The sun., 1902-07-27

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thrOash a Tnai tpon this point Mr. ho.s
! r~msrk- Hal hs - hifn-.H :" study
With his former care tho r-al nature ~ tho
hostile orgsnsfn h. woud certainly nsN"r
B have Veutupd b-vund smol.n-k In the pre-
"ni wear usigl Bnt he had nov msrE-d
the thinker IN tho conqueror and sure
sign II coming disaster hbs nind M ong"r
I accurately xUagvd facts. bat r.ca-, them IA
it- own mould h hong manipulation oi
men and events ~ had fram"'t a dogma oi
/ personal infall,hihty This va" had OF
late bsen growing IN him arac" " was
sIparrnt even in tribes The touni"-~
M-tt"rnlch de-crihe- .how, carly IN isi''
he persisted In saying that kaunitz Nas her
brother. IN spite Of her frequent ds-rIaim-
ers ~ that honor. and somewhat earlier.
MaTnnnt noticed With half.amused dismay
that, when the Emperor gayr wrong rst'-
mate ~ the numbers - certain corps, no
correction had the slightest elect ON hun.
his mind always reverted To tho fret hgur".
In w.ightier matters this p-culiarity vas
equally nutic-able His olinglns I" pre-
conceived notions. however unfair or bur
d-n-ome they werr 10 Britain. Pru s-ia or
Austria, had hccn the underlying caus" oi
his wars with 'hcs. powers Now this same
/ defect burnt into his hring hv the bhs" oi
hundr-d victories. held him to Moscow for
FIVE weeks IN N. l.lief that Russia was
stricken unto death. and that the facilc
| Car whom he had known at Til-it would
| once more bend the knee An idle hope
| I have learnt tu know him now, said the
Gar. 'NspoIcun.or |: ! or Napoleon. ""
cannot reign side 10y side Buoyed up 10y
religious faith and by bls peoples h"r'ism.
| Alexander silently defed th" victor "f
Moscow
IL WAS the UNNECESSARY delay of five
weeks AT Moscow that ruined the Grand
| Army. Il u not true. as Was constantly
asserted by Napoleon. and las t--en re-
| peated hy most French historians q ia"
campaign. that his LOSSES we're mainly
due 20 an exceptionally sever. and early
winter Tho winter was not early neither
was " especially severe. In Russia, at
lat IS sharp. cold usually set- IN before
Nov q, tho severe weather vhiCh Napoleon
| suffered lur theft time on that dav vas
| succeeded hy alternate thavs and shghter
frosts until the beginning of pec"mbcr,
| when intcn-' cold is alNsvs eSI ected
Moreover. tn. bulk of the losses occurred
before IN. frs, snows,orm Tn" Grand
Army. which had marched IN Sfnolensk
and Moscow. - ,-t irna,cd IA the book before
us a. I0u0 unoluding r--nforcrnentsI
| Al Nia,ma h"forr sever" odd sct IN, Il
had dw iudl,-i To $500
In Mr. Ross opinion r wa not the los
| 81 the Grand Army in M" retreat from
Moscow. hl' IA" eliminating victory
Of Wellington at yittora. which rendered
It impos-ibl~ Tor Napoleon to MAX" head
against the Allies lie thinks that. u Spain
ver" l-n OUT u the account, the survey
oi the military situation at th" beginning
of 1913 vas "a many ways rcaS~Iring 'ur
Napoleon England's power had bc"n
rnfc-h-d nv tho declaration of war hy
the n,,cd states In central Europe
| the Emperor po. ition wa, still command
ing lie hell nearly all the for,re--"s uf
! Prussia. and. although b" hal losi great
| army. that io~s vss spread ort very largely
over Poles, Italians. Germans and smaller
peoples MANY of the hest French 'ruoTs,
ari all his ahl".' Generals, had survived
| Ilis Gusri cuuld. therefore. be formed
again. and the brains % his army ver" aIs"
intact The war had brought 10 light
| no nuitnry genius among the Rus-ar-
and all his Tast errerienccs Of tie odd
,oalition machines Warranted the beh"i
that their rusty cog~ h"cl-, even II oiled
/ ~ '-''t''7'' 7''''7-'''''-'
along and breas down at ue if~' 'N''r-
uonsl strain such had ,''n ''" 'a,.' a.
Nareug". Al Aus'efh'z' az ''''Ai.u. "hN
should n"i HISTORY I"i'a' '-'' " -e'h'Nl
IN IN" hr~t SA'oh csinHa'H "nl'h "'"'n
WIN Vie aIinh''" -sh'" a. i"'N'h" '"
on Jun" = NlL' ihh' "".IH urea '-""
| lhe hat'" "i Lntzeh sh' ha''"'h "''H' "e
49, down as fr"h'h N'''i''H' wv. 'h'N
~er" not iol""ed 10y the 'aIt"i" "i si'''
masses "' Pr'~oh"ir ~ ~ W."
IN ,h" camp 'l 'h' N"'
We now ki'o" Nha' N"i'''"" ''"'u nov
KNOW 'ha' w" Arn''s'''' N"- 40 "'u'''''
ana 'na'' h'n u" az W. '''- TX
hter ha'z"h VA" "'"' ,''''
har ''AN q" i"'' Nn'''' nav '''.'
| l''ahn' Nh"n 'he i'Hss''is '''' H"-' .
could have r'-h o"a'"h P'e''H NV
NSp"I""h srai'"d Hu''T","' " ''"
ana th"reoy sis"en ms o"" "-a" "s' "''
N IN" Gloss "i IN" sAin' nom" ~ Jun
iSlS' cam" IN" news 'n'' "',''k'"' '"'
utterly routed IN" ft"h'h ~ '''"rta' ana
| was pf"p"r'hs y" INV "H' '''
'h"le-s' during 'he '"r'h'sh' wa" uesah
Aug ~ ana ended Scp' o. NA"' sa'h"d
| grcai NurNess a. ircrlen' 'loNsh on 'ie