The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-11

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Arc but vain dslnsive drssn- lE
THE CONSCRIPT; t
\ STORY OF THE FRENe n WAR OF 1873
From the French. "
,upu.sHxp BIZ CHARLES scnnsEa 8 CO.. ssEss YORK.
tcouslnuedi - /
v-,r, soboeufeld the bavtalion started to re-
;oin the division at Kohlgarten. Al tne E Hss
Srre fined with slow moving ambulance nlieo
all tss 9Sr shis sorviSs
in :tho intervals between them marched non.
dreds Of poor fellows with their arms in sIngs
.hei. heads ban ssgsid rss
.SonS kent out of the ambulances, bne sried,
neyertheless, to reach . hospital we MADE
our way, with 3 thousand difhouiaes' tnsouG1 1
Sn.sarn. eslloping at full speed and with Lev.
eied pistols, drove back the crowd, right and
left, into the fields, shouting, as Sney pre'Se"
The battalion drew mp and presented arms arms
iliefs of the guard-veritable giants, with Snsir
rroat boots, their immense besr-sktn hats, DE-
Founding 70 their shoulders and only allowing
their moustaches, nose and eyes to remain
yisible-passed at q Rallop. Orr men looked
ioyfnlly ct them, glad snas suea fooos' wal
riors we're on our side. .L.gssisy.i
Scarcely had they passed when the stan tore
after Imagine o hundred and nifty to two
hnodred mnrshalb, generals and other superior
ofSicers, moupted on magnifcent stseds, aud 50
covered with embroidery that the color Of their
uniforms was scarcely visible some tai; INN INN
G~sed ;: Others again young and handsome sit
ting like statues ia their saddles; AL with
eager look and flashing eyes. liz was magni
a, Sut end terrible sight- = 0isS -
Bat the most striking figure among these
captains, who for twenty years had made Eu-
rope tremble, was Napoleon himseif, WIN nus
. deter.
mined chin and neck buried between his sho9i-
ders. All shouted, "Vire PEmpereur =" but no
. heard nothing of it. He paid no more atte 81,
ton to us than TO the drizziing rain which NIL
sS the air, but gazed with contracted brows at
the Pfussian army stretching along the Partha
TO ioin the Austrians. 30 saw him on That
.Sav aid 40 he remains in my memory. The
3,sttaHon had been on the march for q quarter
OF an hour when at length zebede said, Did
Won see him, Joseph ~ -,
win remember the sight all my life" -
!" IL 10 strange" said my comrade che docs
NOT seem to be pleased. At Wurschen. the day
: i1sa re rRmpsrssr and the generals ali wort
merry faces, too. To-day they seem savage
and nevertheless the captain said that we bore
Cd tho victory on the other side S 81 Leapi;g
speaking Of it, but there was growing un
DAsine9s among all.
Kohlgarten. In every direction camp-a wert
rolling their smoke to the sky. A drizElins
rain cOutinued to fall, and the men, seated or
their knapsaSks ground %, the arss, seemed ds
. "a tRoir own. On all sides it was whisperel
chat such war had mover before been seen Il
was one Of determination; that 1t did not he'll
to kill us of, knowing that they had four o.
e. ave times our number of men, and woplt
Rnally remain mesters.
the battle ct Wacbau against the Austrian
and Russians; but the victory was useless, be
cause they did not retreat, but stoed awaiting
Mocksrn we knew that we had lest, in spite Q
Msrmont's splendid defence; the enealy ha'
crushed us beneath the weight of. their mum
day on our side; that was keeping. our line @
retreat on Erfurt, for Giulay had not bee
able to seize the bridges of the Elster an
to the marshal, Thought that we would have
retreat as soon as possible, and that OF
position was the worsti unfortunately I'll
Emperor thought otherwise, and we had
Ali day on the seventeenth we lay in OF
position without firing shot. A few sPoke
the arrival of. General Regnier with sixtee
thousand saxous but the detection OF Il
BaVarians Taught US what confidence We cou
p1S in our allies.
cred the army of the north on the plateau
Breltenfeld. This was sixty thousand mo
men for the enemy. can yet hear the mail
dictious leveled at Bernadotte-the cries
indirnation of thoOo who knew him as simP
oGAcor 10 the army of the Republic, who crf'
out that he owed us .all-that We made him
king with our blood, and that now he oane
give M the 6uishing blow.
That night Q general movement reArwaI
Nns made; our lines drew CLOSER and cios
around Leipzig; then all became quiet. 81
Fhi1 did not prevent our rejecting; on u
".What win tomorrow bring forth Shall
as this hour see tho moon FisinG among Il
clouds as now sFe heri VIII the stars J
alsine for me to zee N
And when. in the dim night, we gazed at q
circle Of fire which for nearly six leagu
sRtge&0hDa around "a, We cried within oarseiv VI
aHYF iRdeRd the world 10 NgAinat ls--An
Sa6AS &s@ahd CDR e1ternii nEtienEthey want
more Of our Elory!"