The mountain Democrat., 1864-01-09

was the 18th day of October, 1906. The
PrusSian corps, under Prince Hohenlohe,
which, together with the e-enforcements
brought by Gen. Ruchel, did not amount
to more than 10000 men, stood in dense
masses upon the northern chain Of hills
which extends to the right from the road
between Jena and Weimar and separates
- -.''N S-S- " s'S
posts occupied the Landgrafenberg.' q
steep mountain between his position and
the city Of Jena, whose peaks overlooked
the whole Prussan army, and over which
led the only road for front attack Of Ho.
heniOhe's position.
The army Of the King of Prussia, un.
der the immediate command Of the Duke
Of Brunswick, numbered over Go, 900 men.
Their position was about two miles in the
rear of lIohenlohe's corps, in the neigh.
Oorhood Of Wemar.
/ Thus the whole Prussian army, consist
ing Of more than 100000 men, with 30
900 excellent horse and 800 cannon, oc-
copied battle ground where their cele.
brated tactics found a fair field for action.
In spite of the tnisfortunes in the begin
ming Of the camra;gn, Prussia might still
have gained her safety with sword in
hand. since the hearts # her soldiers were
I inspired with courage and patriotism.
Moreover, the position OF the army was
excellent, and well concentrated, and if
Napoleon was willing to attack them there
he woul have to overcome extraordinary
local difficulties, which almost entirely
imp,dcd the dep oyncnt of his greatest
strength, which consisted in cavalry and
artillery.
The army Of the Duke of Brunswick
was indeed cut off from their magazines,
and they were already wanting in ncctS,
! salies, but a single fortunate day could
repair all losses and furnish them a rich
booty besides.
L ,nnes occupied Jena; Ney and Auge.
reau had taken their positions near the
villages Of Roda and koha, in his immc.
diate- neighborhood, and Soult likewise
advanced at the same time with strong
corps upon Jena, while Davoust ard Mu.
rat moved toward NauIrburg to take pos
session of the iuu.cnse PruS>ian maya
zines.
The re>1l. Of the fllewing days no mai
could fo,c,cll, bat sprsrcn;Iy the balance
was in favor of the Pru>>ians, for they
hai incout,,tib.y by far the strongest po
sitlDn. bn:, on the other side, the enemy
numbered over lUU, 600 the veterans OF
Tie Frrnth army, under the direct com.
maui of Napoleon himself All f,t that
thy Were on the eve Of L nishty aud de-
ci>ivc ,tru-gir.
This feeling, like heavy atro>pherr,
Oppressed i the whole ,i.!ib1rhood. To
whichever side the scales Ut fortune " oud
tIrn, ruin Threatened the land whlch must
serve As 4 battle iicld, and " 40 could fo,c.
>ee how FAR thrirruiA would ,Xt,na, A.
present they only prepared for ;he battle,
but the villages were already as good a
lLag-d Many Of the inhabitants tad
ii,d to the woody nights on the other side
Of the Saa.c, taking with them their cat
lie and sheep, ani such movable property
as they 'uid easily save-the mnj"liiy,
however, we've compelled to remain b.
hind
The ndshborhooa Of jena looked al
ready ilkeN Gc,;;>k> go The Pru>sians
hli LEFT III d>nrGv>; S,XouS ard Pru>>lan-
had p.und>lod ,hch othcy Ca account Of
the unhappy hostility Of the TIVE nations,
the former siiing with the French. Bag
gage and munltinn carts had been aban
doncd by the drivers and stood or lay
overturned around. Ca the roads aud
fields c9ull be SCI n wagons, arniS, culraS.
,es. The Frruch took immediate posses
sion of the evacuated positions ard most
wartrnly robbed the pea>a:.tS Of what.
ever the ,SaXons and PrusslanS had left
them.
On the brow Of hill, which >lopcd up.
wards from the left banks Of the Saae,
stood, 10 the afternoon Of that day, a man
leaning on a staff. His gaze was fixed
upon the valley through which winds the
road fir IN Jena to Naumburg. All was
confusion. Soldiers, horses. wagons press.
ed onward in disorder. MotionlcSS and
thoughtful his eye fingered on the scene
before him. Near him grazed few sheep.
The attire Of the man, a plain, long blue
coat, Il black broad.brimmed hat, and a
long waistroat-a indeed his whole ap-
pcalance, showed that he was a Shep-
herd.
lie glanced from time to time ut the
four or five sheep near him, and smile
played around his mouth. Not long since
lac had watched on this same spot large
flock belonging to his master these few
animals were all that remained. The slope
was so steep trat he hoped the soldiers
would not ascend the hill. He owned in
the village below, a little house, but Z
French had driven him from it and taken
forciblc possession of his winters proviS-
ions for his family and flock.
/ Why should he stay there longer! He
had gazed at the proceedings Of the enc
my till nc could bear it no longer. He
was alone, but from time to time he clench-
ed his fist inToluntarily and thrust his
staff encrgetically into the ground. lie
! thought of the arrogance and insolence Of
/ the enemy and his heart swelled into grief
! and his dark eye CLEANED with a wild
light from under his bushy gray brows.
Were he twenty years younger, he would
not have stood there, but his head was
too white to wear the soldiers cap.
His two sons were in the army on yon-
der hills, his thoughts flew to them. -
While he stood there intent on his own
thoughts, man came cautiously up the
slope towards him. He advanced upper
ceived till the shepherd was aroused by
the bark of his dog. He turned his head,
and scarcely had he glanced at the new
conner, when his brow contracted more
sternly.
well, Born said the stranger, man
of between 25 and 80 years, whose small
piercing eyes and sharply projecting cheek
bones gave his countenance rather disa-
greeabe expression, you stand here qui
city, as if there were nothing going on.
Thnrn ic n fnnn,ilk md r,,.,;l ihnt nr,n