The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-12

at Amiens not to fght-fought Pitt,
now III the last year Of his life, used all
of his resources to bring about league
against France. He persuaded Alexan-
der Of Russia, Francis Of Austria, and
Gustavus of Sweden-all easy dupes of
greater than themselves-to make q
new coalition. He tried to induce Fred
erick William Of Prussia to join his for
tunes with tho rest; but the last-named
monarch was for the time restrained by
the weakness Of prudence. The agents
Of Napoleon held ont to him suggestions
Of the restoration of Hanover to Prus-
STA. But Austria and Russia and Swe-
den pressed forward confidently to over
throw the new French Empire. That
Empire should not see the end OF the
first year Of its creationl
The Austrians were first in the field.
The Russians, under KutusotP, came on
into Pomerania from the East Out OF
Sweden, with large army, came down
Gustavus, tho Don Quixote of the North,
to crush Bernadotte who held Hanover.
Napoleon for his part sprang forth for
the campaigns Of Austerlitz, perhaps the
most brilliant military episode in the
history of mankind. With Incredible
facility he threw forward to the Rhine
an army of hundred and eighty thou
sand men. His policy was-as always
to overcome the allies in detail.
On the oath OF September, the EN-
peror left Paris. The Empress and Tai
leyrand went with him as far as Stras-
burg. On the 2nd Of October, hostili-
ties began at Guntzburg. Four days aft
erwards the French army crossed the
Danube. On the Sth Of the month,
Murat won the battle of Wertingen,
capturing Count Anffenberg, with two
thousand prisoners. On the 10th the
French had Augsburg, and on the 18th,
Munich. On the l4th Soult triumphed
at Memingen, capturing corps of six
Thousand Aastrians; and On the same
day Ney literally overran the territory
which was soon to become his Duchy Of
Elehingen. Napoleon outgeneraled the
main division Of the enemy at Ulm.
The Austrians, under General Mack,
thirty three thousand strong, were COOP
ed up in the town and, on the 18th OF
October, forced to capitulate. Eight
field marshals and generals. including
the Prince Lichtenstein and Generals
Klenau and Fresnel, were made prison
ers. Soldiers of the Grand Army"
said Napoleon. 1--WE have finished the
campaign in fortnightp'
On the day OF the oapitulation Of
Ulm. Massona in Italy drove back the
army of the Archduke Charles. The
Austrians to this date, in a period of
twenty days. had lost by battle and
capture fully fifty thousand menl On
the 9th of October, the French army
crossed the Inn. Salzburg and Braunau
were taken. In Italy, Massena, on the
S0th, won the battle Of Caldiero, and
took five thousand. prisoners. The
French closed towards the Austrian
capital. On the 18th Of November, Ma
poleon, having obtained possession Of
the bridges of the Danube, entered Vi
emma. He established himself in the i'm.
porial palace Of Sohonbrunn. The Aus
TRAN Empire and the Holy Roman En-
pire-which was its shadowy penumbra
seemed to vanish like ghosts before
him.
Out Of Pomerania into Moravia, to
the plain Of Olmutz, the great Russian
army, under tho Gar and Kutusof,
came roaring, There they were united
with heavy division Of the Austrians,
under Emperor Francis. The latter had
fled from his capital and staked his last
fortunes on battle in the field. The al
lied army was eighty thousand strong,
Napoleon, with sixty thousand men,
commanded by soult, Lannes, Murat
and Bernadotse, advanced rapidly from
the direction of Vienna, as rapidly as
Brunn, aud there awaited the onset.
Just beyond this town, at Austerlitz,
the French were arranged in semicir-
Gle, with tho convex front towards the
allies, who occupied the outer arc on
range Of heights. Such was the situa.
ton on the night of December 1st, 1905.
The morrow will be the first anniver-
sary Of our coronation in Notre Dame
glorious day for battlel
With the morning Of the 2nd, Napo.
leon could, scarcely restrain his ardor.
The enthusiasm Of the army knew no
bounds On the night before, the En-.
peror, in his gray coat, had gone the cir
Gle of the camps, and the soldiers, ex-
temporizing straw torches to light the
way, ran before him. Looking eagerly
through the gray dawn, he saw the enc
my badly arranged, or moving danger
ously in broken masses under the cover
Of Moravian, fog. Presently the fog
lifted, and the sun burst out in splendor.
The onset Of the French was irresistible.
The allied conter was pierced. The Aus
trian and Russian emperors with their
armies were sent flying in utter rout
and panic from the field. Thirty thou
sand Russians and Austrians were kill
cd, wounded or taken. Alexander bare
ly escaped capture. Before sunset the
Third Coalition was broken into frag-
ments and blown away.
Meanwhile, from the borders Of Han
over, the Quixotical Gustavus had taken
to fight, and was eager to secure him
self beyond the Baltic. On the 24th of
December, everything was completed by
the Peace of Pressburg. Austria gave up
tho whole of her Venetian possessions
into the kingdom of Italy. The Tyrol,
Vorarlberg, and Passau went to Bavaria
The latter country and Wurtemberg
were made into kingdoms. For all this
the ancient Empire Of the Hapsburgs
was cor3nansated with So}1bnro on5