Vandame's defects, but he is ,rro
Soldier. In this difficult calling
much must he forgiven"
The river Inn forms the Eastern
boundary of Bavaria. The Austrian
troops were assembled in immense
numbers, on the banks of that river,
prepared Tor the march of invasion
Many noble Austrians were opposed
to this peridious attack. Count Co.
bentsel, then on his dying bed, wrote
TO the Emperor
avoid war, for which no pro.
vocation is given, and which viii be
the ruin of your house. Napoleon
will conquer, and then will have a
right to be inexorable."
Nonsense" "a d the Emperor
Francis, as he read the remonstrance,
Napoleon can do nothing now
HE troops are all in Spain"
A. the Emperor , rancis left his
palace to place himself at the head
Of his troops, Count Wallis said i,
pithily: "There is Darius, running
to meet an Alexandcr. He Will *
perience the came fate"
The Austrian troops, in a divis
ion 200 600 strong, crossed the Inn
on the l0th OF April, 1909. Three
hundred thousand additional troops
were following. At ten o'clock at
night Napoleon received the tele.
graphic announcement. As he read
it he said calmly:
/ Very well; behold us once more
at Vienna. Since they fnrce me to
it, they shall have war to their he ris'
content"
/ 1t was distance of six hundred
miles from Paris to tie Inn. AT
midnight Napoleon took his carriage
with Josephine, Tor S;rasburg. llr
Travelled hy day and night until hr
reached Strashurs. Leaving 10.
scphnc there, he Immediately cross.
cd tie Rhine and met at Dii!cngcn,
the King OF Bavaria, who had been
driven from Munich, his capitol.
"ln fifteen days" said Napoleon,
will free your country from the in
vaders and restore you to your capt.
tol."
The wi ole French army was iu-
stanlIy in nation. Napoleon seemed
to he everywhere Present. and he
was every where victori IA. In three
days he fought ~ many battles, de
stroying of the Austrian army, in
killed, wounded and cap,ives, 60
900 men. In theec movements he
had concentrated an army OF 10000
men a, Eknuhl, The Austrian
Arch Duke Charles had cntrenchud
there an army 100000 strong. Il
was the night OF the 10 h OF April. -
Napoleon slept for an hour upon {
bench in Il rude hut, and before tn,
dawn OF the morning marshalled hi'
host for the decisive battle. The
sun OF warm April day rose cloud
less, ami soon dspelled the fos
which hung heavily over the plains
A scene OF surprising iovelinesi
} was then opened to the eye. "Vrr
dsnt meadows, winding streams
gardens, villages and rural mansions
: enbowered in trees, presented a.
aspect OF extraordinary beauty
= TIE white tents OF the Austrian
i profusely sprinkled the plain. TIN
CLEAN of polished armor fashe'
. through the osiers and willows
j which, fringing the streams, wer
= just bursting into leaf. lnnumera
!, BILE steeds were cropping the ires
II herbsge." The clangor Of approach
G ing battle filed the air, as banner
waved, and horses neighed, an
!. trumpets sounded, and squadrons ,
g cavalry and battallions Of intantr
't and artillery took their position
h upon the plain aud the at4ceI
J. heights. AT noon the couhict bt
= gan.
IL The fret shot that was fired We
70 the signal for a general, simultan,
b ous discharge OF musketry and arti
= lery, in a roar of battle such as ht
seldom been heard on this globe. =
ls For five hours the deafening thund,
'e continued without intermission, an
O. the storms of mutilation and deal
is swept the plain.
ut The evening twilight was fast a
E. preaching. and the enemy began
ss waver. Napoleon had held tue IL
ps perial guard, though chaling, in r
u serve for this decisive hour. Th
= invincible squadron, ten thousal
ne strong, encased in helmets al
a. breastplates OF glittering steel al
he mounted on horses Ot great pow'