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 EVERYONE TO HIS OWN CALLING.
One day Napoleon, followed by three or four officers, passed through
the market on his way to the Tuileries. The customary acclamations
followed him. A green-grocer cried out that he ought to make peace: “Good
woman,” answered the Emperor, smiling, “continue selling your cabbages,
and leave me to do that which concerns me,—every man to his own
calling.” At this the crowd laughed and shouted, “Vive l’Empereur!”

“EVERY ONE TO HIS OWN

CALLING.”
 THE DEATH OF PONIATOWSKI.
In escaping from the field of Leipzig, Poniatowski attempted to cross the
Elster by swimming, but unfortunately was drowned. Vernet has given us an
admirable picture and has conveyed in lines not to be mistaken, the courage
and fearlessness of the General in his daring attempt.
Previous to the battle of Leipzig, which occurred on the 19th of
November, 1813, Poniatowski had received his orders from Napoleon, and
on leaving him observed “we are all ready to die for your majesty.”

THE DEATH OF PONIATOWSKI.

 NAPOLEON AT LUTZEN.
The misfortunes at Moscow had disappointed the French Nation; the
29th bulletin was published at Paris when Napoleon arrived at the Tuileries;
he alone could save the country, he alone could repair the disasters of the
grand army! France was not indifferent to the voice of her chief; she knew
well how to value his ardent patriotism.
The Emperor opened a new campaign, in which he commanded 250,000
men. He did not deceive himself as to the crisis which menaced France; he
therefore decided to attempt everything, and, if needful, to make political
sacrifices, if the chances of war were against him.
Napoleon opened the campaign on May 2d, 1813, by gaining the battle
of Lutzen; a surprising victory, and one that acquired for him immortal
honor. The General of Marengo had not lost his genius; and the troops he
commanded understood him well, performing wonders which astonished
the old soldiers of Italy and Egypt. Masses of infantry advanced in
squadrons flanked by heavy artillery, and seeming like movable fortresses;
81,000 foot and 4000 horse combatting 107,000 Russians or Prussians, of
which more than 20,000 were cavalry. Alexander and the King of Prussia
were there in person; and their old guards, so vain and so proud, were not
able to contend against French conscripts.
NAPOLEON AT LUTZEN.
 THE BATTLE OF MONTMIRAIL.
On the 11th of February, 1814, Napoleon arrived before Montmirail. At
eleven o’clock the Allies formed themselves in battle array. The French
divisions arrived successively, and Napoleon wished to wait for the whole,
but at three o’clock, as night was approaching, he directed the Duke of
Treviso to boar down on Montmirail. General Friant with four battalions of
the old guard, received orders to attack the Farm of l’Epine-au-Bois, a
position on which depended the success of the day, and which was defended
by the Allies with forty pieces of cannon. To render this attack more easy,
Napoleon ordered General Nansouty to extend his troops upon the right, to
oblige the Allies to thin their centre. At the same time the Russian and
Prussian troops were charged briskly in the centre by the old guard,
commanded by Marshal Ney. The tirailleurs fled in dismay; and the
artillery could no longer be used with effect; but the fusilade became
dreadful. This success, however, was counterbalanced when the lancers, the
old dragoons, and the grenadiers of the guard arrived in the rear of the
infantry, and breaking their lines, threw them into disorder, and killed or
made prisoners the whole body. The Duke of Treviso seized upon the
village of Fontenelle, that of Marchais was attacked on both sides, and all
the inhabitants were either killed or taken prisoners. In less than a quarter of
an hour the most profound silence succeeded to the fusilade.
THE BATTLE OF MONTMIRAIL.
 NAPOLEON AT MONTEREAU.
The Emperor is here seen pointing a cannon. This was not the first
occasion on which he had served a piece of artillery. It has been asserted by
some that he was an admirable marksman, while others have maintained the
contrary. At Montereau all the ardor of youth seemed to revive within him,
