Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-08

Davout, fell upon a division of fifty thousand Prussians, commanded by the Duke of Brunswick and Frederick Will liam in person, and won a signal vic tory. Brunswick was mortally wound ed, and about ten thousand of his sol diers were put hors du combat.
 Prussia was utterly overwhelmed by the disaster. Her fortresses were sur. rendered without resistance, and Napo. leon, in less than fortnight, occupied Berlin. On the 2lst of November, he issued from that city his celebrated Berlin decree, declaring the British Is- lands ill state of blockade, and inter. dieting all correspondence and trade with England!
 The property of British subjects. un. der wide schedule of liabilities, waa declared contraband of war.
 Meanwhile, the aid promised to PruS' sia by the Czar had been too slow for the lightning that struck at Jena. The onooming Russians reached the Vistula, but were forced back by the victorious French, who took possession of Warsaw. There the Emperor established his win. ter-Quarters and remained for nearly three months. engaged in the formula tion of new plans of conquest and new schemes for the pacification of Europe
 After Jena, Prussia, though crushed, remained belligerent. Her shattered forces drew off to the borders and were joined by the Russians in East Prussia. The campaign of 1907 opened here. On the Sth of February, the French army, about 10000 strong, advanced against the allies commanded by Benningsen and Lcstocq At the town of Eylau, about twenty miles from Konigsberg, great but indecisive battle was fought, in which each army suffered loss of nearly IS, 900 men. The Russians and Prussians fell back about four miles to Friedland, and both armies were rein forced, the French to about so, 900, and the allies to approximately the same number.
 The shock of Eylau, the inclemency of tho season, and the political compli- cations that thickened in every horizon held back military movements until the beginning of summer. On the 14th of June Was fought the great battle of Friedland; and the allied army was vir- tually destroyed. The loss of the Rus sians and Prussians was more than 25,- GOO men: that of the French, fewer than S, 000 Napoleon commanded in person, and his triumph was prodigious. Though common fame would have Aus terlitz to be the most glorious of his battles, critical opinion comedies the palm to Friedland.
 After Friedland, Tilsit There, in the middle of the Memel, on the 25th of June. 1897, Napoleon and the Czar met on the famous raft. The beaten Alsxan- der had come to admire his victorious antagonist. Why should the faces of his fifty thousand dead prevent him from falling i'll love with tho destroyer? The EmpVrOrS readily agreed to be at peace. On the 1th of July a treaty was con. cluded between France and Russia, and two days afterwards 2 similar compact between France and Prussia. Frederick William had sought refuge after the battle ill the town of Memel, which was now about all he might call his own!
 Now was created tho grand duchy of Warsaw, composed of Prussian territory Over this new state was set Napoleon E friend Frederick Augustus, king of the SaXonS Another part of Prussia was given to the Czar. Dantzic was declared independent. The provirco west of the Elb was cPded to France. All the Bona, partcS were confirmed ill their king doms, and the Confederation of the Rhine was recognized. The ports of Prussia were shut to English commerce. Frederick Williams army was placed at a maximum of 42, 900 men. To these provisions was added large indemnity to France from Prussia. The map which the COrSican had etched with his sword point on the broken landscape of Europe was confirmed by the agreement of all the POwcrS-Save England.
 For four years the sting of Tilsit was ill the vitals of England. So powerful was the Napoleonic influence that Den smiled. It was suspected by the Gren- vile ministry that tho Danes would close their ports to British trade. Under this suspicion, Admiral Cathcart was sent with his fleet into the Baltic, de- manding that the navy of Denmark should be surrendered Tn pledge to Great | Britain! To this monstrous proposition the Crown Prince hravely answered no. Cathcart then proceeded against Copen- hagen, and in the first week of Septem- Der bombarded the city. Three hundred and fifty buildings. including the Uni versity, were destroyed, and six times as many houses rendered untenable. Aboat ?, 900 people were killed in the horror, the liko of which had not been witnessed ill modern times. Great Brit ain was at 1lC0cc with npDunarEl
 JOHN CLARK RIDPATH.