Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-09

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Shiloh was saved by the opportunc nr.
rival of a division Of supports when ull
seemed Lost; No. TOO Mnrougu The van
qnishud at Mnpngo were the nssailants,
aud their plan carried 10 the point of ruut
iur thels opponents. Just 90 NJ shiloh
Thc defenders ~ shiloh fought stuhnoruly
and rave ground inch hy Inch ns tho de-
tenders did vt Mdtrnso, NJ shiloh the
commander Of the aHsu.lants iOll nc the
moment when victory seemed within ms
rrasn. and nj Mnuugo the commander ut
the assailants lcn the Held owing 10 fatigue
and lcpblpuces when victory was all but
certain. Finally, shiloh gave the cause ~
the y.cturs wonderful Impetus, 10 al'o
did Mnrrngo, and as Shiloh made the fame
OF % budding general whose previous tuc'
crsscs had been tuu.itufy, No MurcnEo
doomed Napoleon ns impcrator' aud gen.
trll when his lucky star was his chief
capital. From u personal point Of view
Grant had to win Shiloh IA order to get
into the race for glory with such senior. 70,
Mcclellan, Buell. and lLillcck, aud Nn'
polc0n had TO win Marrugo 70 compete
with his well lutrcnrhcd rivals, Motau
and Massonn Had shiloh ended nsat one
time seemed inevitable Grant would prob
ably have dropped Into obscurity, aud the
same with Napoleon had Mhrcngo gone
against him.
Mnrengo- fought June H. isOO-waA u
fnrl1rn hone for Napoleon. although not for
France Ills success In Italy, In the cam.
paign Of Iipd aud his campaign In Egypt
made him lint consul. but that appoint
ment removed him from the army. In
plain English. he had bccn shclycd 30 far
asactiyc military leadership was concerned.
In opening the campaign against Austria.
Ia 1850, he had either To give the place Of
honor TO MOrCau or Masscun, 10y sending
their armies TO the Held, or to create q new
army II lac would lend himself, even MONT.
nally A. lrst consul he WIS commander
in chiCf-much us tho president ot the
United States is-aud might accompany
az army In the field, but not actually
command H. To accompany tho armies
under Muruau or Masscna would bo toyleld
the glory OF an achievement 10 other rauus,
~ least this Is tho Wow OF his cupcs.
hut ~ usually happens In u crisis, the
public had no tilua To note the purely per
fonN events Austria tool. the Initiative,
France VS. Ia danger, WHO WIS TO lead
the rcsouoi Murpnu's army, 10000 strong
wis guarding tho frontier on the Rhine
Massena was nj Genoa guarding tho pas,
from Italy into southeastern France below
the Apcnnines lie had 1000 troops IN
Genoa and 1900 under Con. Surhct on the
strip Of frontier north Of Nice toward III,
Alps. The Austriaus attacked Mnsscua
with 10000 men, bcsicrng Genoa Will
5000, confronting Suchcr, frontier guard
with 1000, aud leaving the remaining 90,
COO In gntrisou guarding communications
OF courso II touched n, sore spot In Ma
lOlcon 10 have northern Italy, which h,
had wrestcd from Austria Ia i10G, agni,
brought under her domination and mad,
the base OF operations against France. he
sides, It was among the probabilities thai
tho Austrinns In ltAlywould break through
Aiisscna's ranks. turn the southeastern
provinces from their ullcgIanocs 10 rcpuh
licanism, and then let loose upon III,
Rheuish frontier an army Of lj0OOJ men I,
overcome Morcau.
The campaign was opened vigorously bl
the Aus,rians In Italy In April, 1870, m,
Napoleon needed 10 act promptly, Fu
fomo timo thcy had existed, on paper,
body Of troops Known ~ the Grand Arm!
Of Reserve OF France. II WIS 70 hywor'
throughout Europe, and was fnely lam
pOoncd NJ homo and abroad az consi,tln.
~ corporal's guard of dccrcpt old mel
anil of weak stripllngs. Napoleon sccretl.
foatcrd this Wow Of 1t, and also sccretl
assembled nt Dion In eastern France
5000 OF the dcspiscd reserves under gen
,ralsp personally devoted to the First Consul
On the 18th Of May hc set this army In W.
ilon TO cross the Alps for destination ~
known except to himself Engineers r,
ported TINT the Alp were "harcly pnSsl
BILE Tor artillery. ut Is pnssablc, let II
start thcni' exclaimed Napoleon. Ration