Little Falls weekly transcript., 1895-07-05

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tinuous war. Napoleon became tn
trampler Of, vineyards. His armies mad
/ Europe into mire. England-agreeini
at Amiens not to fight fought. Pitt
now III the last year Of his life, used al
| Of his RESOURCES to bring about a leagu'
against France. He persuaded Alexan
der Of Russia. Francis Of Austria, ant
Gustavus Of Sweden-all easy dupes O
a greater than themselves-to make ,
new coalition. He tried to induce Fred
erick William Of Prussia to join his for
tunes with the rest; but the last-namet
monarch was for the time restrained BY
the weakness Of prudence. The 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 creationl
The Austrians were first In the field.
The Russians, under Kutusof, came on
into Pomerania from the East. Out o1
Sweden, with large army, came down
Gustavus, the Don Quixote of the North,
to crush Bernadotte who held Hanover.
Napoleon for his part sprang forth TO,
the campaign 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 gath 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, hostii.
ties began at Guntzburg. Four days aft
erwards the French army crossed the
Danube. On the 9Th of the month,
Murat won the battle of Wertingen,
capturing Count Auffenberg, with two
thousand prisoners. On the 10th the
French had Augsburg, and on the 18th,
Munich. On the 14th Soult triumphed
at Memingen, capturing corps of six
thousand Austrians; and on the same
day Ney literally overran the territory
which was soon to become his Duchy of
Elchingen. 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 oapitulate. Eight
field-marshals and generals, including
the Prince Liohtenstein and Generals
Klenau and Fresnel, were made prison
ers. ''Soldiers of the Grand Army" :"
said Napoleon, I'VE have finished the
campaign in fortnight"
On the day of the. capitulation Of
Ulm, Massena in Italy drove back the
army of the Arohduke Charles The
Austrians to this date, in period Of
twenty days, had lost by battle and
capture fully fifty thousand men! On
the 27th of October, the French army
crossed the Inn. Salzburg and Braunau
were taken. In Italy, Massena, on the
3Oth, 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
perial palace Of Sohonbrunn. The Aus
trian Empire and the Holy Roman En-
pire-whioh 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 the Gar and Kutusof,
came roaring. There they were united
with heavy division of the Austrians,
under Emperor Francis. The latter had
fed 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 Bernadotte, advanced rapidly from
the direction Of Vienna, as rapidly as
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 a
range Of heights. Such was the situa-
tion on the night Of December 1st, 1906.
The morrow will be the first anniver-
sary Of our coronation in Notre Dame
a glorious day for battle!
With the morning of the and, 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 center 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
ed, wounded or taken. Alexander bare
" escaped capture. Before sunset the
Third Coalition was broken into frag-
,oontc on1 h1oxuy,