Meissonier, his life and his art . ations are full of life and colour. The itinerary from MontCenis to Milan does not appear to have been very well regulated. Notone of the leaders seemed to know exactly whither he was bound, andall the roads were blocked. On the Lombard highways the heatbecame stifling, the dust blinding; every one had to get food andlodging as best he could. A glass of water was an eagerly contestedprize. So scarce were forage and oats, that Meissonier often hadto rub the husks off a handful of green corn for Conyngham, the 40 MEISSONIER faithful horse who carried him throug
Meissonier, his life and his art . ations are full of life and colour. The itinerary from MontCenis to Milan does not appear to have been very well regulated. Notone of the leaders seemed to know exactly whither he was bound, andall the roads were blocked. On the Lombard highways the heatbecame stifling, the dust blinding; every one had to get food andlodging as best he could. A glass of water was an eagerly contestedprize. So scarce were forage and oats, that Meissonier often hadto rub the husks off a handful of green corn for Conyngham, the 40 MEISSONIER faithful horse who carried him throughout the campaign. The spiritand confidence of the army were nevertheless marvellous ; their ad-vance might have been the triumphal progress of Charles men-at-arms marching to victory. The variety of uniforms in motion,defiling under his eyes delighted the artist. He arrived at last at head-quarters, and was at once admitted to the staff. At daybreak two dayslater the cannon began to thunder. Was it battle ? Those about the. rilE THKKI-; SMIKERS. (Ill the possession of RI. Thi^ry.) Emperor thought it a mere reconnaissance, perhaps a skirmish of theadvance guard. However, the cannonade increased, it seemed toadvance, to leap from mamelon to mamelon. From the crest of a hillhe knew not how he mounted, still less how he had descended,Meissonier watched the dislodgment of a corps of Austrians. ... Forhours they gallop straight ahead, climbing, rushing forward, in thenoise and smoke of artillery. An obstacle then presents itself whichresists. . This position too is taken. The staff follows the Em-peror, who scales the redoubt, piled up with corpses, passing along W Cavalier of the lime of Louis XIIL (PtN 1>KAWIN(;.)
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