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attacked and beat 8 p1sson Of the Aa--
trians. and on the 18th, a general en-
gaqement oecnrredin which The French
were fnall; defeated.
Ia 1894 the french on the 10th Of
Nav, crossed the river Sannbfe and at
tackled the Austrians, but we're repulsed,
on the Doth, 26fh, and 29th, they tried
it again with the same result; on the
Ga Of June, they fought and we're re-
pulsed on the 4th, the French re-
newed their attempts and kept their
ground for several days, but we're again
driven hack On the 18th, they crossed
again aud held their position till the
26th, when the Austrians attacked
them, but received a severe defeat.
Thus in something over a month there
were eight battles, besides number Of
smaller actions.
The extraordinary energy displayed
by Napoleon in his Italian campaign is
well known. She fighting in some por-
tons Of it was almost as continuous as
the operations in Virginia. Thus on
July 29th (l796l the Austrians attack
ed the Preach and were successful Ma
poleon then concentrated his force
against the corps Of QuasdOnich and de
feated it; on the 81 ofAugust he broke
the Austrian centre at Tomato; he
then marched to the help of Augereau
and defeated the Austrians, who were
attacking that General; the final bat
tie took place August 9Th, and ended
IN the defeat of the Austrians-the
campaign occupying eight days A
the fall, ending with the battle of Ar
cola, which was fought through two
days without result; on the third
day afterwaTd it was resumed, and the
French were successful
Battles Of several days duration were
not uncommon during the wars of Ma
poleon. His great victory at Ulm, in
which he captured the entire Austrian
army under Mack, was series Of fights,
commencing about the lst of October,
and continuing to the 10th. Simulta-
neously Massena was having a three
days conflict with the Austrian army in
Italy.
The movements at Jena commenced
on the 9Th of October, 1885, and Skin
mishes Of advanced parties continued
for three days; on the l4th the French
won their principal victory; on the 10th
and 18th they obtained other successes;
pursued and encountered the Prussians
at various times, until, on the 2Sth,
they captured the remnant of the army.
The great battle Leipsic, where Ma
poleons career as a conqueror termina-
ted, occupied four commencing
the 10th Of October, (l8l3, and raging
till night; the next day there was
suspension Of general conflict, which
was renewed on the 18TH the French
retreated on the 18th, and were pursued
and routed with terrible slaughter.
Perhaps the European campaign,
which more than other in history re-
sembles in activity and the number OF
to see in our war, is that in France just
previous to the successful entry Of the
Allies into Paris-a campaign more
in some respects than all
Others of Napoleon-one in which, !
with but a comparatively small number
OF men, he made efforts almost super
human against the overwhelming forces |
Of his opponents.
The french army numbered 10000 |
men; that of the Allies under Schwart- |
zenburg and Butcher 100000 while /
those entering the country from other /
points amounted to 100000 more. Ma |
poleon attacked $4,000 Prussians at |
Brienne with one-third that number /
and defeated them the next day the /
Allies returned with l50,000and attack /
Ell Napoleon who had only 10000 He
held his ground till night and retired. I
A few days after he fell on the flank of |
a Russian column of 10000 and broke |
it up The day afterwards with 5000 |
he defeated 10000 under York and /
Saken. The third day after he was at
tackled by Butcher, who had 100000, |
but defeated him Making a forced |
march across the country, few days /
he defeated the Austrians, |
under Bianchi Returning to Troyes
he was attacked by Butcher with co.
200 at MeTy-sur-aube, but defeated him. |
After various other battles, he was
finally overwhelmed, and the Allies
Paris to capitulate.
Waterloo is generally instanced as a
battle.of a single day. But previous to
the great battle occurred the affair with |
The Russians at Lgny, and that of Ney |
with the English at Quatre Bras
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