. Battles of the nineteenth century . day which he published he firstmade use of the well-known expression— Soldiers, I am content with you. Besides alarge distribution of prize-money to his troops,he decreed that liberal pensions should begranted to the widows of the fallen, and alsothat their orphan children should be cared for,brought up, and settled in life at the expense ofthe State. The campaign of Austerlitz is probably themost striking and dramatic of all those under-taken by Napoleon, and its concluding strugglewas the most complete triumph of his wholecareer. It was the first in whic
. Battles of the nineteenth century . day which he published he firstmade use of the well-known expression— Soldiers, I am content with you. Besides alarge distribution of prize-money to his troops,he decreed that liberal pensions should begranted to the widows of the fallen, and alsothat their orphan children should be cared for,brought up, and settled in life at the expense ofthe State. The campaign of Austerlitz is probably themost striking and dramatic of all those under-taken by Napoleon, and its concluding strugglewas the most complete triumph of his wholecareer. It was the first in which he engagedafter assuming the title of Emperor and be-coming the sole and irresponsible ruler ofFrance. Unlike the vast masses of men whichhe directed in subsequent wars, his army wasthen almost entirely composed of Frenchmen,and its glories belonged to France alone. Thoughfor several years to come the great Emperorsfame was to remain undimmed by the clouds ofreverse, it never shone with a brighter lustrethan at the close of 195
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