and his military genius appeared as vigorous as in his early engagements.
On the 18th of February, 1814, General Briancks had taken his position
with two divisions of Austrians, and two of Wirtemburgians, upon the
heights before Montereau, covering the bridges of the city. General Chateau
attacked him in vain, and was obliged to retire. The troops commanded by
General Gerard kept up the fighting all the morning. Napoleon arrived on
the field of battle, and immediately attacked the heights, and the effect of
these successive charges was to drive the enemy with a loss of nine
thousand men, in every direction. The French filed over the bridges which
the Allies had not been able to destroy.
This series of unexpected triumphs revived the hopes of Napoleon.
Instead of the doubtful battle which he would willingly have avoided, he
had won four memorable victories: namely—those of Mormant, Valjouan,
Montmirail, and Montereau.
At the close of the last decisive combat, Napoleon observed “My heart is
satisfied. I will return to defend the capital of my Empire.”
NAPOLEON AT MONTEREAU.
 NAPOLEON’S FAREWELL AT FONTAINBLEAU.
On the 20th of April, 1814, everything was in readiness for Buonaparte’s
departure from Fontainbleau. He ordered that the guard should be
summoned, and advancing toward them, signified that he would speak to
them.
“Soldiers! my old guard!” said he, “I bid you adieu! For twenty-eight
years I have found you constantly in the way of honor and glory. In these
latter times, as in the days of our prosperity, you have not ceased to be
models of bravery and fidelity. With such men as you our cause need not be
lost, but the war would be interminable; it would be a civil war and France
would be more than ever unhappy! I have then sacrificed all our interests to
those of our country; I leave you; do you, my friends, continue to serve
France. Her happiness has been my only wish; it will always be the object
of my prayers! Regret me not. If I live, it is only to advance your glory
farther. I wish to record with my pen the great things we have done
together! Farewell, my children! I would gladly embrace you all—I
embrace your general!” General Petit brought forward the Eagle: Napoleon
took him in his arms and kissed the standard. “Farewell, once more, my
brave companions—farewell!”
NAPOLEON’S FAREWELL AT FONTAINBLEAU.
 THE BATTLE OF HAINAU.
The Austro-Bavarians had taken up their position in the woods near
Hainau before the Emperor approached the Maine. He came up with them
on the morning of the 30th, and his troops charged on the instant with the
fury of despair. Buonaparte cut his way through ere nightfall; and Marmont,
with the rear, had equal success on the 31st. In these actions there fell 6000
of the French; while the enemy had 10,000 killed or wounded, and lost
4000 prisoners; and these losses would have been far greater, but for the
ready wit of a patriotic miller, who, watching the tide of battle, suddenly let
the water into a mill-stream, and thus interposed a seasonable obstacle
between the French cavalry and some German infantry, whom they had
been driving before them; a service which was munificently rewarded by
the King of Prussia later.
The pursuit had been entrusted to the Austrians, who urged it with far
less vigor than the Prussians, under the fiery guidance of Blucher, would
probably have exerted. No considerable advantage, therefore, followed the
battle of Hainau. The remains of the French host at length passed the Rhine;
and the Emperor having quitted them at Mentz, arrived in Paris on the 9th
of November.
Thus terminated the campaign in Saxony.
THE BATTLE OF HAINAU.
 NAPOLEON AT ARCIS-SUR-AUBE.
During the night between the 16th and 17th of February, 1814,
Napoleon, accompanied by a small escort of Polish lancers, reconnoitred
the enemy’s line, when, on leaving Arcis, he was attacked by a corps of
Russian cuirassiers and Cossacks. The Poles, commanded by Skrzinecki,
their captain, rapidly formed in a square about the Emperor; and though the
enemy in their front were supposed to be six times their number, they
succeeded in repulsing them, and rescued Napoleon from his imminent
danger.

