Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-19

ueemed nm ruined IeyOnd redemp-
ton. His only safety lay in attack
ing his vastly outnuln1ering foes be-
fore they could concentrate.
Forward to Vienna was the COM
mand. 1t was an audacious march Of
nearly 400 miles farther into the very
heart of the enemies country, regard
less of impregnable fortresses and
swarming armies upon his right and
his left.
"If Napoleon" says his brother
Louis. ''in his bold and often hazard
Gus actions, seemed to calculate Who'll
ly on his good fortune, no person
seemed to leave less to accident in
the conception of his plans. He al
WAYS considered things under every
imaginable aspect. And though he
never. or scarcely ever. experienced
reverses. he was in every enterprise
prepared beforehand for whatever
might happen"
At the command: "FOrward to Vi
enna!" the whole French army moved
resistlessly on, sweeping the valley
of the Danube like an inundation.
All Austria was terrOT-StTicken. The
panic in Vienna was dreadful, as each
day the reSistlcsS host drew nearer
On the morning of the 18th of No
vember the eagles of France glittered
upon the heights which surroundind
the Austrian capital. Resistance was
hopeless. Emperor Francis, with a
fragment of his army, had fled to the
north seeking the protection Of Rus
STA. A deputation Of citizens waited
upon Napoleon, imploring his Glenn
ency. and surrendering to him the
keys of the city. No private property
was allowed to be touched. But the
government chests and arsenals,
filed to repletion with the munitions
of war, fell into the hands of the
victor. One hundred thousand mus
kets. 1000 cannon and military sup
plies of every kind replenished the
stores of the French.
In 40 days the emperor had trans
ported an army of 10000 men from the
shores of the ocean to the remote cap
ital of Vienna. His descent of the Dam
ube was a continued battle and con-
tinued victory. But his situation now
seemed more perilous than ever before.
Detachments which he had been forced
to leave by the way, TO protect lines of
communication. had dwindled his
available troops, that he could lead
into battle, to but 10000 men.
Armies in the vicinity. amounting to
100000 men. were straining every nerve
TO conc, ftrate and destroy him. but
they did not know the strategic skill of
their opponent. He paused for mo-
ment to decide where to strike the first
blow. and then fixing his eyes upon the
legions of Alexander crowding down
through the defles of the Carpathian
mountains. and who were soon to be
Joined by Emperor Francis and his
routed troops, he gave again the order
for the onward march.
The blasts of winter already swept
the hills whitened with snow. But the
indomitable host, eagerly following
their leader, plunged into the wilder
ness of the north, until they disap-
reared from the observation of France.
On the 1st of December, the French,
10000 in number, met the Russians and
Austrians. 100000 strong, on the field
of Austerltz. more than a thousand
miles from the capital of France. The
conflict was short and terrible, Alex
ander and Francis, from an adjacent
eminence, witnessed the discontinue
and almost the humiliation of theiI
united army. Accompanied by few
guards, they joined the fugitives and
fed from the CORY field, depressed with
the thought of their defeat.
A flag of truce, borne by the hand OF
Prince John of Austria, was sent tc
Napoleon. imploring an armistice II
was readily granted, and the next
morning Emperor Francis repaired
to an appointed place for an interview
with Napoleon. He found the French
emperor standing by a campfire built
| by the side of a Windmill, which alone
protected him from the wind which
alone protected him from the wine
which swept the frozen hills.
81 receive YOU" said Napoleon, 'ir
the only palace which have inhabited
for the last two months"
"You have made such good use Of
that habitation," Francis replied, "that
it ought to be agreeable to YOU"
The terms of peace were soon con
Guided both with Austria and Russia
When Emperor Francis had with
drawn, Napoleon, being in one of his re
Elective moods. walked for some time
thoughtfully before the fire, and was
heard renectively to say:
81 have acted very unwisely. ] could
have followed up my victory, and have
taken the whole of the Russian anC
Austrian armies. They are both entire
ly in my power. Bullet it be. ltwil
at least cause some less tears to be
she'd"
Napoleon returned with the utmos
rapidity to Paris. leaving the army t.
follow by easy marches which occu
pied three months-Ledger Monthly.
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