St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-02-27

arrived bringing q letter from Maria
LOuisa. aad persr.is of his id.lized
son. Th- emperor placed the picture
on chair, nc the dosm Of his tent, and
invited the officers aud soldiers near 10
see IT. Groups of wss-xosn veterans
gathered around to gaze upsn the pic
snre: A: kngsh the Emperur said asdly.
tsss e :ssy. he sssas ! asl'l % bzsiIe
lie retired for m hour to his bed, but
not to sleep. An aid. who had occasiun
10 speak to him. fouud him, sitting on his
bed, with his face buried in biz hands.
What 10 war" said he. sadly. 1T 10
. trade Of t'arbarians. The great art con-
fists in being strongest on . given point.
A 6. cat day ID at hand. The battle will
Dc . Terrible one. l shall lose twcnty
thousand men,"
With the first dawn Of light preparations
were made for q battle. The sun rose
without q el"ui. '.lIchold," said Nspo-
Ion. amiling. the sun Of Austerlitz F."
NapoleoH. surrounded by q few of his
staff, stood upon an cminence coutemplat-
lug the 6eld. where the vsst Russiau
army Was eutrcnched, when battery was
Opchcd upon him. aud several shots whis,led
through the group. The onsc. im,uedi-
siely co'nn'cuccd. aud a terrific peal a. Of
thunder burst over the plain. Three
hundred thousand men. with all the most
f"mi liable cngiuery Of war. kl upon
each other. From, FIVE in the morning
until the n,iiJlc Of the .ftrrnoon the s,orn,
of the hattie rsg,d. The .t.cj Of Da-
voust MAS literally tom to pi. ess be-
meath hia BY = cannon-ba!l. anu yet the
Marshal rosc from, the dust unl,arn,r.l.
God be praised. exclaimed Napoleon,
wi:h fevor. General Kapp received four
wounds, aud was struck on the hip by a
ball which hurled him from Lis ho-ec. lie
was carried bleeding fru,n the field. Ma
poleon galkped Z" the litter where the
wounded general lay. and taking him af-
frctionatcly. by the hand. sail lis i,
always. then. your turn 10 be wounded Z"
This MAS his twenty y-sccassd wound.
C"unt AuHstu. Caulainc"urt waited at
tho eide II the rmrerur. Next to hi.
tarvbbing hesrt w.s tue miniature of hi.
young aud b'.autiful bride. whom he had
left but few days after their marriage.
Tie Was ordered to attack = rrdoubt. lie
put spurs to his horse. saying. Il will DC
At the redoula Immediately. dead or alive. ;
lie was the first to nouut the parapet.
A nsuskct ball struck hin, and be fell dead.
Thus al the day l"ng tidings OF victory
aud death reached the ears Of the eupc-
rr. Silent and sad Napoleon watched
the 6ucsus,i,Rs of the field. aud guided
the tremendous energies Of battle. The
inrerisl gard Of 20. .09O ncn be held in
reserve. Berthicr, at . monscnt whcn
the army sceIed very hard pressed. urged
that they should be seut f"rward.
NO." said Napoleon. calmly; ",hc
battle eau be- won without them. And
what IL there should be another battle to-
morrow =
Again, when the result ...ccn,cd trcm.
bling IN tho balance. he va. urged to
bring up the -indonitablc guard. Napo-
Icon quietly replied. The hour of this
bsttle Is not vet eou'e. 1t will begin in
two hours more.
Gradually the concentrating limos Of
battle had mss in aud around the grea,
central Russian Rcdoubs. More thsn
QUO hundred thousand men here fought.
cnvelopsd in clouds of smoke. Nspol-
con gsscd calmly upon that terrible vol-
cauo Of lightpings aud thuuderings where
his troops wsrc struggling with euereies
almost supcrhansn. The terrible con.
test was soon ended. and the banners of
France aoated proudly over the gory
bsytious.
The evening Of the victory was not
ono Of cxu:sation. Forty three French
generals had been either killed OF wound
Cd. Thirty thousand French soldiers
struck down BY the shot or sabers of the
euemy. These were dreadful tidings to
Re conveyed 10 France. Fifty Thousand
Russi.n soldiers were also strown over
the field. wsltering IN Llssd. The Rus
sians slowly retrsatcd towards Moscow,
followed their by Victorious yet not cx-
ultant foes.