The New York herald., 1862-09-14


entered into negotiations with the Allies.
lie deemed Napoleon doomed. He undertook
TO furnish $4,000 men in addition TO 10000 from
Austria to att ok Eugene Beauharnais at Milan,
and prevent his moving to the Emperor's aid
Napoleon remained two days at Erfurt reorgan-
izing his army Swarms of Cossacks and Blu
cher hung on his rear; but after march Of two
hundred miles in five days, he arrived at Hay
nau, where, 10000 against 60,00O, he defeated
the treacherous Saxons who tried TO cut off
his retreat. He then proceeded to Frankfort,
and thence to Mayence, where he crossed the
Rhine and proceeded to Paris, leaving his gene
rails to defend the passage of the river. The
Allies succeeded in crossing, however, and is
sued proclamation that every French peasant
found in arms would be shot, and every town
that resisted would be burned. After making
arrangements at Paris for forwarding reinforce
ments and supplies, Napoleon returned to his
retreatng army, and at vichy, one hundred
miles east Of the capital, he defeated the Cos
sacks. He then heard that fifty miles south, at
Troyes. Blucher had powerful army, and he
proceeded to surprise him. On his way. at
Brienne, he encountered and defeated $4,000
Russians but lost many men,. Blucher mean
time rctreated to form junction with Schwart-
zenberg. Their combined force Of 100000 de-
feated Napoleon with 10000. He retreated
sixty miles down the valley Of the Seine. We'll
lington was now marching from the south Of
France with 100000, Bernadotte from the
north, and Schwartzenberg from the east, fol-
lowed by Blucher, with $4,000 reinforcements.
In the valley Of the Marne, with small force,
Napoleon surprised large body Of Russians.
At Montereau, sixty miles southeast Of Paris,
he made . stand with 10000, and put the Allies
to precipitate fight In ten days he had gained
five victories, but still the wave Of invasion
swept on. Three hundred thousand foes ap-
preached, while there were 100000 more at a
distance. Napoleon now fell upon the
rear Of the Austrians, to cut of their re-
treat. He encountered them at Arcis, and
put them to fight. But other armies of the AL
lies concentrating at Chalons marched rapidly
on Paris. Napoleon, by forced marches of fifty
miles per day, tried to outstrip them; but his
progress was arrested by fighting. while they
outmarched him by two days. They had
500, 900 men, He had only 10000 left. After
battle in the suburbs of Paris with the troops
posted there for its defence, they commenced to
lombard the city from the heights of Mont
martre and the shells were falling In the
streets. The Empress and the ministers had
fled. Napoleon fastened on without his troops
to prevent surrender; but he was too late by
a few hours. The people had called for arms,
but were not supplied with them. His brother
Joseph who had command, felt satisfied that
resistance was useless. left the city and directed
the Duke of Ragusa to capitulate. Napoleon,
finding that all was lost, repaired to Fontaine-
bleau, where he signed his abdicatiOn and exile
in favor Of the succession of his son and the re-
gency Of the Empress; but scarcely had he done
so when he learned that General Marmont had
proved q traitor to him, and had secretly
marched away his troops, leaving Fontainebleau
undefended The Allies, having Napoleon now
completely in their power, insisted on an un-
conditional abdication for himself and his heirs.
He agreed even to this, ''for the interests Of
France and was exiled to Eiba.
The parallel between this campaign of Ma
poleon and that of Mcclellan in Virginia is
almost complete in every respect but in its ter
mination. Napoleon failed to re ach Paris be-
fore the enemy. Mcclellan and Pope formed q
junction behind the fortifcations Of Washington
and under the gunb IS of the Potomac before
Lee and Jackson, with all their energy aud
generalship, could anticipate them. Paris was
Inundated. The lawful ruler of France was
dethroned and another prince forced upon the
throne by foreign bayonets. Washington is not
humbled. The capital is safe, the invaders are
baflied and the legitimate chief magistrate is
firmly seated in the Presidential chair.