Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-05

at AmioDs rot to fgh.-fought. Pitt,
now in 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 CT Sweden-all easy dupes of
q greater than themselyes-to make a
new coalition. He tried to induce Fred
erick William of Prussia to Join his for
tunes with the rest; but the last-named
monarch was for the time restrained by
tho weakness of prudence. Tho agents
of Napoleon held out to him suggestions
Of the restoration of Hanover to Prus-
sia. 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 creation!
Tho Austrians were first in the field.
Tho Russians, under Kutusoff, came on
into PomerGnia from the East. Out of
Sweden, with a large army, came down
Gustavus, the Don Quixote of the North,
to crush Bernadotte who held Hanover.
Napoleon for his part sprang forth for
the campaign of Austerlitz, perhaps the
history of mankind. With incredible
facility he threw forward to the Rhine
an army of a hundred and eighty thou
sand men. His policy was-as always
to overcome the allies in detail.
On the Gath of September, the EN-
peror left Paris. The Empress and Tai
leyrand went with him as far as Stras-
burg. On the End 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 Auffenbrg, with two
Thousand prisoners. On the 10th the
French had Augsburg, and on tho 18th,
Munich. On the 18th Soult triumphed
at Memingcn, capturing corps of six
thousand Austrians; and on the Same
day Ney literally overran tho territory
which was soon to become his Duchy of
Elchingen. Napoleon outgeneraled the
main division of the enemy at Ulm.
Tho Austriaus, under General Mack,
thiTty-threo thousand strong, wera coop
ed up in the town and. OH the 18th of
October, forced to capitulate. Eight
field-marshals and generals, including
the Prince Lichtenstein and Generals
Klenau and Fresnel, were mado prison
ers. "Soldiers of the Grand Army, p"
said Napoleon. I'VE have finished the
campaign III a fortnightn'
On tho day of the capitultion of
Ulm, Massena in Italy drove back tho
army CT the Alchduko Charles. The
Austrians to this date, in a>pariod of
twenty days, had lost by baltic and
capture fully fifty Thousand men! On
the 9th of October, the French army
crossed tho Inn. Salzburg and Braunau
were taken. In Italy, Massena, on the
| 30tb won tho 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
| perial palace of Schonbrunn. The Aus
trian 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 Kutusoff,
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 OH battle in the field. The al.
lied army was eighty thousand strong.
Napoleon, with sixty thousand men,
commanded by Soult. Lannes, Murat
and Bernadotte, advanced rapidly from
the direction of Vienna, as rapidly a:
Brunn, and there awaited the onset.
Just beyond this town, at Austerlitz
the French were arranged in semicir
Gle, with the convex front towards the
allies, who occupied the outer arc on ;
range of heights. Such was tho situa
ton on the night of December LIST. 1905
The morrow will be the first anniver
sary Of our coronation in Notre Dame
a glorious day for battle!
With the morning Of the End, Napo
Icon could scarcely restrain his ardor
The enthusiasm Of the army knew N
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 tn
way. ran before him. Looking eagerl,
through the gray dawn, be saw the enc
my badly arranged, or moving danger
ously in broken masses under the cove
of a Moravian fog. Presently the fo;
lifted, and the sun burst out in splendor
The onset Of the French was irresistible
; The allied center was pierced. The Aus
trian and Russian emperors with thei
armies Were sent flying in utter ron
and panic from the field. Thirty thou
sand Russians and Austrians were kill
cd, wounded or taken. Alexander bare
ly escaped capture. Before sunset til
Third Coalition was broken into frag
, ments and blown away.
, Meanwhile, from the borders CT Han
, ever, the Quixotical Gustavus had take
to fight. and was eager to secure him
. self beyond the Baltic. On the 2ith c
December, everything was completed b
the Peace of Pressburg. Austria gave q