The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-07-07


carried the column over the 800 yards Of
clear space, scarcely shot from the Aus
TRANS taking effect except at the point
where the plntoons wheeled 70 take the
first leap.
The suddenness Of the blow and the
miracle Of the passage Of the bridge At ali
by the French took the heart ont Of the
Austrian artillerists, and they RbandonsSI
their guns almost Instantly.
As Napoleon had calculated. the An
TRAN infantry lying oehind the lastterir
was too far away to go 10 their aid, and -
without halting ut the enemy's front line
his charging grenadiers rushed up the hiI
TO attack the second. This. too, gave way
and within few minutes after the in
ranks Of the French landed on the Aus
TRAN bank Of the river the entire army
the allies was running TO the rear.
individuals turned now and then an
fought on their own hook TO prevent cap
ture, and In this way some Of the brAvsr
Of NapOleOn'A followers won honorH a,
Lodi. When the general asked for th,
names Of the heroes Of the day to gazette.
for bravery, the roll Of the entire first bat
TALON Of carhlneers who headed the NJ
tack were handed In. Perhaps twothiri
Of them were dead, for they had receive
the full force Of the AhowerOf grape huFle,,
at the daring column the moment th,
Austrian aFtillerymen saw what was com
ing. Sergeant Leon, Of that battalion, WA
the flrSt across the bridge, and he had le,i
the attack on the batteries One Of the
grenadiers named l.aforge had killed Eve
AuStriAns nc the guns
After Napoleon became famoua, tradi
ton NaId that he was the Grst general
AcrosS the bridge. and while he lay In
prison at St. Helena the statement Ap
peared In history. On hearing Il reah he
stopped the narrator abruptly and declared
that 1t must be corrected. "LAnnes passed
FIRST" said he. II only followed him" "a
At the close Of the battle Napoleonpla
the ereIlit for the success where, next 20
his own shoulders, 1t belonged His report
said that when the grenadiers presented
themselves on the bridge 'sths'ars q the
enemy was terrible; the head Of the column
seemed to hesitate; n moments hesitation
and all would have been lost. The gen
erals, sensible Of this, threw themsslves in
front and decided the struggle while &c wa,
yet balanced. Thls formidable column
overthrow everything opposed TO Il; the
enemy's artillery was instantly taken In
the tyinkllng q an eye hiA army was com
In another account Napoleon said that
the charge was made with the rapldity Of
hghtning;" that the column traversed thu
bridge at running pace In few second,
and was not exposed to fire OF the enemy.
except At the moment WHEN u wheeled X
the left TO the bridge"
The French loss given by Napcleon wa
200, which dOubtless represented the killed
only. Brief and easy a. the struggle wa
g the French, it cost the AUSTRIAN dear.
Their killed and wounded amounted 70
800, their prlsOuets LOO To this the
Austrians add q loss Of 2SS horses. ~ eannou
and 30 wagons. the French claiming OOc
horses and 20 cannon.
The result Of the battle was the eapt1rs
IL Milan By the French and the control d
all lsominfJly. Napoleon had failed 70 Do
feat the junction o. the Austrian aFmies,
but as he beat them In battle AftorWArd,
Lodi became known n the turning point
IN his brilliant Italian campaign,
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