| Show au I I NAPOLEON As Seen by His Associates FOOTPRINTS OF NAPOLEON N l 1 by ky Q o I Khmer Kilmer APOLEoN N called NAPOLEON N by his the parvenu I 1 emperor ascended the throne of ot Fro l France nee In ht HOt 1504 For I or 10 30 years ye ho Ise held the worlds stage as ns the most figure In all nil history rivaling It In Jn his Ids achievements achievement the thc fume fame of ot Alex under Caesar and ami Hannibal After boxing real ral kluge kings anti and queens about like iv a 1 child with playhouse puppets ha hu van vaa himself deposed and for tor nearly a 1 century the nations he had dazzled or upturned looked upon him liliu us tie a II whirl whirlwind wind of ruthless anti and well nigh h Irresistible ble energy whose chose adv lIt hud had best b ue be forgotten ollen Cheat UIt lIt minds sought In III the thu secrecy of the clo t to comprehend co III nl hi now and then a IL master mastI essayed to him hint Ills enemies had hod hu the luau at 1 voice for or two ear It or mil until tho the theatrical restoration of ot hH dynasty under his hie nephew Napoleon III lU In 1851 Then followed and eulogy likewise the continued non Mon of ot Impartial views view leI Years Tears after the mo of or the second empire 1870 1810 runic ranee a 1 third of ot Interest In hit Napoleon I 1 and ond n a I mas of ot contemporary memoirs and authentic documents have hOI from tool time to time line emerged from their hiding as us a materials for tor the and nud historian Mo ui while the gloat ghost of ot Napoleon hue luia been Jc n laid 1111 fear ruts and have tiled died out and anil today toda the limp world I eu er to understand under r stand and ond appreciate where once mace It was glad to 10 belittle and II nd forget torget To lt meat tho the 11 newly vly 1 awakened about the great 1 J have huc been beon d to prepare a ode of o articles or 01 depleting Napoleon the titan man as ashe ashe he tae was known tn to his the closest nt different epochs In his marvelous ca career a 1 reer In these columns therefore other pens lens ens thou than mine nine will speak pens pene that were busy huey hus In the very WI shadow of ot Na Nu Napoleons Napoleons mighty personality My t I authorities will bo lio the men and ornen 0 III en of the Immediate circle In which Napoleon moved mewed ns aa a boy at school as ns asa liSa a Junior officer In the of ot the king ns nil general and 1111 first consul nl pen peo people lle of imperial household his 1110 comrades com lades rades ra es III In nuns arms his 1113 calli callin net n l hits his valet do Ill the confidants of ot anti and the corn com of ot the exile Kill of ot Ht it helena Helenn Upon their authentic memoirs their thell private Journals their secret diaries and private correspondence c Is III turned the searchlight of fir modern Investigation to the end that Napoleon need no longer loner lie be an enigma to minds wishing to un 1111 understand understand him Unfortunately the camera amern was not an nn institution of ot Napoleons time tine There lire are Innumerable In ht existence 4 t tAt At t t tt I t t 1 F Ui d J 1 j y rl LIEUTEN LIEUTENANT ANT Ml OP Ol OI ln lI rom a n water color In III the tho collection olle lon of or Daron lirrey liy by 11 artists who professed to draw from life lite hut but whenever Napoleon favored n painter with a n esp tally after arter Ills his coronation In 1804 It was ryas with tho the purpose C of ot getting a n result to suit Hull him hint Helf He lIe loved to be likened Illumed to Caesar Occasionally an 1111 artist who was Willi unhampered to pored by U restrictions restriction enjoyed tho the privileges of ot the tho court and ramp camp hero he lie saw Haw the tho emperor frequently nut In this thin somewhat doubtful way WilY placed his Impressions upon Many of ot tho the portraits of ot Napoleon antedating the tho empire III o Hatter arc subject or Idealize the tho subject Hut ut there nN among tho studied of or thin