The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-19

come for the time being wild beasts The
troops marched on with bent heads. look
ing neither to the right nor the left. Those
who fell and were too weak to rise we're
left to perish; and perhaps theirs was the
better part. But there were noble excep-
tions Some of the soldiers carried wound
ed officers on their backs. Once Burgo-
gne, having a frostbtten foot and a bad
shoe, fell behind and presently observed
a man with dog on his back The man
was Sergt. Daubenton, "of the regiment"
care you going to eat it?" asked Bur
gogne; horse would be better" mot J.
Indeed; | would rather eat a Cossack,"
answered Daubenton. Don't you recog-
nize Mouton, the dog of the regiment?
His paws are frostbitten so thdt he can
not walk" And then he explains that on
seeing that the dog could not keep up he
would have left him, but the poor beast
howled so ptifully that Daubenton relent-
ed and strapped him to his knapsack
Shortly afterward the two sergeants we're
beset by Cossacks one of whom gave
Mouton cut with his saber. So it came
to pass that IN order to save his own life
Daubenton had to put the dog down, and
they never saw him again.
Another instance of devotion witnessed
by Burgogone concerns the young Prince
Emile of Hesse Cassel who had brought
a contingent to the Grand ARMY" the
mann DOIy OF WHICH nailed one nigDt &c
a place where no shelter was to be had,
and, by reason of a terrible snowstorm, no
fires could be made. In order to protect
their Prince from the icy blast a hundred
and fifty dragons, whose horses were
either dead or eaten" stood round him In
close order through the night. In the
morning three-fourths Of these brave fell
lows and ten thousand belonging to other
corps were no more.
Hunger and cold Uara not tho o,,It, o,,fJ,.
with which the survivors of the army had
to contend. Few of them had a spare
shirt, their underclothing rotted on their
backs they had no chance Of washing
themselves, they were devoured with ver-
min and suffered horribly from chilbalns;
their boots were in holes and their FROST
bitten toes and fingers fell off like rotten
twigs from a tree. Burgogne tells thar
shortly before the few survivors OF the
guard reached the frontier they had 10
cross a frozen river covered with hum
moclss of ice The banks being high the
passage was difficult and Burgogne, who
had a sore foot and a frostbitten hand.
found it impossible to climb the opposite
bank. He besought several soldiers TO
help him, but none gave heed to his en-
treaties. At length, seeing an old Horse
Grenadier of the Guard, he appealed 10
him, saying: "Comrade, since you, like
me, are of the Imperial Guard I beseech
you to help me; by giving me a hand you
will save my life" Il have not a hand 10
give you" was the startling answer, but
if you will lay hold of my cloak / will
try to pull you up" On this Burgogne
seized the Grenadier's cloak with one hand
and his teeth, and so was saved. 81 told
you / had no hands" observed the Grena-
der, as they resumed their march; II
should have said 'hngers;' they have ali
dropped off /" and then the poor fellow ask
ed Burgogne to do him service, which he
gladly rendered.
Yet these heroes still believed in Bona
parte. They were devoted TO him body
and soul. It was a religion; everything
he did was right The night after the
passage of the Beresna some Grenadiers
OF the Guard and an officer went round
the bivouacs asking for wood to warm the
Emperor. "All freely gave the best they
had; even the dying raised their heads and
said. Take (this) for the Emperor
Everything he did was right, even quit
ting the army. and the few who blamed
him for doing so were probably "agents
Of England, who had entered the army 10
preach disaffection.Y When Picart, a com
rade Of Burgogne's saw Napoleon -clOthed
IN a great fur-lined capote, having on his
head a velvet cap, edged with foxslSln,
and a stick in his hand. he wept, saying:
our Emperor is on foot, walking with a
stick ne who is 50 great he Of whom, we
are so proud. In a note 20 his memoirs.
written in 1914, when he had become lieu-