The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-01-20
THE lola REGISTER
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1898.
NAPOLEON HE GREAT.
Description of a Who saw Him at
u ,roitro.

Description Of a Who saw Him at
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Maj. Gen. Yakovitch, OF the Russian
army, is one Of TIC few men now living
who saw the great Napoleon on battle
field. The oil gentleman saw the French
emperor at B0rodino At that b tttle
YahO~itch, then a mere boy, served
with a battery in the grand redoubt,
which was the &c inter- of the Russian
line. He gives a vivid description OF
the battle. When morning broke a sea
of gray mist shut out the field from
view. The voices OF the enemy were
heard, the neighing of their horses.
and the rumbiin9 OF artillery wheels
Then came the thunder of cannon, maxi
Ding the very earth tremble. Three times
all the Russian gunners were killed AMI
three times new men took heir places
Bullets few thick as hail and men
dropped dead or mangleI every mo-
ment
At last a strange sound was heard in
the distance like rain patteriRg on
withered leaves 1t grew louder and
louder. until it filed the air like the
roar of a stormy sea. All at once a
great wave of bright swords and he'll
NETS and horses heads came surging
up over the breastworka 1t was the
imperial guard. Before the shock of
that mighty wave the Rus ian center
crumbled away shattered wrecks When
Yakovltch came to his senses and opened
his eyes he saw around him the corpses
of his father AMI comrades Suddenly
the trampliny o: hoofs called his atten-
ton TO group Of gaYly dressed icers,
and Napoleon's staff came riding over
the field. The young Russian peercd
anxiously into thtir faces. In his graphic
language:
There were the hard faces OF Rapp
and Darn and broad-chested Sebastian
and Nansouty, with the saber scar
across his chee!l, ani the low, broad
forehead AMI bull log jaw of grim OLD
Ney, the bravest of them all. Th"re,
too, was Murat, with his white plumes
and his braided jacket, his riding whip
in his hand, just like a circus ri Ter.
And then the group parted suddenly
and there was the man himself in the
midst of them. with his face hard and
immovable as marble amid all that
blood and agony AMI a fir-away look
in those cold gray eyes of his as if he
saw Moscow somewhere up in the sky
but could see nothing between. "A
glorious victoryr cried Murat, waving
his hand What STIR there'll bs
among the good folks in Paris when
the bulletin arriveSr We've lost half
our army in doing it, though growled
Ney. Hadn't we better fall back
little and wait there for re-enforce-
ments? Then Napoleon turned his
head slowly. just as the statue might
do and looked him in the face. Thou
advising a retreat, Michael? That is
something new, indeed! Mono fail.
ing back now. l must date my bullet n
from Moscow. As for the army, you
can't make an omeletts without break
ing a few eggs" Yakovitch says
when he heard that he knew that God
had forsaken Napoleon, for no man
save one doom d to destruction coul
have oxen 50 lightly of the slaughter
of thousan Is of brave men Ia three
months from that day the French
emperor was flying for his lie across
the bor.ler with the c rsSacl1s at his
heels like hungry wo!ves.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.