The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-07-28

became insubordinate. but was Away.
brave, and firm as. a rock in the hour o
battle.
Always heading his columns in des
perate onset, and exposing his person
where death reaped down the brave fast
est, he so fastened himself in the affec-
tons of his soldiers, that they would fol
low him into any extremity. BY the
openneSS of his character and brilliancy
| of his exploits he fixed himself deeply
also in the heart OF Napoleon who always
wished him by his side and leaned on
him in battle as he did on Ney.
| But the impetuosity of his character
demanded constant action, and he grew
irritable and unmanly when compelled to
suffer without resistance.
Trained in the camp and educated in
the roar OF battle, he was all action and
excitement. Yet his excitement made
him steady. In the midst of falling thou
sands and the shock OF armies, his mind
worked with singular cIearnesS and
power. II needed the roar Of cannon and
the tumult of battlefield To balance the
in ard excitement which drove him on.
Hence, in his earlier career, he could
not c trusted alone with an army a d
Bonaparte knew it. But he learned the
duties OF great leader fast, and Ma
poleon says himself OF him: Il found him
a dwarf | lost him giant"
IN THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.
In the campaign Of Egypt he appeared
the same great General, and fought at
Aboukir and Acre as he had Gone before
at Lodi and Arcola- At Acre, he nearly
lost his life, and was carried from the
field OF battle severely wounded. But in
the march from Alexandria to Cairo
across the desert, he eXhibi ed that i'm
patience and irritability before mentioned.
In the midst Of a bound!ess plain Of sand
without water, paTchcd by the sun and
surrounded by troops OF Bedouins, the
army gave way 70 despair, and Aiurat and
IanneS among the rest.
Wherever there was n battery to be
stormed, or an army Of 20, 600 men to be
annihilated, none spured more joyousIy
| into the battle than they. But to bear up
against the solitude and silence OF the
desert-againSt hunger and thirst, and a
| burning sun-foes that could not he
routed or even asSaIied, required more
| self-control than either possessed They
became dispirited and desperate, and
dashed their piumed hats 10 the round
and trampled them in the sand and. il is
said, even consplred To return to Alex
andria with the army. Ney and Mac
donald never would have acted thus
| Selected by Bonaparte as one OF the
eight officers TO return with him To France,
| he played an important part in that con-
| spiracy by which the Government of
France was overthrown, and the Com
fldflUt1-lD- oi iIlC Army became the
! First Consul OF the Empire.
| Bonaparte, having resolved to over
| throw the imbecIle Directory, and take
! the power into his own hands, assembled
| around him the most determined spirits
the army could furnish. On the morning
| that he mounted his steed and rode
| towards the Tuilieries-resol. ed to stake
everything on one bold move, and pass
| the power of France into his own hands
seven men, as yet only partially known to
fame, were assembled in the palace
sworn to his interests and bound to his
destiny.
Those seven names afterward made
Europe tremble. They were Moreau
Murat, Aarmont, Macdonald Berthier
Lefebvre, and Lannes. Only one was
wanting the intrepid Ney. Napoleon felt
the loss oil him. and when about To Dre
! sent himself before the bar Of the Ancents
said
IL would give, at this moment 200 600 OOO
| to have Ney by my side
Being employed a while in France.
Lannes afterwards Joined the army des-
| tined To Italy, and shared largely in the
glory OF that brilliant campaign He ac-
companIed Napoleon over the ST. Bernard
or, rather, he went over five days before
him. The vanguard composed OF six
| regiments, was placed under his com
mand, and he set out at midnight for the
| top OF the pass. While Bonaparte was
still at Martigny, Lannes was rushin e
down into Italy, and had already opened
his musketry on the Austrians. When
| the whole army was stopped by the fort OF
Bard, he was still sent on with the ad :
| vance guard by another path to take
possession OF the valley OF Iyrea.
BATTLE OF MONTEBELLO
One OF the most remarkable actions of
| the life OF Marshal Lannes ILLUSTRATING
best the iron will and unsurpassed brav-
| cry oil the man, was his battle with the
AustrianS at Monticello, which gave him
! the title OF Duke. Still leading the van
guard he had carried over the ST. Bernard,
\ ile came upon the po and unop na.rI.,