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Show The Knaperor ZVapolron on hla Defeat. De-feat. A letter from Brussels in the Cologne Co-logne Gatt.'e says : The Emperor Napoleon, as I hear, spoke very unfavorably during his resi dence in Belgium on the conduct ol his generals. To the diplomatist who visited him at Namur he complained bitterly of the want of respect shown to him by them, and of thi ir incompetency. incompe-tency. To the French suldtery, as tat-as tat-as braery is concerned, he rendered justice ; but they are too little disciplined, disci-plined, and quite unfit to resist ihe Prussians. ''I yield lull homage," he said, "to the d seipline and bravery ; ol the Prussian troops. Their discipline is cors antly equal, and i? only surpassed sur-passed by their courage. Xpth.ng en resit them, and they will enter Paris, which cannot oeleud itself sg.iinst them." The Emperor did noteipie-the noteipie-the least regret for what lie hftd dune. Uu the way from Bouillon to Vervier.-tiideel Vervier.-tiideel ht tiihed a good deal ; but tn all w th whom he spoke, he showed himself extremely composed. Uu the w;iole, he made the impression of a man who is glad to escape a rcat dan ger. It is certain that he was at tlit-battle tlit-battle beibre Sedan on the 1st. It even seems th, t at thj last moment he wished to collect a troop in order :o dush on the Bavarian-, who sio id op-poito op-poito him, but it was imp isstble to ta.ry out his plan, as the German ar- nllprv was ton viulnnt. In thd artnu itself, the Emperor latterly was generally gener-ally despised. After the battle of Sedan, Se-dan, the Preftch would not hear him spoken of; the officers were particularly particular-ly embittered against him, and did not even wish to hear what had become of him. Some astonishment was eieited here at the French officers captured at Sedan Se-dan being allowed their liberty on condition con-dition of not serving again iu this war against Prussia. It is thought not im-poei-ible that after their return to France, part of them in spite of their promise will be induced again to take up the sword. A few of the French officers expressed themselves lnoreorer in this sense, and thought they would only need to cbauue their names in order or-der to elude discovery. As an excuse for such procedure, they pleaded the King's conduct, who said he was only making war against the Emperor and not against the French people, and yet continues i: although the Emperor U put aside. The Wcter Zritung states that only a fourth of the captured officers of-ficers have taken the engagement the remainder preferring captivity. General Gene-ral Wimpfien has chosen Stuttgart as his residence. |