period a toll few that bear tho the of oC Moreover limey Iho correspond with candid descriptions of or Napoleon HH as ho Ito appear appeared ti pear life tire In this clam be belongs belongs ed 1 11 In everyday longs the portrait accompanying this article It Its Ill hate date IH la about 1787 1181 At t that line lime Napoleons face Idea was thin with i artist features angular and sharp The evidently mule mado the tho best beet of ot the young I Iol ol dress for or It IH III described by gem other us liS Iso somewhat shabby n std time the oral eral appearance an nil ho Ito Impressed Parisians woe Will that of It a fresh tresh Impure Importation tation front from the time country In all nil the actual life portraits of or Nit Na there therl tie aio thin lilt hujo I Ii ro hens head the time high brow tho the ants MIP na nathe the double chin the i tr t IO a eyes ee which contemporary write writ unto upon Ulon ns na the Identifying Ilma ot or Nn Na In ht the barest outline tho th story ot or Na Napoleon 10 career and eluting II Jot like a II m lift pago no from tho the h rime Tho sub subject subject jN t will I be tm tl f and in tho the series to follow tollow nattily mainly l h by v monies the personality of Napoleon and will twill Out not be III arranged In Bc order Ilk formal and hl hb Hinry 01 In lieu lIell of ot n II biographical sketch the Ilie summary given Riven Mow below rill 1111 bo Iw found and valuable as 1111 a It II how hol l vi WO now aro tiro to tho the of lit many events In III nto eat ern annals It ItIs ItIs Is hI noteworthy that unite none of oC the th name or 01 bloat at lit present wears u a I crown n a of ot the tho deposed J Josephine wields Told tho the scepter of o Sweden n as 1111 the third ruler In intha th tha Napoleons only child born In writ well lork leek the tho Duke of o miler In III 1832 A putative unit horn born In III ISOO r ns as a inu late Into au an as IKS 1881 t 1 Tim Tito rl cu lOSt I n x I of ot 01 ns as a inu late Into au an as IKS 1881 t 1 Tim Tito rl cu lOSt I n x I of ot 01 of ot the tho second generation 1 daughter of ot Napo Nil III Icons leon II brother died Jan 2 1904 U 4 Bho Sho was wait born bunt In 1820 mo OF 01 NAPOLION ON HON BON 11 at lit in Corsica child chIM of oC and 1011 till nee ace 11 10 l tho the military school ut nt Hud IB n the limo military school 1786 Aged 1 second lieutenant of artillery In the tho Irl French army 1791 Ago l 22 for tor without hlO with the tho maul of ot first 11 Ill lim During Durin six alx years cars of ot service had hod been absent front from fro III his company over three years rear In tn nil all and and on Oil t two va occasions 1111 overstayed 11 his hb furlough 23 While Idling About thu Iho streets of o Paris tho the mob attack tho tits palace ami force rort the tho king I a put on time tho liberty cap Twenty duys duya tat lat tr r rr ri r i i I restored to the Iho army 11 rill with tho ho rank ronk ot of captain 21 2 gell in revolutionary revolutionary attempts In Corsica while still holding his hi commission Matched with the tho army arll of France against Toulon Toulon with the rank rank of o major Distinguished himself I at lit Tou Toulon Ion lon and promoted brigadier general Meanwhile the had be beheaded beheaded headed Louis Louts XVI XV 25 2 Arrested A on su of ot treachery trencher while serving In Italy hail Ual 20 26 C from the list of ot active generals len for remaining In ht Pill Par ParIs Is le In disobedience of or orders Called Call ell to defend the pen convention from a revolt of ot th Ih the section Used d on the th people Ap All d commander I of ot the forces In Paris KM m Aged 7 Commander of ot the lire French army of I Italy It n I Married Joseph JosephIno Ino lac Defeated Durell ted the Austria tins ant nn In Italy In a II series of ot campaigns forcing the emperor to a II treaty of ut peace 28 i 8 tided the majority ot Ut directors of o the 1 republic to mip sup banish h lUlU