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surrendering to him the

elemency, aud surrendering to him the
keys Of the CITY.
No private property was allowed TO be
touched; bu. the government chests and
arsenalS, filed TO reple;ion with the NUM-
uohS o. war, fell into the hands Of the vic.
tor. Une hundred thousand nluskets. two
thousand cannon, and m ilitarv supplies of
every KIND, reFlenished the stores of the
French
In forty days the Emperor had trans.
ported the army Of ninety thousand men
from the shores of the ocean to the remote
capital of Vienna. His descent Of the Dan
uhe was a continued battle ard a contin-
ucus victory. Bot his situation now seem.
ed mere peril1us than ever before. De-
tachmcnts which he had been forced to
leave 10y the way to protect his line of com
municalion, had dwindled his available
troops. whom be coulC lead to battle, to
but seventy thousand men. Armies in his
vicinity, amounting TO three hundred and
NIFTY thousand men, were straning every
nerve to concentrate aad destroy him. He
paused Tor moment to decide where 70
strike his blow, and then fixing his ewes
upon the legiDns of Alexander crowdinc
down through the defles Of tho Carpathian
mountains, and who we're soon 10 be Joined
by the Emperor Francis and his routed
troops. he gave the order for an onward
march.
The blasts Of winter already swept the
hills Whitened with Sow but the indomi-
talle host, eagerly following their leader,
plunged INTO the wilderness of the north,
until they disappeared Eom the obserYa-
ton Of France.
On the frs: Of December, the French,
seventy thousand in number, met the Rus
slams and Aus:rians, one hundred thousand
strong, on the field Of Austerlitz, m ore than
thousand miles from the capital of
France. The conflict was short and ter
rib!e. Alexander and Francis, from an ad-
Jaceut eminence, witnessed the discomft-
ure aud almost annihiliatiOn Of their united
army. Accompanied by a few guards,
they joined the fugitVes and fed from the
gerry field a flag Of truce, borne by the
hand of Prince John of Austria, was sent
to Napoleon, imYloring an armistfte. 1t
was readily granted, and the next morning
the Emperor Francis repaired to M ap-
pointed place for an interview with Napo-
lie N. lie found the French Emperor stand
ing by camp FIRE built by the side wind
mil, which al)ne protected him from
wind
i receive you,' said Napoleon. Sin the
only palace which | have inhabited for the
past two months
'1on have made such good use of that
habitation,' Francis replied, that it ought
to be agreeable to YOU
The terms of peace were soon c0nciud
ed, both az with Austria and Russia. When
the Emperor Francis had withdrawn. Ma
uoleon walked fer some time thoughtfulIv
bafore the fire., and was overheard to say.
Il have acted very unwisely. l could
have followed MP my victory, and taken the
whole Of the Russian and Austrian armies.
There are both entirely 10 my power But
let IL be. 1t will at least cause some less
tiers TO be she'd
Napoleon returned with the utmost "a
pidity to Paris, leaving the army to follow
by easy marches, which occupied three
months
In the place Of Vendome, In Paris. there
Stands monumental oboIRk in bronze.
reared in honor u the army which achieved
this wonderful campaign.
The monument Is constructed of cannon
taken from the enemy. 1t was the design
OF Napoleon to have the summit crowned
by statute Peace, but the nation decided
that the statute Of Napoleon. whose genius
bad dispersed the armies Of combined des-
potlsms. should surmount this trophy Of
his own requirements.
When the allies subsequently drove Ma
Holeon from France, and reinstated the
Bourbons. they hurled the statue Of the
Emperor from its proud elevation. But the
French nation have again replaced it upon
the summit Of the shaft, and there it will
remain until the monument shall crumble
to the dust.