The Washington herald., 1914-05-10

The firing line Of the allies was flung
out seven miles in length when, not Tar
from noon; Napoleon began, 70 w maze =
heart. the denuded center. The shock
of the contest fell upon picturesque little
village along the line Of the railroad that
from Brunn toward Hungary. There
Prince Murat and Marshal Bernadotte
faced the Grand Duke Constantine OF
Russia. and there the flower OF the mar
tial youth Of three empires fought.
The Imperial Guard of France. the
Noble Guard of Russia, and the Cheva,
lier Guards of Austria rolled back and
forth over the field in the murderous
guardsman. shrieking as he savagely ran
his saber through young Russian
guardsman. I'VE will give the ladies OF
ST Petersburg something to cry for. .
After horrible sacrifices, the remnant Of
the Noble and the Chevalier Guards Ned
before the Gallo fury. and Murat raced
up to the very gate OF Austerlitz: r
flight from the lost field Mameluke
pursued him so hotly that the grand
duke had to turn TO beat him on Only
when a shot from Constantine had felled
the horse of his pursuer. could he make
good his escape.
In the, front ranks of the retreating
soldiers two men spurred their horses
over a ditch, one wearing white feath-
err. the other a white uniform. They
were the defeated Emperors. The Car,
who a few hours before was rosy with
youth and confidence, now was pale.
hollow checked, and sunken-eyed: but
Francis. who had been beaten so often
by Napoleon. better concealed his agony:
The fatal blow had been delivered and
had left an ugly gap three miles wide be
tween the right and left wings of the
allies. The army OF the two Emperors
was hopelessly cut in two.
Napoleon, seated on "Marengo, beside
a little white chapel that still >tooks out
ha ha ground from fir crowned
height. was viewing the havoc he had
| wriught when Gen. Rapp dashed up,
dripping with blood. Russian prince as
many captured flags. The Mameluke.
baftied of his grand ducal prey, came at
the same time to explain his failure to
! catch Constantine and bring his head to
the Emperor, while wounded chasseur
bearing a Russian standard presented
. himself and proudly stood attention for
| a moment before falling dead at Napo-
Icons feet. The Emperor ordered Ger
! ard. the celebrated artist, TO be certain
| to include the chasseur and the Mameluke
as well as Rapp in his famous picture OF
| that moment of triumph.
"Fire on the Iee!.
Meanwhile Soult had whirled to the aid
of Dayout who was holding back the
allies in their struggle to get around the
French right and Vandamme had come
1 in behind them The roar of the artillery
now shook the hills ana great wreath. .Is
| Of the little villages which had been
taken and retaken in the desperate fight
| ing were choked with the dead and
wounded, whose bodies had become a
barricade against the advance Of the al
| lies.
Turning to fee from Davout and Soult
| in front Of them, the Russians and Aus
trians found Vandamme In their rear.
with the guns Of Pratzen blazing al
them on one side and ponds and marshes
| hemming them in on the other. They
were caught in a cage and could only
| hurl themselves against its iron bars.
Batteries were abandoned in wild flight
and while some Russians did succeed In
cutting their way through to Austerlitz
many thousands fed across the frozen
ponds. They tried to drag their artillery
after them, but the ice gave way under
| its weight, and they left everything be.
| hind to save themselves.
Fire upon those masses, Napoleon
commanded as he saw the Russians max.
| ing good their escape; they must be
| drowned. Fire upon the ice!' But the
balls from the artillery on the side oil
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