Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-25

attitude OF most oil them throughout the
six dreary years nc lived In this coun-
try. They never could forget or never
would forgive his great mistake. And
yet most of them. like Gen. Vandamme,
the man who cast his wine on the floor
in contempt OF his old commander, had
fought by his side I'm many campaigns
and knew him to be one Of the bravest
Of the brave.
BORN AN ARISTOCRAT.
If ever a man had reason to bewall
his fate 1t was Emmanuel GroucnS'
An arlstocrat by birth. count or tne
old regime. rich and powerful, no ~
his lot I'm with the people, fought ilte
n patriot for more than 20 years only
to have his whole life blighted and ms
name stained by one blunder. Grouchy
was born i'm Paris in 1866, and when ne
was only il years old he entered tho
army. He was an officer of the KING
bodycuard at 49, but at the outbreak
of the revolution he gave up his com
mission and offered his services TO the
DeoDIc They made him 81 colonel OF
dragons. but because he was noble
and because the revolutioniStS dian
think any noble could be trusted ne
was ordered out of the service, Ardent.
ambitious and heartily in sympathy
with the wild spirit of republicanism
which stirred France at the time. he
entered the army as a private. III
cannot fight at tho head of the repub-
lican phalanX," he told the revoluntion-
lists "you cannot prevent me from
shedding my blood in the cause of the
people,"
In three wears he was colonel again
commanding Il regiment OF Dragons
In 1893 he was at the head of all the
cavalry In Savoy and the Alps. In
1895 he was general of division. In 1876
he went with Hoche to invade Ire
land and free that country from British
rule The fleet was dispersed by
storm and only a portion OF 1t reached
Bantry Bay. Grouchy, with only 5000
men, wanted to land. but was over
ruled by Admiral Bouyet, and the
expedition was abandoned.
In Italy two years later he command
ed a division at the battle of Novi.
Joubert, who commanded. fell carly in
the battle, and the French fought
against great odds. Again and again
Grouchy led his columns To the charge.
Once when his troops were sent reel
ing back, he seized Il standard. rallied
his men and drove headlong at the
enemy When the standard was
wrenchcd from him and his horse was
killed he mounted another, took off his
helmet ana, nOlulHB III nlSn WIN MS
sword, led another desperate charge
Again he was unhorSed, and again he
obtained a new horse and rushed to the
charge. He was magnificent that day
Late in the action, when the whole
French army was in disorder. Grouchy.
desperately wounded. rallied a small
force and made one last deSpalring
effort His force was overwhelmed
and he was made prisoner. He had
six saber wounds and was in the hos
ptal for four months
In the battle of Hohenlinden. where
10000 Austrians were left dead in the
December SHOWS, he and Ney led the
two wings OF the French army. They
utterly routed the enemy and won
such signal victory that 1t brought
peace. Then came n period of rest
for Grouchy. For three years he was
inspector of cavalry and stationed at
Paris Hc lost favor with Napoleon
because he sided with Moreau when
that fine soldier was I'm disgrace and
| was put on trial Grouchy could
remember Moreau only as the brave