Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-04-14
a NapoEeo~lc Caunnatgn

magnificent army at BJulgOne, prer airing
for the invasion of England. Secretly Aus
tria and Russia entered to assail him iii the
rear.
Five hurdred thousand allied trocrs
were imme3istely on the march, for the
Invasion OF France, without any declara.
ton Of war. OF these, two hundred and
fifty thausand were Austrians. two han
: drcd thousand Russians, flty thousand
English, Swedas and Neapulitans. There
we're also two hundred thousand Prussiaus
formidably armed and disciplined, eager
to join the c0aliti, upon the first reverse
which should attend the French arms. To
meet these armies Of combined Europc. Ma.
pclecn had but one hundred and eightv-siy
thousand co'nbntants, tt irty-six thousand If
whom were horsemen.
The allies supposed they were moving in
secrecy, and that they were to strike their
victim by surprise. But a vigilant eve
was watching them.
The moment the Austrian troops COM
menced their match, by the invasion Of
Bavaria Napoleon's ally, he put the seal Of
! silence up'n all the avenues cf inrormo-
zion, and, by means Of two hundred thou
sand carriages, which he had in readiness.
transported his army, with almost the
speed OF a whilwind, across France, PASSED
both the Rhine and the Danube, and rlant-
ed his batteries in tho rear of the division
OF eighty thousand AustraIns who had en-
tered the BavaIiar kingdom. The retreat
of the foe was thus cut rf, and be was sen.
a:ated from his supplies, and could hnre
Tor no aid. The Austrians could not have
been more amazed bad an army descended
from the skies.
AS Napoleon was rapidly concentrating
his troops in tho rear Of the foe, be wrote
t. Telleyrand-
The Aus Rams are in the dtfls Of the
Black Forest. G1d grant they may remain
there. My only fear is, that we shall
brighten them too much. Ifthey allow me
to gain few more marches l shall have
Completely turned them. Forbid the news
papers making any more mention of the
army than if they did not exist
Napoleon seemed to be omuipreseut-
Night and day, almost without food or
SLEEP, he was on horseback, galI0ring from
post to post. For eight days and nights of
incessant rain. the Emperor had not taken
OFT his boots, IT even thrown himself upon
couch fer rest.
One night Napoleon overlook brigade
OF his soldiers on the march. Gathering
item arouad him aS father would assem-
bic his children, he explained to them mi
nutely the situation Of the enemy, and tie
mar evures by which he hoped 20 gain a
triumphant and Jodless victory. lie had
no lear that there would be a single Geser>
ter to tetray his trust. As he pa: spurs TO
his horse and disappeared IN the darkness.
burst of irrepreSsible enthusiasm cheer
ed him on his way.
In less than three weeks thirty tn apsand
OF the Austrains were taken captive. and
thirty six Thousand were trembling bahind
the ramparts of Uim, all possibility of es-
cape being cut of. The batteries of the
French were placed upon the adjacent
height. and now and then shell fell into
the city, porteutnus IF the aprruachipr
stosm. Gener,l Mack, in DESPAIR, sent
Prince Maurice TO the Emperor with flag
OF truce
The prince, rs was customary on sucb
OCCASIONS, was Conducted through the lines
OF the French army to the Empcrgr's head
quarters, blindf,l1ed. When the handaoes
were removed. he found himself in the
presence OF Napoleon, in storm-.orn tent
through which tn, rain drirpod freely
The L npel or d uron a board, which
alone protected his feet f:ons the waite,
which deIuGod the plain. Nothinr re-
manned for the Austriuss butuuc5pGiiional
surrender.
The next day was clear, c,ll Fud briI-
liant, when scene was witnessed seldom
para leled in the annals of war. Tbirtv.six
thousand Austrlaus marched ont from the
city and laid down their arms before the
couqucr0r.
n - NJ O. H. I
a camp fire, as the melancholy procession
deflet before him. In generous terms lie
sald to the officers, Illuminating a. d grief
'Genla men--wGr hasIts chances. Often
victorious, you must expect sometimes to
be vanquished. Your master wages against
me an unjust war. l say it candijly, !
know net for what ] am fighting
The exul alton of the French army was
b 'undless. Sixty-six thousand prisoners.
two hundred pieces of cannon, ninety stan
CarIs and immense amounts of military
stores had been taken in camraicn #
twenty Gays, and with loss of but fifteen
hundred men. A few thousands OILY of
the great army of invasion had escaped. in
fugitive bands, through the defile of the
mount ms.
Frcr ch my was still in immit ent peril.
Bat eighty thousand of the five hundred
thousand Il their foes had been captured or
dispersed. Alexander of RUSH, was hur-
rying down through the plains IF Poland.
a. the head of hundred and sixteen thou
sand troops. Dense columns of Austrisns.
numbering seventy III usand, from LAZY
and Tyrol, were making forced marches t.
,l.,r,o mill "a
army, thirty thousand strong, was goaded
forward to join the enemies of France
Thirty thousand English troops, landed in
Hanover, united with the Swedish and
Neapolitau auxi!iaries, were Fastening to
the conflict.
The Queen Of Prussia had also effected
an interview between her husband Fred,
erick William, and the Emperor of Russia.
The two overeigrs met at mid night in the
tomb Of Frederick the Great, at Pattsdan,,
and over the remains OF the great warrior
pledged their mutual faith against France.
Prussia placed her army of two hundred
thousand men at the service ofth ELI g
Napoleon was nearly Eve hundred M lee
distant from his capital, and all Europe
deemed him ru ID beyond redemption.
His only safety lay in attacking his vastly
ouinumbering foes Iestre tLey uld con-
Ceatrate.
Forward toVi,pniar was the command.
1t was an audueians march of nearly four
hundred miles further into the very heart
of the eLemy's country. regardless If i'm
pregnable fUrtresses and swarming armies
upon his right hand and his lett.
IF Napoleon says bis brother Louis,
in his bold and often Hazardous actions,
seemed TO calculate wholly on his good