piti I d a n t movement nut till the minority deputies 1 1509 JS Commander er of o i expedition In tit d tin the th Turks In several battles buttle French I airily aimy driven from mn Italy losing lo all 1111 Napoleon Nu Na II Iol on had hud gamest there than Aged 30 0 secretly to farts he rains of ot power potter and be became cume came first 31 I Crossed th thi the Alps with witha a new lieI army defeated the at tit them out nut of ot Italy 53 33 First consul for rot life lite Ml 11 i Civil code Colic Corte Nn Na 11 decreed d 53 35 3 The Plc Duke Duko of ot french enemy of or the time republic shot ahot by hl Ii Napoleons order Franco l FI cre created filed nn nil empire by b vole of n the heat senate In lit II May n Napoleon lIl elected d emperor III NI Imperial 1111 pe ln I power In III h July crowned with JO as 1111 em eat empress press pre I In III December 1805 Aged 30 36 3 Marched against ngn III t Aus Au aul It III 1111 deputing defeating them at An German empire dissolved oh ed Ill Napoleon protector ctOl of or the newly formed of ot the ISO Hell Ii 3 Invaded Prussia de tie defeating tho the king at Jena sad seizing merlin Aged 33 Defeated at AtI I rile forcing the th czar to treaty of or pence at tit It Tilsit Prussia Irus h partitioned 1 and new nil 1 kingdom of ot Westphalia creat created ed eti for Jerome Bonaparte 09 Jr Invaded Spain depos deposIng Inic Ing Charles IV JV Spanish crown trans trams transferred to Joseph Bonaparte 10 Invaded Austria selz Ing In Vienna and defeating th the emperor emptier at nt Wagram Josephine divorced orceil m 1310 Aged 41 H Married Louisa ulsa daughter of ot the Austrian Aut emperor 12 42 Birth HIrth of m II 11 titular tit king of tome mope and nIl Duke Dulle of ot tit 18 Aged 43 n Invaded Russia won battle of ot Borodino entered Moscow and being driven out cut by bt rIte lire began his retreat 44 Recalled Rl to Paris Parle to quell political conspiracy Defeated the tho I allied Russians and Prussians lrus at nt the I bottles of and De Defeated Defeated the combined forces of at Prussia null and Austria at Dresden Dr and tuns wo In III turn tern defeated by them hem at nt L lp He cie 45 Defeated In a series of ot hallies waged In defense of Paris 1 De Dethroned thrummed by I vote Vole of the tho Preach French l p I senate nat nate Abdicated unconditionally called d to the tho Island of Elba r 46 Escaped Esc ped from Elba Feb 26 6 Entered I Paris at the head of ot ofu un an u n army March 20 Fought and lost at Waterloo June Junc 1618 Surrendered to 10 July Jul Hi 16 Landed at St Helena Oct 15 Cl 61 1 Died at St SL Helena May f P burled there Ma May S 8 I disentombed nod and em embarked embarked embarked barked on time French Fr ship Hello Belle Poule commanded by Prince de 11 fan aun IOn of ot the reigning king Louis Lotus Philippe placed In a n crypt at nt the chapel chopel of ot Hotel des Invalids Paris Napoleons great were werl on the tho soil soli of ot Italy Austria Prussia Hus Itus rya ria Saxony Spain and France lie He humiliated the tho monarchs of or Prussia and acs Austria and forced tho the czar to conclude peace Four kingdoms besides Impel Imperial lal France l were brought limbo Into the tho Bonaparte family by the might of ot his hl sword Mord tint and crowns placed pieced upon the tho heads of ot three of ot hla hili brothers brother and time the husband of or n II slater sister Dukedoms and principalities were bestowed with free tree freehand freehand hand upon ulOn favorite favorito generals and cabi cabinet cabinet I net ministers And Anel yet yot ot the time great conqueror was nil but buta I III a II man moan wrung sprung from tho time people how great and how little how noble and how holl base how ho weak and 1111 how formidable elite able how cow tender and how holy cruel how hO crafty and how host Flume sincere these columns columna III tell In ht the simple dimple language of oC his hla household amid court L fl Im |
