The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-01

Il OF Italy. Ino Ocrcinouihi Was Al tho " Ca
cathedral there, second only In magnin
cence 10 ST. Peters. The old iron crown
OF the Lombard kings was brought forti
from Its dusty keep, and was given by tn,
archbishop of Milan TO the Emperor, who
putting II on his head uttered the famou.
mot, Dieu me la donnee--Gare a qui Ia
touche. "God has given 1t to me-Beware
who touches it"--an aphorism which
became the motto of the Order of the Iron
Crown.
The Empire brought four years OF con-
tinuous war. Napoleon became the tram
pier of vineyards. His armies made Eu-
rope into mire England-agreeing at
Amiens not 10 flght-fought. Pitt, now
In the last year of his life, used all Of his
resources To bring about league against
France. He persuaded Alexander of Rus
sia, Francis OF Austria, and Gustavus of
Sweden--an easy dupes of a greater than
themselves-to make a rAw coalition. He
tried to induce Frederick William of Prus-
sia TO join his fortunes with the rest but
the last-named 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 Prussia But Austria and Russia and
Sweden pressed forward confidently to
overthrow the new French Empire. That
Empire should not see the end Of the first
year of Its creationl
The Austrians were first in tho field
The Russians, under Kutusoff, came on
into Pomerania from the East. Out of
Sweden, with large army, came down
Gustavus, the Don Qulxote Of tho North,
to crush Bernadotte who held Hanover.
| Napoleon for his part sprang forth for tho
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 a
hundred and eighty thousand men. His
policy was-as always-to overcome tho
allies In detail
On the gath Of September, the Emperor
left Paris. The Empress and Talleyrand
went with him as far as Strasburg. On
the End OF October, hostilites began at
Guntzburg. Four days afterwards 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 l4th Soult tri-
umphed at Memingen, capturing a corps
OF six thousand Austrians; and on the
same day Ney literally overran the terri
tory which was soon 90 become his Duchy
OF Elchingen. Napoleon outgeneraled the
main division Of the enemy at Ulm. Tho
Austrians under General Mack, thirty
three thousand strong, were cooped up In
the town and, on the 18th Of October,
forced to capitulate. Eight field -marshals
and generals, including the Prince Lich-
tenstein and Generals Klenau and Fresnel,
were made prisoners. Soldiers of the
caf1
finished the campaign In fortnightr'
On the day OF the capitulation of Ulm,
Masscna In Italy drove back the army of |
the Archduke Charles. The Austrians TO |
this date, in period Of twenty days had |
lost by battle and capture fully fifty thou |
sand meni On the 27th OF October, the |
French army crossed the Inn. Salzburg
and Braunau were taken. In Italy, Mas |
sena, on the Both, won the battle Of Cal
diero, and took five thousand prisoners.
The French closed towards the Austrian |
capital. On the 18th Of November, Napo-
leon, having obtained possession of the
bridges of the Danube, entered Vienna.
He established himself in the imperial pal
ace of Schonbrunn. The Austrian Empire
and the Holy Roman Empirc-which was
its shadowy penumbra-seemed 20 vanish
like ghosts before him.
Out Of Pomcrania into Mornvia, 10 tho
plain Of Olmutz, the great Russian army,
under the Gar and Kutusoff came roar
ing. There they were united with heavy
division of the Austrians, under the EN-
peror Francis. The latter had fed from
his capital, and staked his last fortunes on
battle in the field. The allied army was
eighty thousand strong. Napoleon, with
sixty thousand men, commanded by Soult,
II 1
rapidly from the direction of Vienna, as
far as Brunn, and there awaited the onset.
Just beyond this town, mt Austerlitz, the
French were arranged In semicircle, with
the convex front towards the allies. who
occupied the outer arc on a range of
heights. Such was the situation on the
night of December lst, 1905. The morrow
will be the first anniversary OF our corona
ton In Notre Dame-a glorious day for
battlel
With the morning Of the end Napoleon
could scarcely restrain his ardor. The en-
OF the army knew no bounds |
On the night before the Emperor In his
gray coat had gone the circle of the camps.
and the soldiers, extenporizing straw
torches to light the way, ran before him.
Looking eagerly through the gray dawn,
no saw the enemy badly arranged, or NOV
ng dangerously In broken masses under
he cover of Moravian fog. Presently
he fog lifted, and the sun burst out in 4
plendor. The onset of the French was
irresistible. The allied center was pierced.
The Austrian and Russian emperors with
heir armies were sent flying In utter rout
md panic from the field. Thirty thousand q.
Russians and Austrians were killed.
or taken. Alexander barely
scaped capture. Before sunset the Third
Coalition was broken into fragments and
down away At the conference between
Napoleon and Francis two days after q
Yards at the Mill OF Sar- Uschitz, some
the French officers overheard the father
{ Maria Louisa lie To her future husband.
hus-'1 promise not to fight you any
lore." e
Meanwhile, from the borders Of Han
yer, tho Quixotical Gustavus had taken Z
D flight, and was eager To secure himself
eyond the Baltic. On the Gath of Dccem- :
er, everything was completed by the
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