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dwindles. Ney brings up the rear guard
wasted to handful. At the passage Of
tho Niemen, soiled with dirt. blacken-
ed with smoke. without insignia. with
only drawn sword and facing backwards
towards the hated region, the "Bravest
of the Brave" crosses the bridge. He is
the last man to save himself from the
horrors of the Campaign of Russia.
The remnants of the Grand Army find
refuge in Konigsberg. Napoleon. after
Moscow, had taken to a sledge, and had
sped across tho snow covered wastes Of
Poland on his way to Paris He came
there unannounced. At four o'clock on
tho following morning. some ono found
him in his Office at tho Tuileries with
his war-map Of Europe spread before
him ON the foorl
As soon as it was known that the
Grand Army was under tho SHOWS Of
Russia, there were signs OF upheaval
though all the borders of the West The
Germanic States were first to profit by
the disasters of tho French. Frederick
William gave his hand to the Gar.
There was revolt in Hamburg. The
Confederation Of tho Rhine began to fall
to pieces. Alexander sent an army to
Berlin; Napoleon must guard his east
ern frontier or perish.
The turmoil of 1913 began on the End
of May with the battle Of Lutzen.
Within credible speed Napoleon had
planted his new armies ON a line ex-
tending from Lubeo to Venice. At Lut-
zen the French were victorious. Fred
erick William. Alexander, and Napo-
leon were once more OH the same fieldl
On tho 2lst of May, the Emperor hurl-
ed 1876, 900 men on the allies at Baut-
zen, and won another victory. Davout
retook Hamburg. and terribly punished
that place for its detection. Napoleon
held Dresden in one hand and routed
the allies with the other until all his
antagonists were glad to accept an ar
mistice. They agreed to convene at
Prague for making treaty Of peace.
But secretly, in the interim, the Car
and Frederick William. aided by Eng
land, constructed the Fifth Coalition.
Austria and Saxony were won over to
the league The father of Maria Louisa
perfidiously entered the lists against her
husband. On the Goth of August after
the truce had expired. the Emperor met
the Prussians and Russians at Dresden,
and gained another victory But his
enomies were only beaten-not over
whelmed.
The war in other parts OF the field
h.r
beeren the allies defeated Oudinot, and
on the 26th Of August, the battle Of
Katsbach was won by Blucher over Mac
donald. who suffered heavy losses in
men and guns. Bernadotte who had re-
nounced the Emperor, came down
against Ney at Dennewits, and there,
on tho 9th of September, disastrously
defeated him. The allies concentrated in
great force on Loipsio, and on the 10th
of October were beaten there by Bona
parte. yainly he sought to open nego-
tiations. The second battle of Leipsio
was fought Oh the 18th Of the month
q terrible conflict in which Napoleon
was forced from the field. The city was
TAKEN the bridges blown up; and PoDia-
towsky drowned in the Elster.
The French, hard pressed. were
obliged to fall back from the frontier of
Germany. In November, Napoleon
reached Paris. He sought in all possible
ways to conclude peace, but also exert
ed himself during the winter to prepare
for the coming avalanche. Beyond the
Rhine the French power was broken up.
Hanover was recovered by the allies.
Holland proclaimed William l. of
Orange. Jerome had to abdicate the
throne of Westphalia. The small princes
Of Germany took back their ancient es-
tates. Norway went TO Sweden. Den
mark leagued with Great Britain. Tho
Austrians over ran the Illyrian prov
inces. Murat, king of Naples, made
treaty with Austria. Only Eugene, vice.
roy of Italy, remained loyal in support
of the emperor.
In the beginning of 1914 was begun
the so-called Campaign of France. Ma
poleon everywhere confronted his ene-
mics All the eastern borders were dark
ened with the onooming armies of the
Coalition. Wellington, who in the pre-
ceding summer had won the great bat
tie of Vittoria, was now in command
of the allies on the side Of Flanders
Napoleon gave the Pope his liberty, and
restored him TO his States All the
whales and monsters of the Middle Ages
came up from the sea; he threw to this
one bait and TO that one tub. The
Austrians under Schwartzenburg cross
ed the Rhine. Bluoher also crossed, at
Coblentz. The Russians came by way of
Holland. Bernadotte pressed southwark
with 100, 900 men.
The struggle that ensSod was with
out parallel in history. Napoleon, like
King John at Poitiers, warded right and
warded left. He fought one battle aft
or another, until both Bluoher and
Sohwartzonburg were crushed, and Aus
tria sued for peace. But the Germanio
powers returned to the battle with the
powerful support of Russia and Sweden
and England; and the French began to
recodo. It was now seen that the allied
generals had learned from the lion many