NAPOLEON AT ARCIS-SUR-AUBE.
 FILIAL ANXIETY OF A CONSCRIPT.
During the campaign of 1814, the services of every French soldier were
required for the defence of that empire, then invaded from all quarters. On
one occasion, as Napoleon was passing along the line on horseback, a
soldier stepped out of the ranks, and presented his arms; “Sire,” said he, in
offering a petition to the Emperor’s notice, “my mother is old and infirm,
and is dependent solely on my labors for subsistence.” Napoleon was
forcibly struck with these words, uttered with timidity, and took the petition
and rode on. On arriving at head-quarters, his first care was to read the
petition, which stated that the soldier’s poor mother was in great necessity;
that her only son, who supported her was called upon to fight for his
country; and that he now sought permission to return and perform his first
and most important duty. On this, Napoleon issued an order to the sub-
perfect of the arrondissement where the old woman resided, to seek her out,
and to tell her that the Emperor would take her under his protection, and
give her 1200 francs with a pension. At the same time the poor fellow’s
colonel was directed to tell him to be at ease on his mother’s account, as the
Emperor would provide for her, but his services could not be dispensed
with, as soldiers were required to oppose the enemies of his country.
FILIAL ANXIETY OF A CONSCRIPT.
 THE TURNPIKE OF CLICHY.
Previous to Napoleon’s abdication the Allied army had approached and
even entered Paris, and taking possession of the Faubourg des Batignolles,
compelling the National Guard to repair to the Barrière de Clichy, where
some slight skirmishing occurred, until it was announced that an armistice
would forthwith be made.
This armistice was the precursor of those treaties in which Napoleon
gave in his unconditional abdication, and retired on a pension, to the Isle of
Elba, whence shortly after he succeeded in making his escape, and once
more, though fortunately for the last time, disturbed the peace of Europe.

THE TURNPIKE OF CLICHY.

 THE RETURN FROM ELBA.
It was about five o’clock in the afternoon of the 1st of March, 1815, that
Napoleon landed at Cannes, in the Gulf of Juan. From thence he proceeded
toward Paris with his little army, then consisting only of 500 grenadiers, of
the guard, 200 dragoons and one hundred Polish lancers; these last being
without horses, were obliged to carry their saddles on their backs.
When between Mure and Vizele, Cambronne, who commanded the
advance guard of forty grenadiers, met a battalion which had been sent from
Grenoble to arrest their march. Colonel La Badoyere, who headed the
battalion, refused to parley with Cambronne; upon which the Emperor,
without hesitation, advanced alone; followed at some distance by 100
grenadiers with their arms reversed. There was profound silence until
Napoleon had approached within a few paces, when he halted, and throwing
open his surtout exclaimed, “If there be amongst you a soldier who would
kill his general—his Emperor, let him do it now!—Here I am!” The cry of
Vive l’Empereur burst instantaneously from every lip. Napoleon threw
himself among them, and taking a veteran, covered with chevrons and
medals, by the arm, said, “Speak honestly, old moustache, couldst thou
have had the heart to kill thy Emperor?” The man dropped his ramrod into
his piece to show that it was unloaded, and answered, “Judge if I could have
done thee much harm,—all the rest are the same.”
THE RETURN FROM ELBA.
 NAPOLEON AT CHARLEROI.
Horace Vernet has attempted to present us with a portrait of Napoleon, as
he appeared on the eve of his great conflict with the Allied Army.
Buonaparte arrived at Charleroi about 11 o’clock, on the 15th of June,
1815, which place was evacuated by the Prussians, under General Ziethen,
in great haste. Napoleon ordered Marshal Ney to repair to Gosselin, and
take the command of the whole of the left wing of the army, occupying a
position beyond Quatre-Bras with 40,000 men. The Prussians retired upon
Fleurus.
On the 18th of June the battle of Waterloo took place.

NAPOLEON AT CHARLEROI.
 NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO.
The battle of Waterloo is an occurence with which all England is so well
acquainted, that it would be superfluous to give an account of it here. We
may, however, mention, that the destruction of the French army on that
important occasion, is considered by French historians to be entirely the
consequence of General Bourmont’s desertion. The project of Napoleon
was to concentrate his forces upon the Allied Army suddenly, which ought
to have been done in the night, when the Duke of Wellington and the
English officers were at the ball at Brussels.
On this sanguinary field the French lost 19,000 men, while the Allied
Army sustained a loss of nearly double the number of the former.

NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO.
 NAPOLEON SALUTING A PARTY OF WOUNDED
SOLDIERS.
“Honneur au courage malheureux!” said Napoleon, in passing a party of
wounded enemies. Debret has made an agreeable picture from a rather
disagreeable subject; though it is certainly gratifying to find the leader of an
army rendering due respect to those who, in their courageous efforts to
overcome an opposing force, have unfortunately received wounds and
injuries which, perhaps, disable them for life. The admirers of Napoleon
maintain that the above incident did actually occur, while others assert that
he was by nature cruel and unmerciful. We take upon ourselves to support
neither the one nor the other; amid the mass of conflicting evidence we
cannot see how it is possible to arrive at a conclusion. That Napoleon was a
great man none can deny; that he was a good man, few will be hardy
enough to maintain.

NAPOLEON SALUTING WOUNDED FOES.

 NAPOLEON IN 1815.
Horace Vernet has admirably conveyed in the countenance of Napoleon
all the sentiments which animated the soul of “le Grande Homme” in the
last moments of his military glory. Those who saw Napoleon at Waterloo
have not failed to admire this painting, as well as the beautiful copy of it by
M. Marin Levinge. Reveil has reproduced it admirably in the accompanying
engraving.

NAPOLEON IN 1815.
 TAKING THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
After the distribution of the eagles at the Champ de Mars, Napoleon
administered the following oath to the army:—
“Soldiers! behold your banners! These eagles shall always serve you for
rallying points. They shall be ever where your Emperor shall judge it
necessary for the defence of his throne and of his people. Do you swear to
sacrifice your life in their defence, and constantly to maintain them by your
courage in the way of victory? Do you swear it?”
All the army answered by acclamation: “We swear it! Long live the
Emperor!”

TAKING THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

 A SOLDIER’S FAREWELL.
The brave corporal has received a mortal wound, and takes his last
farewell of a young comrade.
How many a scene like this has been witnessed on the battle-field. How
many of the strong and the powerful among mankind, have the murder-
working engines of war brought to a premature death.
Belangé’s figures are true to nature; there is nothing startling in them;
nor anything of the conventional mannerism of the studio, which throws so
much coldness into ordinary compositions. “It will be seen,” says the
French critic, “that M. Belangé will take the place of Vernet and Charlet, if
those gentlemen are content to rest on their laurels, or become indifferent to
the art which they have so worthily exercised.”

A SOLDIER’S FAREWELL.
 A SOLDIER AT WATERLOO.
M. Jazet has here attempted to produce a picture which shall revive all
the recollections of that remarkable period, when the extraordinary career of
Napoleon spread terror wherever his name and deeds were heard of. He has
represented an old soldier fatigued and careworn, and has made nature itself
sympathize with his feelings. The sun is setting in the west, his crimson
rays dimmed by intervening clouds, while the scene around is desolate and
barren.
The picture was placed in the gallery of the Palais Royal, and those who
visit it readily enter into its spirit, seeing there depicted the end of a grand
epoch in the history of France.

A SOLDIER AT WATERLOO.
 A FIELD HOSPITAL.
The devotion shown to the memory of Napoleon, by the spirited painter
of the original picture from which this is copied, has been profitable to that
talented artist. Few of his contemporaries have succeeded better than M.
Bellangé, in depicting subjects which illustrate the “Imperial Epoch.”
This picture is well conceived, free and natural. It is a scene which
occurred repeatedly on the battle-field in Napoleon’s campaigns. “Vive
l’Empereur,” let the wound be slight or mortal; “Vive l’Empereur!” was the
wounded soldier’s cry, though scarcely able to see his Captain as he passed.
With such devotion as this, what had not the ‘Grand Homme’ to hope for!
These were not the soldiers to abandon him. Honor, rank, riches, were not
able to corrupt them. And if they had not been so patriotic; if they had not
been models of military discipline;—what would they not have undertaken
for love of their General, for him who had led them to victory and glory.
Poor fellows! humble laborers in the vast plain of a great architect, you
assisted in raising the great monument; your task should not have been
without recompense.
A FIELD HOSPITAL.
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