The Washington herald., 1914-07-05

for the first time, and for the first time
his imperial eagles, bestowed on his bat
talions by his own hands, were captiyes
in the hands of an enemy. As II prompt
Iy to point the prophecy which that event
held another OF his armies surrendered
in the following month to Sir Arthur
French force and the destined victor Of
Waterloo. The future Duke Of Welling-
ton, having landed an English army on
the Portuguese coast TO reopen the har-
Dor Of Lisbon and drive the French from
the country. Junot marched out from
Lisbon to repel him with an inferior
force. For the first time since Yorktown
an English and a French army faced
each other in battle and the English won.
The French capitulated and agreed to
abandon their occupation Of Portugal.
with the CEar Again.
While the spaniards were placing the
captured eagles OF Napoleon among the
treasures in the Cathedral OF Seville the
amazing report Of their victory and the
English victory in Portugal ran through
out Europe and awakened a new hope
in the foes of the empire everywhere.
Austria grew boldcE and more urgent IN
the war preparations which she had been
making ever since Austerlitz. Napoleon
knew Il was only q question OF short
time when she would seek to retrieve her
losses, and while he vas marshaiing a
south he had to be careful not to impair
his defenses against the foe in the north.
Nor dared he throw himself into Spain
until well assured that this inevtta ole
war with the Austrians would not lUrst
upon him in his absence.
To eclipse the thoughts OF his recent
defeats and revive the memories Of his
to meet him in Germany. strengthen
their alliance and convince the Haps-
burgs and all other restless elements that
the compact Of Tilsit still united the two
t.
meeting Of the Emperors took Ilace in
the early autunin Of 1879 at Erfurt, where
Napoleon and Alexander played Damo n
and Pythias before a retinue or four
dukes, who humbly waited upon their
imperial majesties.
with his unfailinE attention to theatrt-
cal effects Napoleon assembled the GID
field Of Jena. where a breakfast was
spread on the Napoleonstein. There
from the site Of his bivouac he explained
to his guests how he had crushed the
kingdom OF Frederick the Great against
the Garden walls Of the village Of Vier-
zehnheiligen, and then he led rabbit
hunt over the field where two years be-
fore he had bagEed the Prussians.
The Car met Napoleon's wishes. Per-
haps to speed his ally on his downward
path, he approved the invasion Of Spain
and promised to come to the aid OF
France II Austria should attack her: But
when the FrenCn OlpiOInAlS At EILuIh
sounded him as to a marriage between
one Of his sisters and the Emperor,
should the latter decide to put away
Josephine, Alexander grew crafty and
evasive.
How Napoleon Went to War.
Having fortified the Francc-Russian al
lance, Napoleon turned to face the Span
ish mobs. Leaving Paris in the imperial
state that now marked his going to war,
fresh horses sent on ahead, awaited him
at each nine or ten mile stage Of the
tourney. Berthier set beside him In the
great numbering coach, with IRON tires
almost as broad c. an automobiles. In
front Of the Emperor's seat, which at
night was converted into a bed on which
he could lie at full length. was a door
that could be let down and employed as
a table. while behind II were the drawers
and pigeon holes nf complete once
desk.