The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-05

E~sling-H~ Cut the Aa~sr4aa
Army Into Two Port. nj uagr~na
and Victory Wa Then Ea.,-A
Rich Haul in the aay of T~vr1tor,
After the Fr~neh-aassr4au War IN
fsoe-Dom~~tie Trouble.
Bilktnsrlils, \ G. sept. :. 1919
Correspondence Of The Caucasian-
Enterprise
On the sth OF July. 1908 the war
between France and Austria bein' stlll
in progress. the French army wuz
concentrated in the island o. l.oban
and hit consisted oF about 5000
men. This island wux so small that
there wuz scarcely room for the
troops 80 stand up or lie down. BUT
Bonaparfe. the French leader, had
somethin up hiz sleeve. To deceive
the Austrians tsuch accepilon would
now me called diplomacy. Napoleon
Bonaparte ordered the bridge at Es~
sling. which had been destroyed by
the Austrians. to- be repaired. which
naturally caused the Austrians 10 be-
lieve that Napoleon wuz goin' to cross
the river an 20 somewhere from that
town. At the same time Napoleon
wuz buildin' three new bridges for
use. Az the Austrians did no scoutin'
they were sadly deceived an the main
portion ov the French crossed the
new bridges al night. The Austrian
general found hiz fortifications an
batteries practically useless when he
learned the real situation He wuz
outwitted again. Napoleon had SIM
ply selected much better position an
the Austrians were obliged to change
TO worse position than they had oc-
cupied, though they did pretty well,
goin' TO Wagram. Here a fierce bat
tie wuz fought. Austria wuz no
match for France ordinarily. But al
most continuous war had weakened
France durin' the past hundred yearz
! or so, an when Napoleon Bonaparte
went on the warpath he soon caused
additional weakness, for he not only
made numerous enemies, but he
| fought with so much vigor that Sc
we're losses were not unusual Mas
sena, one ov the French generals, wuz
soon repulsed by the Austrians. he
havin' been severely wounded only a
/ few days before an hiz troops lackin
hiz presence at the front, did rather
poor work. Bonaparte wuz puzzled
but hiZ brain wuZ workin' out plans
which would cause the Austrian gen
eral trouble. When the Austrians
thought everythin' wuZ comm their
way, hit wuz not. Mounted on a
beautiful white horse the great Bon
aparte dashed from one position to
another amid what Savary, the his
torian, terms a hailstorm ov bullets. .
The little warrior wuz planin'. Sud.
denly Napoleon ordered hiz main
army to concentrate at Wagrain. an
when he wuZ fitin' the Spanish In
Cuba a few years ago, Colonel Teddy
Roosevelt bein' hiZ right-hand man
boys close in an give the Yankees
! (the Spanish he meant) hell" The
French gave the Austrians somethin
ov that kind at Wagram, hit liz said
for when Napoleon weakened hiz
right an left wings to concentrate a
| powerful force at Wagram. unex-
pectedly, he completely surprised the
Austrians an quickly cut through
their lines at Wagram. placing about
half ov their army on either side OF
the French. cuttin' them in two al
other points at the same time. In a
few minutes the gallant Austrians
were maxim a run for hit, were com
pletely disorganized with nj earthly
chance TO rally until they could put
distance between themselves an the
Freich. Napoleon had outwitted the
Lauriston against Wagram with one
hundred cannon. The Austrians lost
$4,000 men, killed and wounded, In
this battle. The French loss wuz al
most equal. But the moral effect wuz
entirely different, ov course, an Ma
poieon made hit so hot for the Aus
trians that they were forced to fee In
! great disorder. This battle ended
the war. In the settlement Austr3z
gave France much territory said &c
have contained a total population oy
more than three millions ov people
who, under the terms ov the settle
'ment. became citizens ov France
that IL, subject to her laws.
!, In addition to the territory men.
toned above, Austria gave France
indirectly (Bavaria gettin' the prize)
Saltzburg, Berchtolsgaden. Innvierte
an Hansruckviertel The whole o,
Western Gallacia, part of Eastern
i lGallacia, an several other provinces
awlso fell TO France directly or in
directly Austria had for years Civ
en- France trouble by joinin' forces
with any ov Frances powerful enc
mics whenever war wuZ goin' on an
when France got real GUIDE chanct