The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-11

he AuStrlanS could not have been NOR
amazed had an army descended from th
skies.
AS Napoleon was thus rapidly concen
trating his troops in the rear of the foe
he wrote to Talleyrand
"The Austrans are in the defiles of th'
Black Forest. God grant they may re
main there. My only fear is that We
shall frighten them too much. If they
allow me to gain few more marches
shall have completely turned them. For
bid the newspapers to make any more
mention of the army than if il did not ex
ist."
Napoleon seemed to be omnipresent
Night and day, almost without food oil
sleep, he was on horseback, galloplne
from post to post. For eight days and
nights of incessant rain, the Emperor
had not taken off his boots, or even
thrown himself upon couch for rest
One night Napoleon overlook a brigade
of his soldiers on the march. Gathering
them around him, as father would as
sembe his children, he explained tc
them minutely the situation Of the enc
my, and the maneuvers by which he
hoped to gain triumphant aud blood
less victory. He had no fear that there
would be single deserter 10 betray bis
his trust. AS he put spurs to his horse
and disappeared in the darkness, burs,
of irrepressible enthusiasm cheered him
on his way.
In less than three weeks $4,000 of the
Austrians were taken captive, and Sc,
600 more were trembling behind the
ramparts of Ulm, all possibility of es-
cape being cut off. The batteries Of the
French were placed upon the adjacent
nights, and now and then shell fell in
to the city, protentous of the approach
ing storm. Gen. Mack in despair sent
Prince Maurice to the Emperor with a
flag Of truce. The Prince, as was Gus
tomary on such occasions, was conduct
ed through the lines of the French army
to the Emperor's headquarters blindto,d
ed. When the bandages were removed
he found himself in presence of Napole-
on in storm torn tent, through which
the rain dripped freely. The Emperor
stood upon loose board, which only
protected his feet from the water which
deluged the plain.
Nothing remained for the Austrians
but unconditional surrender
The next day was clear, cold, brilliant,
when a scene was witnessed seldom par
alleled in the annals Of war. Thirty six
thousand Austrians marched out from
the city and laid down their arms before
the conqueror. Napoleon stood upon the
hill side, before camp fire, as the pro-
cession detailed before him. In gener-
Gus terms he said to the officers, humili.
ated and grief fstricken:-
Gentemen--war has its chances
Oilen victorious, you must expect some
times to be vanquished. Your master
wages against me an unjust war. | say
1t candidly, know not for what | am
The exultation Of the French army was
boundless. Sixty-six thousand prison
ers, two hundred pieces of cannon, nine
ty standards, and an immense amount OF
military stores had been taken in a cam.
paign Of twenty days, and with loss OF
bu fifteen hundred men. A few thou
sands only of the great army of invasion
had escaped, in fugitive bands, through
the defiles of the mountains.
But astounding as was this success,
the French army was still in imminent
peril. But 80, 900 OF the 500, 900 of their
foes had been captured or dispersed. al
exander, of Russia. was hurrying down
through the plains of Poland, at the head
Of 10000 troops. Dense columns of
Austrians, numbering 10000 from Italy
and the Tyrol. were making forced
TO combine with the Russians
A Hungarian army, of 10000 strong
was goaded forward to join the enemies
Of France. Thirty thousand English
troops, landed at Hanover. united with
the Swedish and Neapolitan auxliaries,
were FASTENED 10 the scene of conflict
The Queen of Prussia had also effected
an interview between her husband Fred
eric William. and the Emperor OF Russia
The two sovereigns met at midnight in
the tomb of Frederic the Great at Potts
dam, and over the remains Of the great
warrior pledged their mutual faith
against France. Prussia placed her ar
my 100000 men At the service of the al
lies. Napoleon was nearly five hundred
miles distant from his capital, and all