Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-05

NAFOIttN ~ mn IA TIN VT AlNNpAaIss
nsson. Only a short time before depart.
ips on the first Italian campaign he wrote
Letter to Bourrienne, then an emiRrnnt
At Sens. saying, "Seek out for me a small
rece OF land in your beautiful valley Of
ihO Yonne. will purchase 1t as soon as
| can get together the money. l wish to
retire there; but rccolleot that / will have
nothing to do with national property"
Qnlte insincero md fltfull Indeed Gen
eral, "a small plcco Of land" is the last
thing in this world that you wish for;
and as to your retiring" there, your re-
tlrement is fixed for another placo-that
if of island to which you referred In the
last clause Of your school exercise at Au-
tun Your essay was headed Possessions
te Anglals," and you finished thus:
"salnte Helene, petite isle." You will
find It sol
The military glory Of Napoleon properly
begins with his first campaign into Italy.
The States OF that peninsula were about
to be made tho playthings Of great ambi-
iona Whether the influence OF Austria
and the coalition should continue predom-
lnant from Piedmont to Venice was the
question. The existing order In tho Ital-
ian States and cities favored the Austrian
power but the popular party was In sym
pashy with Republican France. Bona
pr's's mission into Italy was ostensibly
for presumption and defense; but 1t
meant out Of tho nature Of things, sharp
war and speedy conquest
Hardly bad the campaign In Piedmont
begun before tho Directory in Paris would
Rnd out the veteran Kellermnn TO DO SEQ
ond In command. This might be u com
piment to general-in-ohief not yet TWEEN.
Gtevoni but not SO to Bonaparto. Ha at
once replied saying that it was indifferent
70 him Ia thing most untrue) whethor he
mould serve In Italy or somewhere else.
Az 40 wished--so ran his plaint-was n
enet page In history awarded for service
bhis country. General Ksllerman had
more experience than he, and knew better
low TO make war; but both together we
hail make 1t badly. will not willingly
hNe with man who considers himself
NE Inst general In Europe" How strong
moro revealed tho unconquorable will
ma seii'sui1cioncy and purpose Of Bona
lafte to DO all or nothingl
Le' US scan the field. The coalition
,sainst Franco now embraced Austria,
n 1,Varia, Piedmont, Naples, and England.
ioe smaller States Of Germany and Italy
seie also In tho league. For tho "protoo-
nun OIL Piedmont and indeed OF all Italy,
n army OF about sixty thousand men,
thoroughly equipped and supplied, and
summarized by General Beaulieu, ono OF
apiest and most experienced in Europe,
~. ~ oeeh sent Into Lombardy. Against
ls power Napoleon's Army Of Italy was
~ consisting Of only thirty five thousand
~. NV men miserably destitute, and having
T ,.n for Its principal resource.
NJ .nis he must compete for tho mastery
u s'atea and kingdoms.
nu. the Army OF Italy had for COM
.anaer military genius of 30 audacious
,hAa'Ae'er as to rank its posscssor with
~ 'Mo other prime warriors of human
t,rr he had daring, military invon-
cD-, suo power OF combination, the dis
,,.,y Oh new eHpedients, sudden adapta-
,s ~ ~ unforeseen contingencies, courage,
.,. Y,uon, foresight, subtlety, and indeed
10y quality 1T to make him what no was
n,,s sVus 70 oecome-the greatest COM
uues OF modern times.
>, a. hontenotte, twenty-six miles west
Nh, 1isn1a. Napoleon fought his first field.
nm, ne attacked the Austrian division
,on aigenteau, and won victory. Mark
~, 40 ~ fought with dfUision Of the on
MI, tnis was on the 18th of April,
t,om ,pnon1y'two days after his departure
Au.,.A On tho l4th he struck the
sn ,.n and Sardinians at Mlllesimo,
brv 'ics further on, and won another VIC
M oh the next day no came on the
~ q; ~ Diego, and added a third. on
mn. =. no reached Mondovi, forty-eight
d,s s, nom Turin, and on the following
Gen. s y and defeated the division OF
nov ~. eSih. In every engagement his
disrln,,ss iiAe that of thunderbolt. The
As.uea NY armies of his opponents broke
hatila ,uent OF these FIRST wild days Of
,aIllvs na Victory well illustrates thu pre-
fist len wllper Of the oonqueror. His
mihss Usage with COLL was with pen
uDsss sh sword Just after the conflict
tAe ~, 'ne German General demanded
whohss,, OF a certain Emigrant Moulin
bssrino zen taken BY the French. though
fsfts Ser,,l ing OF truce. To this Bona
ida Yan An omigrant Is a parri-
French noa- forgot the respect due to this
Vie H. when you sent NJ. Moulin
uEar " unce. You know the laws
ihOilie An o'hirnry to those laws you au-
'ntakrr ~, Of batbarisni, all the prison
nsis sesunr un you shall DO Immediately
haalla ,a,o Tor 1t with tho most de
sSAAanea" Insra Inaaan ~