St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-19
WITH MARSHAL NEY.
A Priest Who Was with Ney When
Napoleon was Betrayed

N&POfcOh WIS betrayed.
Father Neyron in the Chicago Tribune.
Were you with Ney's army when he
turned it over to Napoleon?"
81 was. and we'll remember the day
that Ney's act of treachery took place.
Ney's and the struggling army of Napoleon
met at the Oloe bridge, better known at
the time as the Bridge of the Holy Ghost.
Napoleon's army was encamped a few
miles from the bridge, opposite our lines.
The morning after our encampment we saw
some flags of truce in advance of Napoleon's
army, and it was then that the men began
to suspect Ney's plans, but the suspicious
were not even whispered Soon the flags
disappeared, and Ney gave orders
TO prepare for an attack. and
marched on to the bridge. When we
reached the opposite side of the bridge we
noticed about dozen men advancing from
Napoleon's army on horseback. bearing
1ags OF truce. Our army, which, all told,
dld not exceed 20, 200 men, came to halt.
Inc men on horseback advanced, and the
center one OF the group proved to be
Napoleon himself. At sight of him Ney
and his staff dismounted. Napoleon also
dismounted. and was warmly embraced by
Ney and his officers. Of course, a shout in
honor of Napoleon went up from our
ranks. Well, history has recorded the
rest. We were forced to combine with
NapOleon's army of boys between the ages
OF IL and 20 years, and go On to Waterloo
and defeat"
Were you taken prisoner at WATERLOO"
Eyes, although might have escaped had
l not stopped in my fight to attend to the
wounds of an officer to whom | was much
attached, Gen. Pupuno. AS was dashIng
along on my horse, lodging a storm
of bullets, L saw the general stretched upon
the ground, bleeding from fatal wound in
the shoulder. | diSnOunted to dress the
wound, and while was doing so squad of
russians came upon me and captured me-
They stripped me of nearly all my clothing
and what money had and turned me over
to the English army, where there was a
lack OF surgeons, nearly all the English
surgeons having deserted their posts. Gen.
L0rton was the commander Of the division
to which was assigned and | was treated
by him and his army with the utmost kind
ness and gentlemanly courtesy. The gen
eraI allowed me stipend and PUT none of
the usual restrictions of prisoners of war
upon me. When l was taken to Paris by
the English L found myself a complex
prisoner, so to speak. l was prisoner of
Louis XVIII. because [ was in Ney's
deserving army, and a prisoner of the
English because | We, taken while fighting
them. However. the French minister OF
war knew that was with Napoleon against
my will, and he forthwith assigned me ia
duty as surgeon-in-chief to the First regi-
ment of artillery. I went to report this
assignment to the English general and he
positively refused to surrender me- He
said, with a good-natured laugh: mo
Neyron, you are our prisoner, and we need
prisoners of your profession badly just now.
Therefore, l will change the program.
hereby order you sent to minister to the
surgical wants of the army at Calais and
Dunkirk." 1t is needless to say that the
order was carried out. IN fact never saw
the French minister of war again. The
English allowed me double pay for the
time of my Involuntary assignment until
was discharged as prisoner"