The Washington herald., 1914-05-10
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the treaty of Pressburg, the Emperor
Francis agreed to Napoleon's demands.
coded to him Venice and Nenetia, thus
giving up Austria's last foothold in Italy,
and also parted with Dalmatia, the op-
posite coast of the Adriatic, which gave
Napoleon many coveted harbors to shut
AGAINST British commerce.
The peace of Pressburg not only cost
Francis rich dominions, but il also cost
him the respect of his allies. They had
pledged themselves to stand or fall to-
gether and not to treat separately with
Napoleon. Francis, however. finding
from his Capital, had violated his prom
Use to Russia and England.
The young Gar, although his first bat
tie had disappointed his confident expec-
glory. refused to follow the Austrian EN-
peror into the conqueror's camp by the
windmill. Without even a servant to at
tend him. he ran away to live to fight
another day.
Death of Pitt.
One chieftain OF the coalition received
a mortal blow when the allied center was
smashed on the field of Austerlitz. WILL
lam Pitt, the British prime minister. was
already nearing the end of the frail hold
on life, when he heard of the fall of Ulm-
Heavy news he sighed, and would
have tainted but for timely assistance.
But he continued to cherish the hops
of success even after Napoleon had en-
tered Vienna. When. however. still
heavier news arrived from the Moravian
hills and what was described as this
AusterlitZ look came into his weary
eyes, there is tradition that he said.
on entering his house and seeing map
of Europe on his study wall, Roll up
that map; it will not be needed again
these ten years.
Yet he chung to the hope that Prussia
would make good the loss of Austria
from the coalition. and even as he was
dying he anXiously expected the coming
of a messenger across the North Sea
wind?" ne inquired. East" That viii
do. that will bring him fast But ths
wind disappointed Pitts last hope and
left him murmuring his despair as hs
died, MY country, o, my country"
Austria having no reason to enshrins
Austerltz, and the place being remote
from the main roads of foreign travellers.
the battle ground is little visited. Ths
lily of counts, is more beautiful Wills
than a castle, its wall rising in a pretty
park in the very center of the tidy vii.
lage. AS everywhere along the Patti
of all other guests of the castle. includ!
| ing the two Emperors whom he drove
forth from its hospitality into a Decem-
Der night: and ..Napoleon's ROOM" Ma:
poleon's bed" 'Napoleon's chair" and
''Napoleons table are the proudest ex-
hibits offered to the curious pilgrim.
/ While the battle tide flowed to the very
walls of Austerlitz on the east, the west.
/ ern boundary OF the scene Of combat ID
\ fully eight miles away on the road I'd
| Brunn. Not far from the true centet
+, rises the green slopes of Pratzen
crowned by the only monument that
\ marks the field of strife. a huge grayS
stone memorial erected on the centenary
| Of the fight.
| From those Pratzen heights the battles
| ground of the three Emperors rolls away
| in every direction. crossed here and there
| by the brooks that one day ran with the
blood of many nations, and dotted ovef
| with the little stone villages that bor1
/ the brunt of the onslaught. The pond
| where the fleeing Russians were drowned
| however. Is no more to be seen. its bed
having been drained and converted into
| tillage. For thrift is written across thu
\ entire face OF the countryside. smiling IN
| peace above the graves of the thousands
\ who fell in battle. where the waving
\ grain blossoms In their silent dust.
! Copyright. I9lJ-li. by James Morsan-1