The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-04-04

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In reply TO the messengsr, that this.
garrison will defend this mountain
pass to the last extremity. s.l asdt
The officer who had borne. the flag Of
truce retired, andin about ten minutes
: piece Of artillery was brought into the
pass and opened on the tower. But To-
effect this, the piece had to be placed
dirsctlyin front Of the tower, and With
in easy inusket range Of It, They had
scarcely got the gun in position, when .
rapid iirs'was opened on 1t from thetow-
er, and continued with such marked
efect that the piece was withdrawn
after the second discharge with loss Of
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.Thiswas bad beginning, 20 half an
hour after the gun was Withdrawn,
the Austrian colonel ordered IN aasault
As the troops entered the defile they
were rsesivsd with . rspiA Are, 20 that
when they had passed over half Of the
distance they had to traverse, they had
lost fifteen mon. Disheartened by this
they returped to the mouth Of the dcfiie.
Three more assaults were repulsed in
. like manner, and the enemy by sunset
had lost forty-five mon, Of whom ten
wero killed. @"@ @5
The fring from the tower had been
rapid and accurate, but the Austrian
commander had noticed this popularity
about it-every shot seemed to come
from the place. For while this per-
picked him, but at last he came to the
conclusion that there was . number Of
loop-holes close together in the tower, so
constructed a. to command the ravine
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At sunset the last assault was made
and repulsed, and at dark the Austrian
commander sent . second summons to
the garrison, ah saa4-r
This time the answer was favorable.
The garrison offered to surrender ct sun
rise the next morning II allowed to
march out with their arms and return
to the army unmolested. After some
hesitation, the terms were accepted.
Meantime La Tour d'Auvergne had
passed an anxious day in the tower.
He had opened the fight with thirty
loaded muskets, but had not been able
to discharge them all. He had fired
with surprising rapidity, but with great
accuracy, for 1t was well known in the
army that he had never thrown away a
shot. He had determined to stand at
his post uutil he had accomplished his
end, which was to hold the place twen-
ty-four hours, in order to allow the
French army to complete his maneuver.
flo. that he know that the pass would
De Ol no consequence to the enemy.
When the demand tor surrender
came to him after the last assault, he
consented to it with the conditions
named. s- .as.r rn~ ~ f@
The next day at sunrise, the Austrian
troops lined the pass in two files, extend
Ing from the mouth to the tower, leaving
a space between them for the garrison
to pass out.
The heavy door of the tower opened
slowly, and in few minutes a bronzed
and SCARED grenadier, literally loaded
down with musksts, came out and pass
ed down the line Of troops. He walked
with difficulty under his heavy load.
To the surprise Of the Austrians no
one followed him from the tower.
In astonishment the Austrian colonel
rode mp to him and asked in French,
why the garrison did not come out.
II am the garrison colonel said the
soldier proudly.
"What!" exclaimed the colonel, "do
you mean to tell me that you alone have
held the tower against meo"
have the honor, colonel" !" was the
reply.
"What possessed you to make such an
attempt, grenadier?'
"The honor Of France was at stake"
The colonel gazed at him for moment
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raising his cap he said warmly
"Grenadier, / salute you. You have
proved yourself the brayest of the
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The officer caused all the arms which
La Tour d'Auvergne could not carry
to be collected, and sent them all with
the grcnadier, into the French lines,
together with note rela ting the whole
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When the knowledge of it came to
the ears Of Napoleon he offered to pro-
mote La Tour d'Auvergne, but the
latter declined to accept the promotion,
saying he preferred to remain where
he was.
The brave soldier met his death In an
action at Aberhauser in June 1900, and
the simple and expressive scene at roll
call In his regiment was commenced and
continued by the express command Of
the Emperor himself.
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