Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

by mid-afternoon Napoleon threw his
cavalry upon them and the victory was
complete.
At the same time the French under
a Prussian army at Kosen. The tactics
of the French were much superior, but
there was a moment when their defeat
seemed certain had not the Duke of
Brunswick been slain, and the news OF
Prussian defeat at Jena came in time
to demoralizl the enemy and put them
to flight. This is called the battle of
Auerstadt.
in retreat toward Lubbock. The pursu-
ing French were welcomed by the in
habitants of the country through which
they passed. so greatly was the Prus-
sian army hated by the people. This
was even true of Berlin when the con-
querors reached that place October 26.
Meanwhile. Hohenlohe's army had ca
pitulated to the French under Murat at
Prenzlau. leaving Butcher, the only
other Prussian commander, in the field.
Prussia was made to demobilfze her
army, to occupy Hanover and keep Eng
lish vessels out of Hanoverian ports.
Anspach and Baireuth were given. to
Bavaria. Napoleon now launched out as
Hymen. He had Eugene Beauharnais
married to the Bavarian princess, and
insisted that His brother Jerome whom
he had set up as King of Westphalia,
take for wife the daughter of the
Elector of Wurttemberg. stephanie
Beauharnais. his wife's niece. was prom
ised to the son Of the Duke Of Baden.
Then he interfered in Naples, where
the king had, so he said, broken his
treaty. The king fed to Sicily at the
approach Of a French army. and Joseph
Bonaparte was put on the throne in
1906. Eugene Beauharnais ruled at MI
Ian. Louis Bonaparte was installed as
King of Holland the republic having
been dissolved. Murat, Napoleon's
brother-in-law, was established In the
duchy of Berg. to which had been an
nexed part of Cleves.
With other petty Germanic states he
played chess. moving the manikin rul-
ers about as suited his purpose, which
was always to strengthen his power by
geographical shuffiing, marriages or
the appointment of rulers.
He now had Austria so weakened and
SO surrounded with Kingdoms and states
of his making that at last he an
nounced the Holy Roman Empire was
at an end, and it was.
While Napoleon was in Berlin and his
troops were overrunning Prussia he
learned that a Russian army was gath
ering on the eastern frontier to aid the
PrussiaEs. Napoleon advanced into Po-
land to meet it. encountering conditions
different from those he had heretofore
met There were no Polish roads and
the country was poor.
But by November 2 Davoust had
pushed on to Warsaw. with the re-
mainder Of the army following closely
Der 80. Napoleon pushed forward
troops as fast as they could be or
ganized, many of them militia regi-
ments thrown together in Prussia
Skirmishes and even battles were
fought around Pultusk, and then be-
in which the Russian army with some
Prussian troops numbered about
10000. BY February Napoleon pre-
pared to cut off the enemy's communi-
in on the allies, but Ney had been
delayed by bad roads and severe
weather, and when Augereau delivered
the initial attack the Russians. re-
inforced by the Prussian allies, gave
battle and Augereau's force was nearly
annihilated. Both sides. exhausted.
drew Off Lefevre, who was besieging
Dantzig. compelled the Prussians to
capitulate.
The Russian commander made a
southern move and attacked Ney. push
ing him backward. Then Napoleon
took a hand and cut the russians on
from the seaboard, and, great rein
forcements coming up. the Russians
gradually retired into Friedland.
where Napoleon. with the main body
of his army. encountered him in a bat
tie which resulted in a victory for
the French. The Russians crossed the
ALLIE and the Prussians surrendered
Napoleon compelled the czar to sue
for peace, which was concluded at
Tilsit. He had already decreed the
Prussian coast in state of blockade
and ordered the arrest of any English
found on French territory. British
trade was forbidden to any continental
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