The Washington herald., 1914-07-05

Duroc, grand marshal Of the palace in
charge of all the travelling arrangements,
galloped on one side OF the carriage,
while on .rS ---er sIoe rode Caulincourt.
master Of the horse, with the maps which
must always be at the Emperor's call.
The horses of a score Of aids-de-camp
and orderiies pranced about the vehicle.
with four pages mounted behind and on
top Of il. At the rear right wheel Nous
tan, the mameluke, always rode, with
luncheon ever ready to be served. and
mounted chasseurs carrying portfolios
filled with papers, while equerries and
grooms and the Emperor's personal stud
OF eight or ten led horses followed. The
escort consisted OF a detachment Of chas-
seurs Of the guard and whenever and
wherever the Emperor set foot four of
them with drawn sabers surrounded him
in q square, nimbly jumping this way and
that before and behind him as he walked
about
Der. this cavalcade PASSED into the SOM
Der land OF the Spaniards and Napoleon
took command Of a superb army Of more
than eoo,eoO troops to confront lo,oco
now made common cause with the re-
voting Spanish. Many Of Napoleon's
men were veterans Of Austerlitz. Jena,
and Friedland. whom he had marched
across France without permitting them
to turn aside to see the homes for which
the had longed through three hard years
OF campaigning.
Soldiers" he conJured them. after
having triumphed on the borders Of the
Danube and the Vistula- you have tra-
versed Germany by forced marches. /
make you now traverse France without
giving you a moment for repose. Sol
diers, I need you! The hideous presence
of the leopard''-the Napoieonic equiva-
lent for the British lion-"soils the terri
tory of Spain and Portugal. Let him
fee terrified at your aspect, while We
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lars OF Hercules
But the heartsIck and footworn legions
murmured and the old cry of ''Vive
rEmpreurr' died in their throats. Ma
poleon could not mistake their sullSy
spirit. Once he was so exasperated by
their ugliness that he seized the first
grenadier OF the guard In reach and
grabbing his gun turned It upon him as
a general who had surrendered at Bay
len, he cried, You are q bold man to
show yourself to met" Then, gripping
the mans right wrist, he fairly shrieked,
why did not this hand wither?'
Napoleon in Madrid.
As the Emperor sped toward Madrid
he drove a wedge between the wings Of
the enemy's army, but he left the wings
unwounded and in condition 10 unite and
fiap together again. Meanwhile no seri-
GUS resistance was offered to his ad-
meet" Marshal Ney informed the En-
peror; I'VE must fight q whole nation.
The nation parted. to let the invader
pass, as q sea parts at the PROV OF q
Ship, but only to close IN when he was
gone, and leave no trace of his passage.
Entering the Spanish capitaI In less
than four weeks from the opening Of the
campaign, he patted the name or one or
the white marble lions that guard the
grand stairway in the royal palace and
exulted, II possess you at last. the Spain
I DESIRE But all his possessions In
Spain were limited to mere symbols OF
power. like those lions Of the stairway.
He had conquered roads and castles and
palaces. but he had not subdued the peo-
pie anywhere.
At the fall of thei- city the inhabitants
Of Madrid haughtily~ drew their cloaks
about them and received the coraueror
In silent disdain. In vain Nupclson prof
fered his unwilling subjects the solid ad-
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