The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-02

attempted. with Perign0n, to stem the tide
and, rallying few followers, again charge
OF the overwhelming numbers that wer
sweeping over the broken ranks.
Again overthrown, and almost cut Il
pieces, he was made prisoner, having re
ceived six Saber WOUNDS. Nothing but tn,
most desperate hand to hand fightin.
could have caused him to receive so man,
sword cuts, and he this day proved him
/ self worthy to command the troops tina
had fought under Napoleon.
His wounds would have proved mortal bu,
for the kindness of the Grand Duke Con,
| Stantine who sent him his private physi-
clan, and made his own domestics attend
/ upon him. After four months of suffering
/ he recovered his health and in the ex
! changes that followed the battle of Marengo
+, was restored to the army, and Joined Mo
| reau then combating on the banks Of the
Rhine.
BATTLE OF HoHsNLIYDEN.
He was present at the battle of Hoher-
linden and was one of the chief actors in
that great tragedy. Struggling side by
side with NeS, his actions were not
eclipsed by those even Vi the bravest OF
the brave" 81
The Iser and the Inn, as they flow from
the Alps towards the Danube, move nearly
in parallel lines, and nearly forty miles
apart. AS they approach the river the
space between them Eec4mcs one elevated
plain, covered chiefly with a somher, dark
pine forcst-crossed by two roads only
while the mere country paths that wind
through il here and there give no space to
hmarching columns.
Moreau had advanced across this forest
To the Inn where, on the LIST OF December,
he was attacked and forced to retrace his
steps. and take up his, position on the far
ther side. at the village OF Hohenlintlen
Here. where one OF t.l. great roads de
bouched from The woods, he placed Ney
and Grouchy.
The Austrians in four massive columns,
plunged into this gloomy wilderness de
signing 10 meet in the open plain OF HOhen-
linden-thc central column marching along
the highrcad while those on either side
made their way through amid the trees
as they best could.
II was a stormy December morning when
these 10000 men were swallowed from
sight in the dark defiies of HOhenlinden.
The day before il had fained heavily, and
the roads were almost imEassable; but
now a furious SnOwStorm darkened the
heavens and covered the ground with one
white unbrollen surface.
The by paths were biDtted out, and the
signing pines overhead seyoOped with their
snowy burdens above the ranks, or shook
them down on the beads OF the soldiers. as
the artillery wheels siaOte against their
trunks.
WEIRD SCENE.
II was a strange spectacle, those long,
dark columns out Of sight of each other,
Stretching through the dreary forest by
themselves; while the falling snow sitting
over The ranks, made ibe unmarked way
sill more solitary. The soft and yielding
mass broke the tread Of the advancing
hosts. while TIE rumbling OF the artillery,
and ammunition and baggage wagons,
rave forth a muffied sound that seemed
prophetic Of some mournful catastrophe.
The center column alone had Il hundred
cannon in its train while behind these
were 800 wagonS-the whole closed up by
the slowly moving cavalry.
Thus marching, il came .sttpiit O'Clock,
upon HohenIindcn and attempted to de-
bouch into the plain when Grouchy fell
back into the woods. In q moment the old
forest was alive with echoes, and its
gloomy rccesscs iliumined with the blaze
Of artillery. Grouchy. Grandtfau and Ney
put forth incredible efforts to keep this i'm
nlense force from deploying into the open
field. The two former struggled with the
energy Of desperation to hold their ground,
and although the.soidiers could not see the
enemys lines, the storm was SO thick, yet
they took aim at the clashes that issued
from the wood, and thus the TWO armies
fought.
The pine trees were cut i'm two IKE reeds
by the artillery, and fell with "A crash on
the Austrian columns, while the fresh
fallen snow turned red with the flowing
blood.
In the meantime Ricaenpanse, who had
been sent by circuitous route with a
single division to attack the enemy's rear,
had accomplished his mission. Though
his division had been cut in two, and