Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-01
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 On the 24th of September, the En- peror left Paris. The Empress and Tal- 1eyrand went with him as far as Stras- burg. On the 2nd of October. hostii- tics began at Guntxburg. Four days aft erwards the French army crossed the Danube. On the Sth 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 l4th Soult triumphed at Memingen, capturing a 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. The Austrians, under General Mack, thirty three thousand strong, were ooop- cd up in tho town and. on the 17th of October, forced to capitulate Eight field-marshais and generals, including the Prince Lichtenstein and Generals Klenau aud FreSnel, were made prison CTS. Soldiers of the Grand Army, |" said Napoleon, we have finished the campaign in fortnightw
 On the day of the capitalization of Ulm, MaSsena in Italy drove back the army of the Archduke Charles. Tho Austrians to this date, in a period of twenty days, had lost by battle and capture fully fifty thousand menl On the 27th of October. the French army crossed tho Inn. Salzburg and Braunau were taken. In Italy, Massena, on the S0th, 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 Vii enna. He established himself in the i'm perial palace of Schonbrunn. The Aus trian Empire and the Holy Roman Elm 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 the Czar and Kutusoff, came roaring. There they were united with a heavy division of tho 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 Bornadotte, 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- cle, with the convex front towards the allies, who occupied the outer arc on a range of heights. Such was the situa- tion on tho night of December 1St, 1895. Tho morrow will be the first anniver- sary of our coronation in Notre Dame glorious day for battlel
 With tho morning of the 2nd, Napo- leon could scarcely restrain his ardor. The enthusiasm of the army knew no bounds On tho night before, the Elm peror, in his gray coat, had gone the cir Cle 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 ene- my badly arranged, or moving danger OuSly in broken masses under the cover of a Moravian fog. Presently the fog lifted, and the sun burst out in splendor Tho 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 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 GuGtavus had taken to flight, 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 the 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 compensated with Salxburg and some other trit1ing places
 After Aasterlitx the broken Russians fell back towards their own territory. Central Europe seemed to be suddenly dominated by the sword of the Corsican. Pitt, no longer able to bear the strain of the tremendous antagonisnl. sank rapid ly. and died The glorious victory which Nelson had won in the bloody foam of Trafalgar, on the day after tho capitula- tion of Mack, could not compensate for the Continental ruin. Pitt passed away on the 2Srd of January. 1906. Auster- litz and PresSburg are said to hay e kill, ed him! JOHN CLARK RIDPATH.
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