. The imperial guard of Napoleon: from Marengo to Waterloo . ards shook along the Mayn, the JSTeckar, andthe Rhine, and the shout of Yive V Empereur^rolled over the plains of Germany. This army Na-poleon called the Grand Army, a name it everafter bore ; and those who saw it sweeping on, columnafter column of infantry, miles of artillery, long filesof cavalry, and last of all the Old Guard, with theEmperor in its midst, in all 186,000 men, re-echoedthe appellation The Grand Army. The Old Guard had left Boulogne by post. Twentythousand carriages, loaded down with the troopswere whirled away towa
. The imperial guard of Napoleon: from Marengo to Waterloo . ards shook along the Mayn, the JSTeckar, andthe Rhine, and the shout of Yive V Empereur^rolled over the plains of Germany. This army Na-poleon called the Grand Army, a name it everafter bore ; and those who saw it sweeping on, columnafter column of infantry, miles of artillery, long filesof cavalry, and last of all the Old Guard, with theEmperor in its midst, in all 186,000 men, re-echoedthe appellation The Grand Army. The Old Guard had left Boulogne by post. Twentythousand carriages, loaded down with the troopswere whirled away towards Germany, whither thearmy marched with unparalleled speed. On the 27tL of August, most of this immense forcelay at Boulogne ; on the 25th and 26th of Septemberit crossed the Rhine. On the IStli of October amida storm of snow, Napoleon harangued the weary troopsof Marmont, that had just arrived, and explained tothem his plans, and told them he had surrounded theenemy. On the ISth, Mack agreed to surrenderUlm with an army of 80,000 men to him as prisoners. AUSTEKLITZ. 49 of war. By the 20tli lie conld look back on hisoperations and behold an army of eighty thonsandmen destroyed, sixty thonsand of whom had beentaken prisoners with two hnndred pieces of cannon,and eighty stands of colors. All this had been donein tMenty days, with the loss of less than two thonsandmen. On the 13th of ITovember his banners waved overthe walls of Vienna. Twelve days after he recon-noitred the field of Ansterlitz, and selected it at onceas the battle-field where he would overthrow the com-bined forces of Kussia and Austria, led on by theirrespective sovereigns. With Y0,000 men he had re-solved not to drive back the approaching army of90,000, but to annihilate it. He refused to take posi-tion where he could most effectually check it advance,determined to win all or lose all. Matching hissingle intellect in the pride of true genius, againstthe two emperors with their superior army, he ca-joled them i
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