The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-09-27

Montereau, which snuggles in the elbow
formed by the Yonne and the Seine, he
dealt a blow that sent Schwarzenberg
staggering back to the Aube.
In the regeneration of victory he be-
came once more the young artileryman
and pointed the cannon that tore the enc
mys front. The gunners protested,
against their Emperor's exposure to peril, '
but he treasured them: ''Ahi my friends.
never fear, the ball is not yet cast that
will kill me-
In a fury of Impotence with Victor
for not seizing a bridge in time, he or
dered his old Toulon comrade out of the
army The ducal marshal refused to
leave, however, and insisted ON becoming
a private in the guard. Il will shoulder
my mua1et," he said, - have not forgot
ten my old trade But that exhibition Of
devotion was enough to mollify the En-,
peror and restore the Duke of Belluno to-
his favor.
As he moved forward from Montereau
an army that outnumbered his five to
two timdly retired before him. and he de-
cared to his minister of war that he
would have wiped it out but for his lack
of 20 slliffs with which to cross the Seine
in pursuit. 1T was not so boats that Il
needed-only 2Ol'
THE army is dying of hunger he
walled, although blood and fire have
been employed on the road TO get subss-
tence. Victor has nothing Gerard has
nothing. The cavalry of the guard is per-
ishing of hunger
While the Emperor was pausing again
at Troyes, he heard that Butcher had
organized new army of $4,000 men for
a fresh start toward Paris. Resolved to
break him up once more. he left the
Seine, crossed the Marine and the Aisne
and fell upon the old hussar at Craone,
a crow flight of so miles north of Troyes
But the fortress of scissors had fallen
and Butcher. having been joined by Mu-
lows army from Holland. had in hand no
less than 10000 men against 1900 French
In vain the Emperor flung himself against
that wall of steel and then turned back
to open a campaign of intimidat, ton
against Schwarzenberg.
But when he thought that commander
was retiring before him, usual, the
army of the sovereigns turned upon him
at Arcis sur Aube, where with only 10000
men he was surrounded by $4,000 and had
no other means of escape than by mar
row bridge. Yet for two hours those So
600 stood SILENT motionless and irresol.lte
on the heights of the Aube before the
mere handful on the river bank The
Emperor was lucky in the end to ,ct
away with no greater loss than 5000 men;
but that was one-fourth of his strength.
His Last Card
Both Butcher and Schwarzenberg hay
ing beaten him Off he saw in his hand
but one more card TO play. If he could n,
longer block the road to Paris, he would
try to cut in behind the invaders. arouse
the population OF Alsace and Lorraine ana
bring the allies back to defend their i;pse
of communication. With only 10000 men
he started for the Rhine, but he declared
soon shall have 100000
AS he sped eastward, however and
Schwarzenberg was turning TO prsne him.
two couriers were captured by the Cos
sacks and two letters taken from tne,n
By that mischane OF the road, the ra1sa
was exposed. One letter was from Sa-
vary to the Emperor telling him that
France could no longer resist and the
other was from the Emperor to Marie
Louise, divulging his purpose to draw
the allies away from Paris. With those
tell-tale letters in his hands, the Gar
insisted that Schwarzenberg and Butcher
should atsonce join forces in an adve nee
on the capital, and only a small force
was sent to the rear to delude Napoleun
with the idea that the allies We're follow
ing him.
After Napoleon had fenced for two or
three days with the decoy division some
bulletins of the allies were found in the
pockets of captured soldiers, which ;.n-
nounced, that the allied army was pay
ing no attention, to him. but was making
straight for Paris. Then the true Sit
upation dawned upon his understanding.
He was at st. Dizier when the scales
fell from his eyes and he saw the peril
of his capital $50 miles away. He tunnel
at once to run race across France in
an effort to get ahead of the Invader.
and, sword in hand, take his place at
the city gate.
fCpoyright by James Morgan, 1913 M
Next Sunday--The Fall Of Paris-Nruo-
Icons Abdication and Exile-Deatt OF
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