The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-22
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n the soldiers Of France.
la Tour dAuvergne waa MOI ~
worthy IN liic The honor thus paid
him aiicr death. lIo was educated
for the army entered w iIG1 and In
klIsl sorvcdundcr the Dukedc Crillon
at the siege Of Port Mahon
| lIc served always with distinction.
but constantly refused offers of pro
motion, saying that he WIS only III
Tor The command Of q company Of
grouadicrsj bnt finally, the various
/ grcnadicr companies being united, he
found himself in command ola body
Of 800 men, while retaining only tic
rank Of captain,
Hence hc was known as the First
Grcnadier of France.
But il is of one particular exploit
Of his that we wish TO write, more
than his career in general.
When he was forty years of age he
went on n visit TO friend, not far
from a section Of the country that was
soon to become the scene Of cam.
paign. While there he was busy nc.
quainting himself with the features o.
the country, thinking il not unlikely
that his knowledge might be of ust
TO him, and while here the brave
grenadier was astonishcd to Learn
that the war had been rapidly shiitec
: TO this quarter, and that regimen
Of Austrians was pushing on 10 occu
py a narrow passabout ten miles from
where he was staying, and the pos
session Of which would give them Al
! opportunity to prevent an importan
movement of the French which wa
then on foot.
They hoped TO surprise this post
| and were moving so rapidly upon !
that they were not more than tw
hours distant from the place wher
I. he was staying, and which they woul
r have to pass in the march.
/ II matters not how he heard tn
news. Ii is sufficient to say that h
determined at once to act upon it.
7 lie had no idea Of being capture
c by the enemy in their advance, an
! he at once set off for the pass.
D He knew that the pass was deler
dcd by a stout tower, and a garriso
| Of thirty men, and he hoped to /
f, able to warn the men of their danger
r He hastened on, and arriving thcl
$ found the tower in perfect condition
{ II had just been evacuated by III
: garrison, who had heard of the al
{ proach of the Austrians, and ha
been seized with a panic thercat, an
had fled, leaving their arms, consis
i ing OF thirty muskets.
! La Tour d'Auvergne gnashed h
}, teeth with rage as he discovered thi
c Searching in the building he foun
= several boxes Of ammunition which III
e towards had not destroyed. For
moment he was in despair, but the
with grim smile he began to iastc
the main door and pile against it sue
D articles as he could find.
J. When he had done this, he loadC
: all the guns he could find, and place
n them, together with a good supply
Q ammunition, under the loop-holes thi
u commanded the road by which Il
8 enemy must advance.
e Then he ate heartily of the provi
:, ions which he had brought with hir
u and sat down TO wait. He had Al
n solutely formed the heroic resolutiC
't to defend the tower alone against d
2 enemy.
Is There were something's in his fav
le in such an undertaking. The pa
" was steep and narrow, and the en-
y my's troops could only enter il
N double files, and in doing this wou
9. be FULLY exposed TO the fire from {
'e tower.
a The original garrison Of thirty m
G could easily have held il against
a division; and now one man was abo
W to attempt to hold it against REF
L ment.
he twas dark when la Tour dA
&c vergne reached the tower, and
x had to wait some time for the enen
1 They were longer in coming than
~ had expected, and for a while he "
90 tempted to believe they had abando
'n ed the expedition.
as About midnight, however,
d, practiced eye caught the tramp
ed feet. Every moment the sound ca
nd nearer, and at last he heard them :
NJ tering the defle. Immediately
p discharged a couple Of muskets II
", the darkness to let them know d
he he knew Of their presence and int
lat tions, and he heard the quick sh
- commands Of the officers, and, fr
the sounds, he supposed that
troops were retiring from the pass
nj The Austrian commander, feel
ith sure that the garrison had been inf