The Washington herald., 1914-05-31
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, height He went among the bafiisd ON
/ GERS and weary soldiers. As they saw
the Emperor, lantera IN hand. taking
J to :euewed efforts IN their struegies
against the rocks and trees that opposed
/ them.
The Mornfne Surprise.
When the darkness of night had lifted
from the field heavy fog remained To
conceal the movements Of the French
from the unsuspecting enemy. The allies
were still fast asleep when out Of a
thick mist shower OF bullets began
suddenly to rain upon their tents. Find
ing that the nre came from their rear;
that the attack was being made by a
mere skirmishing party which had con-
trived to climb the face Of the hill. II
is a fact that the battle had been in
progress perhaps two hours before the
seriousness of the engagement was ap-
preciated. Even then the Prussian COM
Napoleon was upon him. and he sent on
message consratulating himself. am
whipping the enemy at every point
Napoleons first object and need was
and gain a decent footing on the little
field for his own constantly swelling
army. which was separated from the
enemys lines by only LOO yards; Few
open a great battle in such close quar-
tiers. with the precipice of the Land
grafenberg yawning behind him. More
over; 1t was moo noon before his S .e,enforSe. &c.
enemy. 1t was only by the swtftest
marches that he was saved from being
badly outnumbered and the battle was
won by the legs of the French. II they
had Travelled at the pace usual with
armies. Jena would have been q defeat
instead Of victory for Napoleon.
Two Victories in . Day.
Uhun - ,r, 4, "a Sor h,- burrvin~ <roo,z
to climb up on the plateau, he post
poned the decisive stroke and the i'm
perial guard burned with Gallo i'm
patience to get into the fray. F9r-
shouted at last. Napoleon turned In his
saddle to scowl sternly at the impetuous
soldier.
How, noww he exclaimed. What
beardless' youth is this who dares to Of
fer his counsels to his Emperor? Let
him wait till he has commanded In thirty
pitched battles before he ventures to
joyed the valiant spirit of the guards
man. and the rash youth and the Ma
poleonic scowl have been perpetuated at
the Palace Of Versailles In Horace Yer-
nets picture Of the Battle Of Jena"
By o'clock there was fighting enough
behind the garden walls Of Verzehnhel-
ligen for the most ardent warrior. There
sinsdom kin Of Frederick the Great was vas
smitten to earth. At 4 o'clock Napoleon
was the master of the no longer dis
puted field. where the French artillery,
drawn alta gailop In pursuit Of the flee
ing mob. ground its way over the bones
It was a day Of surprises for both sides.
Napoleon thought he had beaten the
army accompanied by the King until a
courier arrived to report that Marshal
Devout had come upon that army under
the command of the Duke Of Brunswick
at Auerstadt, twelve miles from the bat
tie field OF Jena. 1t was at Auerstadt
that the greater fight was fought. the
with q force that was outnumbered in
that engagement nearly two to one.
From both fields the Prussians were in |
Wild flight. the Duke Of Brunswick was
racing for safety: their armies were
hopelessly smashed.
Queen Louise had reluctantly yielded |
to earnest appeals and left her husband |
before the battle at Auerstadt began. |
Now the King was looping through the |
night with a small cavalry escort. never |
pausing until morning in his flight from
the scene Of disaster. When he stopped |
for breakfast he found he had not saved |.
even the price of cup Of coffee and /
had to borrow the money to pay for his |
meal.
A Brave Woman.
Napoleon. having beaten the allies on
the field Of battle, proceeded to employ
the arts of statesmanship and diplomacy
and addressed in friendly terms the cap
tive Saxon officers, who pledged them
selves net only to abandon the war
against him and go home: but also to
advise their sovereign to break the al
Going to weimar. through whose peace
ful streets the French pursued the rout-
I'd foe, he came to the palace OF the
Duke Of weimar, another ally Of the