New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-17

pieces the day before had almost entirely disappeared
Gut new AKIN 6ad 1orRed sone the skin Of my
arms, breast and neck In very unpleasant la:ino,i'
had not perceived it at all having pronted by the path
which / had opened in the new ce lie caIleu my ~
allowed to take his turn of leading, to which agreed
for cruelty cut up. At last we reached the hute
foe OF old ice on which the poor Russian lying
and thought that the laborious part OF our en-
tcrprise achieved. There we were quite wrons,
ayer Of new ice which covered the surface of
being broken by contact with IT, piled lsei up IN ron,
resisted our efforts but began to break the edges OF
The big foe: The bulk of this got smaller every
moment, and began To fear that the poor man
whom trying to save would be drowned before
cur eyes The edges, moreover. OF the foe were re-
which to rest hands and chests as we pushed
We were at our last gasp Finally by way OF cro"i
places. and the portion which the Russian
lay was reduced to slab only Few feet IN oreu th
point Of sinking when my comrade and !, feeling bot
tom at length slipped shoulders under the ice zap
and bore 1t to the shore They threw us ropes which
we fastened round the Russian, and he was at last
hosted on to the beach. We had to use the sane
means to get out of the water, for we were Wearleo
torn, bruised and bleeding, and could hardly stand
In his account of the battle of Jena Baron de
Marriott gives q story OF the occupation OF Land
grafenberg which no previous historian has men
toned. This was the key TO the position but the
bluffs surrounding the platoon were so steep that
Napoleon thought that ii was inaccessible. his
is how his lucky star aided him:
A priest of the town. excited by the sight OF the
CONFEDERATION which was devouring it, and resaiHns
the Prissians the enemies Of his sovereign and MS
country. thought he might give Napoleon the means
Of driving them from the land by pointing out u,,, to
the steep sides of the Landgrn fcnberg. He ther,,
fore guided detachment Of yoltigsurs ana thine h1%e
ing the passage impmctlcable. had omitted 10 gudru.
Napoleon however took different view Nr ana no Oh
the strength of the report which he otcerS mhnG
went up there himself. accompanied by Marshal
Iannes and guided BY the :axon pnrson,: , l"vn.s
and the plain which the enemy occupied there existed
LITTLE rocky platform the nj, Emr erDs wbo mc
issue from from citadel to attack the frussiats.
The difficulty CT the task was cn cons M have mr
mounted IT, but he sent at for 1000 pioneering
" GuS or TS that evey battalion should work in
for an hour at widening and evcilinS the path ana
that each finished is TASK It sond go a andtb rmr
took its place They were lighted at Their Work PS
torches, the light Of which wa. concealed a., from ng fc
being long at this period Of the year; we lg,d time
10 uako the climb accessible MOI only 70 the columns
Of infantry but even 20 the wagons ana thc af'ein
so that before daylight the corps Of I@nncs and SopI
ruoNs were maSsed on the Landgrafrnbcrg. The
term mas,ed never more correct, ior the prt,'S
Of the men Of each regiment were almost to9cnlng
the backs Of tho.e in front of them Bni me trops
were we'll disciplined fhat in spite Of the DARKNESS
and the packing q more than 1000 men on that
and although the enemy. who were occupying Co7pod,
and ClOSevtz. only half cannon sh"t on
they perceived nothing
At the battle of Eylau Marriott had really
terrible experience The 14th Regiment was sur
rounded on small hill, and was being rapidly
DESTROYED The Emperor ordered Aueereau TO
SEND an officer to them with orders 10 leave the
hillock The mission was almost certain death
Two aides-de-camp were dispatched and both were
killed on the way The third call came. and
il was Marbot's turn. Now Marriott had a swift
but very vicious mare named Liseite, and 10 her
on this occasion, lie owed his life, the sequel
will show He had observed that the two OIL
GERS who went before had gone with drawn swords,
which he thought imprudent. 50 hc LETT his
sword in the scabbard and gallored as straight
and as quickly as possible lie reached the square,
but found that the commander of the llth could
not possibly make his way to safety lie rccog-
nized the fatal nature of the situation ana sent
a gallant message to the Emperor, begging Mar
bot 10 take charge Of the eagle of the doomed
regiment Finding the pole of the eagle unwieldy
the aide-de-camp resolved to detach II. We VIII
let linn tell the rest of the story himself:
But at the moment when was leaning forward
from my saddle I'm order 10 get bette" purchase -
separate the eagle from tlr pole, one oi Inc Numerous
cannon balls which the Russians were sending Al Il,
inch from 10y mead. The slock was all the more
terrible since my hat being fastened on by strong
10 the blow seemed b. DE blottcd out Of existence
but did not fall from my horse; blood flowed rom
nv nose nv ears and my eyes. nevertheless. !
su cond hear ana see ana pIe,erNtu M ~, me-
lectua faculties, although my limbs were raisiSaI 10
Meanwhile the column OF Russian infantry which We
lad ju-t perceived was mounting the nv they were
grenaders wearing utre--haped caps with metal pild
menis S9ased WIN SPILL ana y YAM" f o
The feeble remains Of the unfortunate 1ith, whOsc
soldier, had for days been living only poia
tons and melted snow that day they had not had time
urelr he'd
FrcncIncn made valiant defence with their bay i'is
and when the square had been 9lok.n theS o hJi io
Dnl4nc this terrible struggle several Of our men, In
order MOI 10 be struck from behind, set thci. backs
against my mares tanks. She contrary t. L'r practice
remaining pfesiy qle MET nr Io"ra ot,n yc ' awny
from this field Of slaughter. But II was absolutely
animal ! rode mmdcr,,and my wish Nv position
the more lTsh'ml since a. haVS s"d; rc,aln.a -"
lighting al around ne. Which exposed nc t. bayoHct
tllqists. but n Russian officer With MaeouS com
the crowd Of cOmbaDnts prevented him from reaching
me he pointed me ont To the soldiers around NM ana
they taking me for the commander Of tc French as
,lr comraGes' heads - that bullets constantly
%n n past ya my te small oe o D aS Of T life that way
still IN had not terrible incideUt led 10 NY es
Among the Frenchmen who had got their Hanks
against my mares near flank was quareInasttr
sergeant whom knew from having frequently seen
The informing states This man, having been al, at
tackled aud wounded by several Of the enemy, f:l
mndcr LIsettc's belly, aud selling my leg = phil
himself mp. when Russian gTenadier. too drunk to
stand steady, wishing 10 finish him by u,r'', III
tho hreast lost his balance and the point Of his bay
onet went astray into my cloak. which at that moment
was purcd out by the wind Seeing that J did not
number Of blows at These were at first frnltiesS
hut one AT last reached me- piercing my Iclt arm,
and / felt with kind Of horrible pleasure my blood
flowing hot The Russian grenadier With redouhied
fnrv made another thrust at me- but stumbling with the
force which he put into II. drove his bayOnct int
nv mares thigh Her :eroCoas . ia~insI Se,ns
az ono molthful tore of his nose lips, eyebrows, and
ali the skin Of ms face making Of him living death;
head, dripping with blood Then hurting herself WIN
upset everything that she met on her road lie OF,
Hcer who had made many attempts 10 st1Re me
tried 10 hold her by the Bride she seized him by his
belly and carrying lam of with she bore him ont
of the crnsh 10 the foot Of the Moc, where having
-, M cntruil. and mm.hed DIS BODY