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

and Prussia, and he determined to ruin
if he could not conquer England. But
England ruled the sea, and his hopes
for the conquest of her Asiatic COL
onies were as far from realization as
ever. He then turned his attention to
Portugal, which he occupied with
Spanish aiu. the royal family flying
to Brazil on British warship. Internal
discussions occurring in Spain, he took
his brother from Naples and placed
Spaniards rose, seized the French fleet
at Cadiz and their land forces cap
tured the whole French force under
Dupont July %, 1908. This upset Ma
Disconnected when the English and
Portuguese forces under Sir Arthur
Wellesley compelled Junots French
army to leave the country.
Things now began to turn against
the conqueror Austria was arming Ma
poleon's relations with Russia were not
of the best and the Hohenzollerns
seemed almost as unbeaten as ever
He did, however, wrest 140.000.OOO
thalers indemnity from Prussia and
compelled the reduction OF its army to
AZ, 600
He got little, even in promises, from
the car, who. on the other hand, sue
ceeded in getting from him Finland
and the Danubian provinces and the
withdrawal of the French troops from
the Oder. Napoleon began his Spanish
campaign and soon entered Madrid.
While he was engaged in Spain with
the British he heard that Austria was
preparing for war. He also heard of
a plot against him in France between
Talleyrand and Murat, and he flew to
Paris to put it down. He was just in
time to organize his Danubian cam
of 1910 and notified all his vassal
states to be ready to cooperate. BY
September Is the whole army was con-
centrated between Landshut. Augsburg,
Regensburg and Dorauworth
After some encounters and mistakes
on both sides serious engagement took
place at Eckmuhl, when. if Napoleon
had followed his own Judgment the re-
SILT would have been decisive, instead
OF which he rested his men and the
enemy escaped. The next day, while pur-
suing the enemy. Napoleon received his
only wound. Later the French were
turned about and led his army into
Vienna May IL. after breaking off
friendly relations between France and
Russia, and Napoleon decided on war.
the Niemen and numbered nearly half a
million, of which $4,000 were mounted.
A large proportion both in this and the
last Austrian war were not Frenchmen.
but from his conquered countries.
Almost for the first time in his career
Napoleon was quite ignorant Of the
number or positions Of the enemy. No
sooner was the Niemen crossed than
Intense, disease appeared, and thousands
dropped by the wayside. officers ne
elected or disobeyed orders. Discomfort
spread, and the heat killed or disabled
~ No ~1t,
horses suffered, went mad and STAN
NEEDED. There were few good roads and
the army at times got quite out of con-
troll The shadows were gathering.
The Russians retreated in two divi-
sions to the Drin aand Mohilev, drawing
the French farther and farther on with
out giving them a chance to touch. The
divided French force now became al
most bewildered They had never ex-
perienced these tactics. They had been
frustrated three times in attempts to
give battle.
At Smolensk. however, Murat and Ney
caught up with two columns intrenched
behind breastworks of brick behind the
Dnieper river. But here again they were
outwitted by the Russians. who es-
capped by night and were well away be-
fore they We're discovered The French
at last overlook the Russians where the
Moscow road is cut by the Kalatscha
river. The result was a drawn battle,
but $4,000 Russians and $4,000 French
fell Napoleon was present. but i'll, and
did not direct the fight.
The advance guard pushed after the
retreating Russians. whom they found
leaving Moscow. That night the main
army came up. only to find the town
they had taken was in flames.
His marshals observed a strange
apathy had seized the emperor He had
lost his alertness and was frequently
i'll. His old tactics which had won so
many battles here seemed obsolete and
useless. At Moscow he apparently did
not know what to do next. Word came