The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-10-16
NEY AS A FIGHTER
Napoleon Called His Marshal the
"Bravest Man | Ever Saw"
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.

Whore tho Heroic Commander With .
Mere Handful ef Men as a Rear
Guard FelI Back, Facing the Foe.
Miner Heroes ef The Great csrales.
Three towering personalities came to
the cllnch ON the Held OF Waterloo.
There are perhaps half dozen namfs
remembered Ia connection with thAt
epoch making bnttle, but they are litttp
more than names; only Bluechef, Nd.
poleon and wellington have contrived
to outlve tho memory OF their contem-
porarles,
Yet there were some at Waterloo who
were not only brave aghtcrs. but vastly
interesting individuals. and Il Ia morn
than unfortunate that they should have
suffered eclipse. There II perhaps enc
exception. One cannot scratch the his
tory surrounding any OF the three great
commanders who met nj Waterloo with.
out cnconlleriug MichaeI Sey. Napo.
Icons "brlvesl OF the brave"
II II Impossible 10 think OF Ney ex.
cept IN superlntlves, II n impossible
to collect dry facts about him, the ten.
per that matched his hair smoiders
through and sets them ablare. Even
Napoleon, always 10 unpleasantly eager
20 shift the hlamn for failure 20 other
shoulders. wrote from the politude OF
81. Helena. "Ney was the braysst man
ever saw"
One OF his oiilcers once asked him
II he ever felt fear Never had time
was the curt reply.
The tales OF his daring. his hair.
breadth escapes. lis unbelievable In.
difference 20 shot and shell. are legion.
lie was always caimest in tims ef
the greatest peril. and II was this qusl.
ity that Napoleon appreciated. Again
and agaln France and the crown were
In Michael Ney's hands. Whenever
Napoleon saw that tho Issue of bat.
tic turned on single point be sent
Ney 10 that point, AZ the battle Of
Bautxen tho emperor lay on the
ground which 10 sheltered by height
from the town. lie heard Ney's gums
on the left A bomb burst over his
head. lie sat down and wrote Maria
Louise that the victory was gained
ue waited only 20 learn that Ney was
where tho crisis turned to be sure Of
victory.
Hut the most dramatic chapter Of
this gallant lighters life b that headed
"The Retreat from Moscow" Aeis.
sonior might better have painted the
renr OF the corsican's army than the
van. lie would have had more ap
peallng, n more gallant subject ~ ~
chaeI Ncy. rctreating with his faee 10
the enemy. With mere handful of
men he fung himself between the Zee
Ing French and the Russian army and
backed slowly. gpbboruly from Mcs
COW.
This Is the man who listls lster
was publicly shot as . traitor ~
Franco.
Ney's fellow marshal. lropehy. does
not fare NO well. 0rouchy waa q loyal
French patriot. and ho had Q record NJ
engagement IN 200 battles. which Of
fered copions proof that he was no
coward. hut light hended. irresoIuie.
vaciiIntIng he surely was. The Water
loo mistake Is merely ret,sfifion of
sariier failures OF Judgment.
One OF the most interesting Of the
minor heroes Of Waterloo was ths sol
dler, musician Grnf Friedrich WI
hslm BucIow. He had been thrown .
little IN the shade by the vehement
OF bis chief. Btueeher. and
the intrepid Gneisenaa. apt fhe psp
who at tho head OF his 10000 rinsFas3
ut O'Clock IN the afternoon of Jans
IS. 1915. from tho wood of ~. Armand
and turned the tide VI the battle of
stands out ns romantic Or.
gTe. Probably no one Of Germany's
brave lighters OF TINT rncking period,
excepting not efcp "old Forward"
wns so well loved, ~ yigor.
ously admired as Friedrich bneloy. |
He was gentleman aud n man 81 well 4
culture.
i,f 10 nnd the most truly picfur
ssque iD tbs group OF lesser gener,ls
II Waterloo one mlint 40 over TO the
English side. AS rough. fosij moutbsd
! devil ~ ever lived" said Wellington
llmsclf OF Mir Thomas Picton. "nut." be
'dded, mo mnn could do better In shs
lIifercut seFrices assigned TO him"
lie always CARRIED stick TO tap on
he horse'~ name when hs felt over Inn
'nileni alid wnve IN the mir 90 en-
'haSlzc his commands. Sometimes he
sried nm umbrella. M at vittoria.
yhera 10 psed II 10 heat wcilingfop's
'ntler over the head. The unfortunate
nan was esroytipg ibe headquarters
'aggge and got IN The mapch NJ PIC.
on'a division
The visitor 10 the field of Waterloo.
ven though he know little OF the per.
onnlity " this fne old fighter, feels
thrill when the guide says. ''Hsrs
'icion fell"
There could he no sharper contrast
0 Tom Picton than Sir Rowland ffnl
he mild eyed. sweet tempered. ruddy
heeked general. soon 10 become the
lost Influential politician IN Europe.
'as the complete picture Of m Englisb
ountry gentleman.-chicago Herald.
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