Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14

returned to Cho DaGtlo IN ACaly, ana nad
driven the French out of the country
On the 18th and 2Oth OF June, General
Macdonald had been defeated at Cassano
and on the Trebbia by Field Marshal
Alexander Suwaroff. On tile 10Th Of
August, Joubert lost the battle Of Now
and was killed on the very spot where
Napoleon had assumed command in
1896. Suwaroff next encountered Mas.
sena at Zurich, where. on tho 25th and
Goth Of September, he was worsted by
the French. Nevertheless, the Russian
forced his way over the Alps, and France
was Immediately threatened with a
counter invasion. At this junoture, how
ever, there was quarrel in the allied
armies. aud Suwaroff, withdrew from
the country, bearing his we'll earned
title of ItGllLskt. ## ~
Napoleon spent the first months Of the
year 1900 at Paris. The revolution was
received with general appreciation by
the French. The leading features of the
pew government were u Senate, Tri-
bunate and Council Of State. These
forms were not wholly acceptable to tho
First Consul; but in the organization Of
the system, his will and purpose wero
everywhere predominant. Meanwhile,
he appointed General Moreau to the
command OF the Army of the Rhine, and
on the 25th of April that general began
his advance into Germany. The first re-
suit of the movement was the forcing
back Of the Austrians on Ulm.
Asfor Italy, the First Consul reserved
for himself the reconquest of that coun-
try. With the opening Of spring, he
projected the Second Italian campaign.
On the 14th of May, 1900, he began his
famous passage Of the Great st. Bernard.
We might mark this event as the first
Of the spectacular aspects of the Napo-
leonio career. There, in his gray over
coat, under his three-cornered hat,
mounted on a rearing steed, goes the
conqueror up inaccessible heights
against background of ice-peaks and
glittering Alpine sky!, The gaze Of man.
kind follows him, and shoutings are
heard in half the valleys of the world !
The French army surmounted the SEEM
ingly impossible Alp in six days, and
suddenly debouched into Italy. On the
and of June, Bonaparte entered Milan.
It was high time that some one should
come to the rescue; for two days after
wards Massena surrendered Genoa.
That, however,, was the end of the
successes of the allies south of the Alps.
On the 9th of June occurred the battle
Of Montebello, in which the Austrians.
under OFT were overwhelmingly defeat
cd by a division Of the French army
under Lannes. Five days later was
fought the great battle Of Marengo,
which gave it's name to the campaign
and ended it. The French We're $4,000
strong, and the Austrians numbered
about 3s, 600. Napoleon commanded in
person; but under him were Desai1,
Lannes and Kellermann. III the begin
ming of the engagement, General Melas,
commander Of the Austrians, gained q
threatening Advantage over the French.
For several hours Napoleon was in peril
of defeat; but the arrival Of reinforce
ments, under the great Desaix turned
the tide; Lannes fought like lion, and
Kellermann with the cavalry completed
the overthrow. The Austrians were
swept from the field with a loss of more
than ten thousand men, while the
French loss of fully seven thousand at
tested the violence and desperation of
the conflict. Marengo may be reckoned
the first great battle Of the Napoleonic
wars. It had all the features Of those
extraordinary conflicts which were SUBJ
sequently directed by the genius and
audacity of Bonaparte. The battle end
ed the war in Italy. On the next day
Genoa and the other fortresses of Upper
Italy were resurrendered to the French.
Meanwhile, Moreau had been. success
ful in Germany. He pressed forward to
the heart of Bavaria, and on the 10Th
Of July concluded an armistice with the
enemy. This agreement was maintained
for four months, only to be broken by.
the Austrians. Hostilities were at once
resumed; Moreau advanced, and Oh the
Sd Of December, on the field of Hohen-
linden, gained q complete victory over
the German army.
Victorious in Italy and returning to
Paris with unexampled fame, Napoleon
might now follow his inclinations for
peace. His ascendancy over the French
began to be recognized abroad, and con-
ditions appeared favorable for general
pacifcation. The popularity of the First
Consul was extreme, and this was in.
tensified by the ill-disguised efforts of
his enemies to cast him down. Conspira.
oies were made against his life. On
Christmas eve of the year 1900 the most
serious of these attempts was made
and failed. Napoleon was going to the
opera. Three conspirators-Carbon, st.
Reliant and Limoelan-drove a powder
cart, with q. fuse, into the Rue st. Nj
caise,> narrow street by which the
First Consul must pass.
:, When the cavalcade came by, the fuse
was lighted, and a shocking explosion
followed. Houses round about were
knocked down, and the place was strewn
with the dead and dying. The First
Consul was unhurt, though his carriage
was shattered in the havoc. He went on
to the opera, and sat unmoved through
the play. -: ..asr n
The allies now chose to accept peace.