The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-07
,,p01KoN AfAUsrEHLI'z.
and it's Results.

rho story Of how the great =
and conquered the very mower Oh
..,,,ias of the allied nations OF NV
-. va ,'orlo there arrayed against inc
,,uo,on,oen IS a pretty story. IN las' i 20
,", 49, l,Drv 81 ALL but matter Oh ~
~ Those who have READ hiSlol ~, 6ie
no of NAPOLEON will rchv'Iituo' obe-
motto was punctua. an -,+nieon saws
1i.nca 10 orders. WIN -(dPuI' eye
ulN". .Songe I'VE o'clock meant ~
o'clock or before. not I'VE Hlii'u' I'm he
r~in,ife after fVe. one lhcluent w 10
srI iD %au0lcOn's career WHe4 az, ~
ItV"isbed q faVorite general AFTER h"Nttn6
.t,'hiiciv reprimanded him TOT apPS@i.."es
y, certain bridge some ten "uI."-, =
later than ne had been ordercI 10 alPTaii
t6ore Nv his superior officer. me beIS T a.
offorad as an excuse that me "ea..lI,
~. rigorous. but Napoleon impttous'E
interfered with a remark: MOI 100
rigorous for me 10 Ice mere on WI l'in'' o,,,G-
m French troops MAJ implcll COM
- in heir leader. The night peloie
,be Great battle of Auslerh4 lhe ~ II
sang patriotic songs unth tuuvilou ' o,,,, y,
thrv were within earshot ol tlr 'ii.V,'".S
i r,,,st be silent. hut some uInc ldlvl
whom lust before retiring 70 ms W
for The nislit-thOrgf II Is sald mat "a
noioon did lot slccp-thht Bieul EV"th' "a
rasse8 among his warriors out5'It,,. ~, "a
-, tbe Ground Suddenly one cnthlSlaSu "
ei,t,er Fastened his little pallet or SliAM
on his bayonet fired H. ana tosSvu ~
in The air Others followed, ana Ihc
fcu.es III M the entire country SUI Ou', ,
i,p carving to the enemy the HG"o
-. 10 1rrrnch were near. Such ACTON
voe dccidrdlv iniudicious. IL rs true but II
sh0vcr9 the wonderful faith ana conu
done the soldiers had m Their fcns' "a =
whom they fairly Worshlpped' a iiGto,,t
v.bcsf command they would face WlihouO
hmching what, at least appeared 10 DC
me battle began AT an early hour III
more than 200 ~ OF the very noWc4 ~
The army of Russia. AUSTRIA Iie,il'jhao, /
England. and other nations, Whlle n nor
scarcely 1900 Scared, worried, u"N ,rith
too well fed or clothed soldiers. I'm.
which TO face the seemingly over W ~ an,
ing better cared for allied army Oi ord
tried men. and yet Napoleon tbo,,gb
all the nations marNelled tlled ,, MAJ ne
n Is now a matter OF history 49, bjs
should have won for the reason tn1t -
plans were successfully carrier oI't 10
cause OF the implicit conhu9nnC,,jo 49, 80
soldiers and their prompt
eo some ~ Of Napoleon's generals differed
With the greatest of all gererals oTueI ,,
hut they did not stop 10 ques''1,hh' a. e.,
carried out their instrucu onfire army Of
~ 200 men first on the right wing me
on the left then on the ect,'iss 20 - q,
times the enemy was id"h ~, n,.,,,-
tnovirg how the trick had been accom-
k,moMlass no, nU" urn as they might, the
lilies found confronting them 'C.,v men men
IN compact mass While tbt TO a InSS t army
selves the generals 81 90 o oo mo mo such
cou,u ~, 70 face Napoleons army no
Eosi, 80 ne &c ,ime That was the very trick
NanoleOn wanted to play. niie tneIe
were o men arr oaSyefo sTf"t that TIM num-
wa was , MIN q superior force behind him
T TTr, " unon every maneuver he faced
fresh but ,b nsvs sar neTf f ear n OF the
@i ne Won because there was organiza-
~, and the men who did the lighting
sshssd no questions as 10 the wisdom OF
this or that order but simply ays NneS ,r at
hnysas ~ their enemy and. being prop
ariv orsanissd and disciplined. they ac-
CONN iiaRId the rszsxk aimed at