The Washington herald., 1914-09-27

the savage cossacks were hardly out
doing the veterans whom he had led
the alien piilasers that they rnistook
their liquid loot for beer until the
sparkling vintage of Champagne went to
their heads and their feet and all but
dcmoralized the allied army.
Paris was quaking with fear as il
saw two armies only few days removed
from its unprotected gates. That wanton
to its knees mi in prayer ave which Napoleon
recognized as the sign that 1t had reach
ed the last stage Of desperation, Are
the people Of Paris going crazy" ne de
hours and those Misereres. he com
manded King Joseph. II was not for one
who believed God was always on the
side OF the heaviest battalons to seek
divine aid for the outnumberd legions
of the empire.
The Little Corporal Again.
Two days after his arrival in Troyes.
the Emperor rose from his maps and
exclaimed, I am going to beat Blucher."
country march. he ordered the detach-
ment remaining behind at Troyes to
maintain noisy show of agEressiveneSs
rEmpTeur' and make that cautious COM
| mander feel that he still had Napoleon
! in front of him.
While both Schwarzenberg and Blucher
supposed MN sum at lTONeS. Whlle the
former was slowly mansuvering with
extreme prudence and the latter was
flattering himself he had stolen a march
on the great captain. he fell like a
strung-out column OF Blucher. For one
swift week the Emperor was again the
Little Corporal of Montenotte of Lodi,
of CastigIione and OF Rivoli. Catching
Spanish campaign. who had galloped
across France without unbridling." he
drove them on without giving them a
scripts all night and kept them fighting
all day. and like a whirlwind tore
through wondering villages. where he
never before had been seen. Loading
his infantry into the carts OF the peasan-
try, he carried his little band over slusty
roads sixty miles in thirty-siX hours.
His appearance thrilled alike the populaCe
der the inspiration of his presence the
cavalry attacks were fiereer" and that
heavier
at Champaubet only 1,5oo of its 5000 men
I escaped him. Next he fought what
| is called the Battle of Montmsrail and
! routed two other divisions. while he
| following day and hurled him from
Chateau ThieTry. In four whirling days
! his 5000 men smashed to pieces an
army Of more than 5000 when its van
was within fifty or sixty miles OF Paris.
| Blucher found himself driven back in
/ disorder to ChalonS-sur-Marne, more
! than 100 miles from his goal. and with
a loss Of nearly 2o.ooo men.
A Second Army whipped.
! schwarzenberg recoued from the dis
i aster as II he himself had received the
blow. Drawing back from his march
on Paris, he hastily started more than
third of the Army Of the Sovereigns
toward Switzerland to protect his COM
mUnications.
Turning in flash from Blueher., Ma
poleon smote and paralysed- the left wing
Twas only twelve miles or days march
from Fontainebleau. Throwing himself
upon Il at Montereau, which snuggles
Il IN the elbow formed by the Yonne and
the Seine he dealt a blow that sent
Schwarzenberg staggering back to the
| Aube.
came once more the young artilleryman
and pointed the canpon that tore the
eneny's front. The gunners protested
against their Emperor's exposure to
| peril. but he reassured them: "Ah! my
| friends never fear; the ball IL not yet
cast that will kill me-
In a fury Of impatience with Victor
for not seiIing bridge in time, he
| o-dered his old Toulon comrade out of
the army. The ducal rnarchA refused
10 leave, however. and insisted on be-
coming q private in the Guard. Il will
shoulder my musket;" he said. II have
exhibition Of devotion was enough TO
moIiify the Emperor and restore the
Duke Of Bslluno to his favor.
As he moved forward from Montereau.
i an army that outnumbered his nve TO
! two tinidly retired before him and he de-