The Washington herald., 1914-05-10

Pratzen rolled harmlessly upon the
frozen surface until some light howitzers
were elevated and opened an almost per
pendicular fire. The ice cracked under
SLAMS disappeared beneath it.
As they went down they ceased to be
enemies in arms and became friends IN
need. With the quick reaction charac,
teristic OF warfare. the French turned
rescuers, Marriott winning special praise
from Napoleon by swimming out to a
foe on which a Russian officer was
floating.
Night of Victory.
Night fell like a drop curtain on the
covering with its mantle the uncounted
slain on the field of Austerlitz when Ma
poleon made his way among the dead on
his usual visit to the wounded in the
ably 10000 killed and wounded and the
allies 5000. La Jeune. an aid de camp.
while crossing the field five days after
the battle, came unon fourteen Russians,
where they fell, had dragged themselves
together to keep warm, and two were
still alive.
The grand army bivouacked in the
camp from which they had driven the
allies. and Napoleon congratulated his
troops in proclamation; Soldiers. I
am satisfied with you." was praise
enough for them, coming as it did from
their Emperor. who promised to lead
them back to France, where sit will suf-
flee you to say I was at Austerlitz' for
the people to answer There stands
brave man." But many marches ano
battles lay Between them and their
homes, and thousands among that jubi-
liant host were yet to find graves in alien
earth.
BY an imperial decree the Emperor
adopted all the children of the men killed
at Austerlitz, and conferred upon them
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own the name OF Napoleon, which. ten
years before. he himself had detested as
too Notwithstanding in the ears OF the
French, He also gave a pledge to edu-
that the boys shall be placed in situa-
tons and the girls married by us"
The vanquished. with the fragments
of their army, were wandering of in the
monarch had left behind an envoy to sue
for peace. This was the same Prince
Lichtenstein whom Gen. Melas had ap-
pointed his commissioner 10 Napoleon
after the battle Of Marengo, and through
the night the prince searched for the vic
tor of Austerlitz. whom he found only
at dawn in a miserable roadside tavern.
He arranged a meeting of the two En-
perors beside an old windmill, whittier
the Moravian farmers. in their big boots
and big caps, still take grain to be
ground.
There Napoleon looked upon an heredi-
tary Emperor for the first time. Il re-
ceive you," he said to Francis, as he
pointed to his bivouac. ''in the only pal
ace which you have permitted me to &C.
cupy the past two months" And Francis
happily replied: You have made such
good use of il that 1 don't think you
have any cause to complain"
The Austrian Empress, the stepmother
Of little Marie Louise, wrote her husband
In great alarm lest the imperial family
should be treated as prisoners. Don't
let me be taken to France" she pleaded
The Emperor. after his meeting with Ma.
polon. sent her a reassuring reply. 81
have been as happy" he wrote his wife
''as I could be with a concueror who
holds a large par of my kingdom. With
regard to his treatment of me and mine
he has been very kind. 1t Is easy to see
that he Is not a Frenchman." Kind as
Napoleon may have been, he held on to
Francis capital and left Austerlitz only
to return to Vienna and settle down In
the palace Of the beaten Emperor unit
the Austrians should meet his terms and
ransom their empire.
In the negotiations which eventuated In
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