The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-30
HORSES NAPOLEON RODE.

It is strange that for SO great war
rior. very little is known about the
great emperors mounts" on the field
Of battle. Napoleon's selection OF a
white horse was undoubtedly TO i'm
press the sense OF his personality on
his troops as was the extreme plain
ness of the uniform of colonel of the
Chasseurs of the Guard he almost in
variably wore There is no reason,
however, To believe that Napoleon al
ways rode white or gray horse. Hor-
ace Vernet paints him at Jena on bay
or black charger, but in the majority of
cases, Napoleon is represented on a
white barb, says the Regiment. The
following horses are at any rate men,
toned in history, and were brought
by the emperor from Egypt before the
| eighteenth Brumaire: Marengo. Auster-
litz Marie, ALL Jeffa. OF these we have
most mention OF Marengo and Marie.
Napoleon is undoubtedly painted on
Marengo by Meissonier in his "1S14," all
so i'm a portrait of the emperor dated
/
at Austerlitz, Wagram, the Russian
campaign and Waterloo. There is to
my mind some doubt that he rode him
at Jena, SO | have not mentioned that
battle. Now we come TO the last occa-
sion on which he bore mis- great master
in the feld-W Waterloo. It was evident
that Marengo was wounded in the ac-
ton, and not for the flrsC time.
The Brigade OF Guards possesses n
hoof of his made into a SNUFF box, which
st. James's palace after dinner. 1t dis
tinctly says on the silver band which
surrouds the hoof that ne was wounded
in the rear hip at Waterloo, when Ma
poleon was on him in the sunken road
in advance Of the French position. IL
is doubtful how many hours the French
emperor really spent n the saddle on
that famous Sunday; he was undoubt-
edly suffering from dysuria, which
caused his obvious Illness and lethargy
at La Moskowa, also from the fearful
strain OF the three preceding days.
think We may take il. after consulting
various authors that ne Inspected his
line at about ll.20 a. M, on the 18th
The first shot was fired, according I,
Gen. Lord Hin. at 1l.50 a. IN. According
TO Gen Sir Evelyn Wood, in his mas
terly work, Cavalry in the Waterlo
Campaign" Napoleon spent most of tn
, day seated at table with a map sprea
: before him. The first evidence we hav
OF him on horseback s after the rcpuls
OF D'Erions infantry by the Union bri
gade when Count Milhaud sent forwar
| Traver's br cade ~ Cuirassicrs SUI
ported by Jasauints lancer brigad
Napoleon rode on the bridge an
$ watched the Union bxigade taken
:. turn by the Curaissiers tt is possih
- that Marengo may then have receive
:. his wound but 7 twink 70 doubtful.
20 Theirs. In his "Hlstolre du Consul,
+. ct de Empire" represents NapoleC
,a at Waterloo on 'un chcval nal dress,
,a "a horse badiv h~'tonl thir'y "
:. may reasonably doubt this statemer
a Napoleon th0ugh "a daring horsema
~ was ny no means n good one. aud In al
= case that dcFnrirfiou could not refer
:. Norengo: besides ne had greet a
/, IKE 20 an ungfofov horse and. havi
I, the state ~ his health I'm vew. n
~ most improbable that his euuerr
= would have lrt him ride one. think
I. most nr0bah'n That 0~cr Na~or -
= wound the cwoer-r chau~od hore
!. There is 7 thirr uufic ont evb1aD I'D,
/ prnva 'Naf eur'1g Tho 0tt1-k 2 tha o.
I, verbal Guard N1no'arn wee mounfof
: Marie crav mare II .s nrfb1r
= tha cs- --,r~or h~.u~Ht r1arv h.r..s .
: ri1r- N1ren~q o. f'v--'r o- ft t,5. ,.
z oeearv q, ha wer u,or-fo7 i- eueb
!" dfmcrif c1urfrv Y or -rcn. fho pa~
de Marho' 'vha~ sfr-ft-~ .- f'.t .-.
' palrn On command ~ the Tucn'v-fhi
l Chasseurs, considered seven mount