The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18


archy OF his dreams was roallzable' OF
else. In the same case. he could return
TO Paris with laurels unknown since me
crusades. and put the copeslone on the
nearly completed structure OF mlll'ALas
domination In France and Europe TO
the end O, his days he imagined, or
represented himself as imagining that
be would have altered the worlds ca
reer by choosing the part Of Orientai
conqueror. We may call these notions
dreams or fancles. or visions, or what
We will, they we're true conceptions IN
themselves. although u n not likely
tina; England would have been con
quered In the lo1s OF India. She had
been vigorous without Il; she could
have survived even that blow. For
the moment the fall OF Acre appeared
TO be an antecedent condition 10 either
Of the courses which were In the mind
OF BOnaparte
But the siege was not prosperous. The
assault and the defense during the al
tack In March had been alike desperate,
and French yalor had been futile. A
feet WIS now on lts way from Ccnstan-
tin0plo 20 throw additional men and
provisions into the town At the
same time Phellppeaux had constructed
q new girdle OF forts inside the walls.
and had harrlcaded the streets In
the interval. however. the French had
brought up some heavy guns from
Jana and were making preparations 10
renew operations.
a breach was easily effected and
few gallant fellows seized the tower
which controlled the outworks shd cur
tain. but the storming party was re-
pulsed. aud the men In the tower.
though they held IL Tor two days were
finally 20 reduced In numbers that they
uccumbed. This eXasperlted the
French soldiers intensely For the hre;
two weeks Of May there was scarcely a
break la the succession OF assaults The
fierce struggles which occurred in the
breaches. on the barbados. even 10 the
streets. 20 which the French once or
twice penetrated. resulted In an ap-
pslling loss Of life; but neither party
Quailed. Before long pestilence
broke out In the French camp aud the
hospitals established 40 Jana aud else
where we're crowded with sick and dy-
Ing
On May Klebsr's division Was called
In for a conclusive onslaught. aud In
the face OF . double Gre from Sir Sid
ney smiths cannon aud the guns on the
walls. both the first aud second
works we're scaled and taken An
was in vain. Every house rainCd
bullets from emhrasures male Tor the
purpose. and the entering columns re-
treated on the very threshold Of their
goal Three days later a second equally
desperate attempt likewise failed. In
All .the siege lasted g. days. the French
assaulted 20 times. and 90 sallies were
made by the garrison. while four thou
sand soldiers and four good generals
from his splendid army were the sac
rihce OF human life which Bonlparie
offered az Acre TO his ambition Finally.
the squadron from Constantinople hay-
ing safely arrived. news came that an
other was ntting out a. Rhodes 10 re-
take Egypt itself Nothing was left
but TO retreat. aud on the 18th the siege
was abandoned. The retreat began on
the Goth. Al Jana Bonaparte passed
through the hospital wards calling out
In loud voice. The Turks viii b.
here In q few hours Whoever feels
strong enough let him rise aud follow
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