The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-19
REAL ANCIENT History
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Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Louis XVIII. landed at Calais April
24th and entered Paris On May 3.
1914. Napoleon had resigned m EN-
peror some days earlier an Louis had
been recalled. Napoleon named hix
son, Fountatnbleau. AZ hix successor.
But Napoleon had made both friends
ton. Hiz enemies just at that time
outnumbered hiz friends. that liz. in
| high-up circles, for nearly awi the
common" people stood by Napoleon
/ from first TO last. Az an evidence
/ that he wuz still popular, when death
/ finally claimed Napoleon he wuz bur
| led with great honors an the French
! Government erected the finest tomb
in the world which still stands Just
| outside ov Paris, guarded day an
night by troops. an probably will be
az long az the French Government
exists. But to return TO about the
date ov Napoleon's escape from the
island prison, Elba, an hiz re-estab-
lishment az ruler ov France, the "old
fogies" ov Europe, especially ov Aus
tria, Russia, England, an Prussia.
determined to make another united
effort to down him. At that very mo-
ment they were in session at Vienna
an concluded a treaty by which each
power agreed to put 10000 men In
the field-600,000-to whip Napo.
leon an any army he could raise. On
the 7th ov June the new French
House an Senate met. The army oy
France pledged Napoleon it's entire
ability against any an awl corners
But hit wuz plain that he could not
fite that whole side ov the earth long
The English an Prnssians. under
Wellington, approached the French
frontiers an there were battles al
Thuin an on the plains ov Flenms
both ov which Napoleon won. The
Prussians having retreated. Wellling.
ton awlso fell back to Waterloo, but
hiz army kept In touch with the Prus-
sians at one point. On June 18th
Napoleon again put hiz troops In mo-
tion to attack Wellington. the COM
mander ov the English. After long
an desperate fitin' in which Napoleon
finally practically defeated the Eng
lish, he in the exhausted condition
ov hiz men, had to contest with the
Prussians who had now entered the
fray with practically fresh troops.
Napoleon had to retreat in the hope
ov saving hiz army, or what wuz left
ov hit. This wuz probably the most
destructive battle ever known up to
that time. The numbers ov French
killed will never be known, but a.
900 ov them were surrounded an
taken prisoners, they bein' too much
exhausted to retreat. On the 18th
the Prussians lost about 1900 men
an Wellington lost $4,000 on the
18th. Napoleon now saw that he
could not conquer the powers COM
bined against him, for they were
pouring troops into France by the
hundreds ov thousands. To save the
Government an hits territory. he de-
clared hiz son Emperor ov France
under the title OF Napoleon H.. and
left Paris, goin' to England. where
ne placed himself In the hands ov the
English Government By this time
the combined troops ov the allies had
reached Paris. where on the 3rd ov
July a military convention wuz held
by Butcher. Wellington, and Da-
| voust- The French army had re-
tired beyond the Loire an wuz now
ordered to disband an Paris wuz sur
rendered to the combined allies. an
the combined armies entered the city
on the 9Th ov June. On the next
day Louis XVIII. a former Emperor
ov France, again ascended the throne.
the allies agreein' on him az the man.
In the settlement France lost terri
tory, however. But the original ter
ritory AZ hit stood I'm 1879 wuz not
changed to any great extent. Four
fortresses were surrendered: the
duchy ov Bullion: q portion ov the
territory on the Lower Rhine: . part
ov the district ov Gex. an part ov
Savoy, awl ov which contained total
OF $4,000 population In addition.
France had 70 agree TO give MP seven
teen forts for from three TO ave years
an pay 7eo,ooo.oo0 francs In cash
an supyort 16o,00o allied trOops