. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. MARSHAL MARSHAL NEY, thebravest of the brave among those who clus-tered round Napoleon,was doomed, after aglorious life, to an in-glorious death. Yet,like his great master,he remains in theworlds memory as heappeared in the zenithof his career, ratherthan at its close. Heis the typical generalof cavalry. Michael Ney was theson of an old soldierwho had fought atRosbach, but had afterwards returned to his trade of cooperat Sarre-Louis, on the border of Lorraine. Here Michaelwas born on the loth of January,
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. MARSHAL MARSHAL NEY, thebravest of the brave among those who clus-tered round Napoleon,was doomed, after aglorious life, to an in-glorious death. Yet,like his great master,he remains in theworlds memory as heappeared in the zenithof his career, ratherthan at its close. Heis the typical generalof cavalry. Michael Ney was theson of an old soldierwho had fought atRosbach, but had afterwards returned to his trade of cooperat Sarre-Louis, on the border of Lorraine. Here Michaelwas born on the loth of January, 1769. After receiving afair education, he was placed with a public notary; but, onaccount of his dislike for the tame drudgery of this occupa-tion, his father sent him to the mines of Assenwider. Twoyears spent here only strengthened his strong desire for mili-tary life, and finally the willful lad ran away and enlisted in aregiment of hussars. Ney was tall, well-proportioned andvigorous, with fiery red hair, which caused his comrades tocall him the Red Lion. He was a subaltern at the out-bre
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