The Washington herald., 1914-09-06

national boundary. and the miserable
fragment Of the grand army broke into
atoms as il dispersed in the shelterinE
woods Of East Prussia. A spectral band
koenigsbers behind Murat, who. remen1-
bering that he as well as Napoleon had
throne TO save. dropped the command
and fastened away to Naples. The ever
faithful Prince Eugene then picked up
such pieces as he could. and welding
them together in the warmth Of his own
loyalty TO the empire. backed across Ger
R Ei6s, until he stood on the shore of the
The Grand Army of the Dead.
The Russian campaign was at an end.
and AGAIN the Gar was dancing at
wilma. Tho cost Of the expedition IN
human life was so enormous that there
calculator. $1,000 men entered Russia
and 6C,0r returned. For although only
600 escaped over the Niemen with their
arms. there were small supporting col
vance and retreat which suffered much
less. The Russians boosted that they
took 10000 prisoners. but how many OF
these died in captivity or remained after
the war to disappear into the Russian
nation no one knows,
Nor is the aggregate Of the Russian
losses known. But the armies OF the
Gar suffered only less than Napoleon's.
They lost 5000 BETWEEN Moscow and
Krasnoi. and the estimated total for the
entire campaign Of six months runs as
high as 10000
Another computation of Sapoleon's
losses gives l25.0N as the number slain in
battle, 1900 as diving of prtvation. and
leaves to doubt tho fate OF the captured.
while 10000 is given as the total OF the
French who ESCAPED with their lives
Napoleon himself admitted a loss OF go
ouN men.
The crew went down. but the oricers
were saved. not a marshal. not a man
above the rank Of general of division
having been sacrificed And Of the more
frishtful abyss at least full thousand
were lost. together with countless stand
ards and eagles.
The Fleeing Emperor.
The Emperor. fleeing over the snow
night and day from the scene of the
tragedy. surprised his ambassador at
Warsaw by his sudden and unheralded
appearance in the Polish capital The
inn at which he stayed under an assum-
ed name is now the Hotel English. and
NapoleoniC pictures hang on the very
walls which echoed his memorable ex-
clamatlon as he compared the pomp Of
June with the plight Of December. 1T
is but step from the sublime TO the
ridiculous"
A knock at the door Of the French
embassy at Dresden was the first an
nounCement of his return to the Saxon
capital which had last seen him with
the NOudECnS OF Europe al MS teet. Nov
he came in the night, without trumpet
crs or even servants. and borrowed $50
and six shirts for the rest of his home
ward flight
At Weimar the sleighing grew poor and
he changed to A carriage This time.
however. he did not venture into the
castle. as after the battle Of Jena. but
excused himself to the Duchess Of Wei
mar on the ground that he was not pre-
For three weeks Paris heard not a
word from the Emperor or the army until
the appearance one morning in Deem
Der of the last bulletin penned at Smor-
SOni. The next night at II 20. after
Marie Louise had gone to bed. Napoleon.
disguised in furs beyond her ready rec
OGnitiOn. burst in upon the Empress and
kissed her. In the morning Paris aWoke
to the startling report that instead Of
being in Russia, battling with snowdriftS.
Napoleon was safe in his palace and
" would hold levee at 3 In her surprise,
the excited city all but forgot to ask him
what had become of the grand army, and
France promptly rose at his call to face
allied Europe once more.
Copyright Isltl
Next Sunday-Mr. Morgan will lead
his readers over the famous fields Of
Dresden and Leipaic-The Battle Of
The NationE"-Where Napoleon fought
Tor the maStery of Germany, only to
lose the prize and be driven over the
he placed 100000 armed
men In the field q few weeks after his
disastrous retreat from MOsc0w-Hla
prophecy of the coming 3
struggle with the Slay.