-
Articles/Ads
Article A PAGE FROM THE HISTORY OF NAPOLEON.* ← Page 8 of 13 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Page From The History Of Napoleon.*
" And , " demanded the emperor , " Avhat liecame of the Countess Kervegan and her sons ?" "The countess reached Spain by the help of the passports which I procured for her . I have since learned that she is at HartAvell , * near to the Count de Provence , Avith the eldest of her sons . "
"And the other ?" " The younger entered the Spanish army . " " How olcl is he ?" " About eighteen . " " I want such men as these , " murmured the emperor , and he fell into a reverie .
II . Three days after this conversation , Napoleon was in Spain . The hour was 10 o ' clock at night ; Napoleon was pacing the floor of his tent with rapid strides , as was his custom , and approaching , from time to time , the fire of the bivouac . He
held in his hand a report from the General-in-chief , Avhich he read at his leisure , sometimes xvith a distracted air , at other times xvith attention . All at once a passage appeared to strike him , for he suddenly called out . The same aide-de-camp , xvho hacl quitted Paris xvith him , presented himself . "Tell the colonel of the 64 th regiment of the line to come to me , " said he .
The emperor was obeyed ; the colonel appeared shortly after . " Colonel , " said the emperor to him , " xxdiat means this passage in the report of the general : ' In a murderous expedition against a guerilla-band in the North , the colonel of the 64 th regiment of the line was taken , and Avould haA'e been shot , but for the energetic intervention of a young French emigrant ,
Avho having quitted the sendee of the king of Spain , upon the declaration of war betAveen the tAvo kingdoms , had retired into the mountains , and lived there alone . '" " Sire , " replied the colonel , " this young man in order to defend me , made a rampart of his body , and received seventeen wounds in preserving my life . "
" How did it occur ? " asked the emperor , someAvhat abruptly . " I had strayed xx'ith about ten of my men from the rest of my column ; I became surrounded by an ambuscade , and we Avere fired upon from every quarter . It Avas a narroAV gorge ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Page From The History Of Napoleon.*
" And , " demanded the emperor , " Avhat liecame of the Countess Kervegan and her sons ?" "The countess reached Spain by the help of the passports which I procured for her . I have since learned that she is at HartAvell , * near to the Count de Provence , Avith the eldest of her sons . "
"And the other ?" " The younger entered the Spanish army . " " How olcl is he ?" " About eighteen . " " I want such men as these , " murmured the emperor , and he fell into a reverie .
II . Three days after this conversation , Napoleon was in Spain . The hour was 10 o ' clock at night ; Napoleon was pacing the floor of his tent with rapid strides , as was his custom , and approaching , from time to time , the fire of the bivouac . He
held in his hand a report from the General-in-chief , Avhich he read at his leisure , sometimes xvith a distracted air , at other times xvith attention . All at once a passage appeared to strike him , for he suddenly called out . The same aide-de-camp , xvho hacl quitted Paris xvith him , presented himself . "Tell the colonel of the 64 th regiment of the line to come to me , " said he .
The emperor was obeyed ; the colonel appeared shortly after . " Colonel , " said the emperor to him , " xxdiat means this passage in the report of the general : ' In a murderous expedition against a guerilla-band in the North , the colonel of the 64 th regiment of the line was taken , and Avould haA'e been shot , but for the energetic intervention of a young French emigrant ,
Avho having quitted the sendee of the king of Spain , upon the declaration of war betAveen the tAvo kingdoms , had retired into the mountains , and lived there alone . '" " Sire , " replied the colonel , " this young man in order to defend me , made a rampart of his body , and received seventeen wounds in preserving my life . "
" How did it occur ? " asked the emperor , someAvhat abruptly . " I had strayed xx'ith about ten of my men from the rest of my column ; I became surrounded by an ambuscade , and we Avere fired upon from every quarter . It Avas a narroAV gorge ,