The Washington herald., 1914-06-07

berg To have baked and escaped tha
great captain was victory enough for the
foe. and the Russians and Prussians
were filled with rejoicing as they marched
away from the bloody scene.
The King Of Prussia unhesitatingiy re-
1ected the more liberal terms which Ma
poleon now offered. The young Gar at
ST. Petersburg. smiling victory from afar,
came on to visit the King and Louise in
their retreat at Memel, whose one street
racing the sea thrilled with added pride
IN the presence of an imperial Parsonage
as well as Of royal guests. As Alexan-
der embraced Frederick William. he de-
clared. We shall never fall singly; we
fall together or not at all" And the two
o,,;s monarchs resistered a vow that neither
been driven beyond the Rhine, which "a \
march of 700 miles,
With the coming of spring the war wa.
renewed Napoleon had built up his
Tor he had wide front to cover, and fac.
ing MIN We're lnooo Russians and Prus-
slams Both armies having rested and
louno 1000, were IN far better spirits than
when they dragged themelves TO slauch.
ter at Eylau-
The decisive battle in this second CAM
paisn came on q hot dav Of June an
erIeaiano; r only a few miles across the
country from Eylau and a little more
than twenty miles from Konigsberr. That
pretty village, with its shady streets and
weil-tended gardens, is one OF the most
ams"ara ass oattiefields that the chances Of
war ever chose. perched as IT is on q
oiun and hemmed in between the River
Ale on one side and a creek on the other
Bennissen, with his back to the aO0-fooe
rNer; ; was pressing hard Marshal Lannes'
small lorce when. at noon Napoleon
rode upon the scene and quickly saw that
ne could catch the Russians in the tiphf
little town. He reflected that it was the
anniversary am OF Marenso and lucky day
Tor HIM Sitting down in a grove on =
oaroniai estate at the edge of Friedla nd.
where the present baron displays the sits
OF the Emperor's kitchen and some can
scbsdnisS nTn GI.s si shat rel among the trees he
ping the Russian bear. The baron re-
counts. too. the story Of a gentle rebuk.
the Emperor gave young oficer who
SGafea Sis Sad as oHs Of the balls whistled over
said to the youth. "if that ball were d.s-
tined for you, II would be certain to find
you though you were to burrow a hum
dred feet under the ground"
As the French re-enforcements hurrted
up. Bennigsen tried to escape by crossing
the river, but the fire had grown so hot
in his rear that he had to turn and ac-
cept battle in earnest at o'clock in the
afternoon. when 5000 soldiers of the
Car began to wrestle with 5000 troops
Of Napoleon. with village for the prize
Soon 5000 men were fighting in a line
only the length Of three city blocks.
and second Russian line. only to be
driven back by the Lzar's imperial guard.
when Victor pressed through the retreat
ing ranks and smashed the winded Rus
slams. For that feat Napoleon promptly
rewarded his old Toulon comrade with a
marshafs baton.
Friedland was now in flames from
French Shells but the Russians fought on
amid the burning buildings with Russian
stoiidity> until darkness fell. by which
time Bennigsen had withdrawn as much
OF his army as he could save to the op-
posite side Of the ALE. He left behind,
however. 10000 dead and wounded and
captives, while other thousands fung
themselves into the river.
The French entered Konigsberg. but
Napoleon followed the broken army Of
Bennigsen until he had driven II across
the Niemen. by whose banks he sat down
at Tilsit to await the surrender of the
Gar.
tCopsnsht. Don b. James Morrn)