THE BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ. 2138 
relates how Napoleon, wishing to show his admiration, ordered the 
body to be sent to Paris to be buried in the Invalides. ‘To preserve 
the body, the doctors, in the absence of embalming materials, put it 
in a cask of rum and sent it to Paris, where, owing to force of circum- 
stances, which delayed the building of the tomb, the cask with its 
contents remained forgotten in the School of Medicine till 1814, when 
it came to pieces from decay and the body was disclosed. It was noticed 
with surprise that the action of the rum had made the deceased 
General’s moustaches grow to such a length that they reached below 
his waist ! The body was perfectly preserved, and owing to its having 
become valuable as a curiosity, the family had to go to law before they 
could get it back! This is Marbot’s! story and therefore of course 
true! 
On the extreme right of the allies, after the centre has been defeated, Repulse of 
Lannes moves forward with his Ist brigade deployed, and his 2nd eee 
following in quarter distance column of battalions at deploying in- Lanyyes. 
tervals. Murat repulses Ouvanorr whilst CarrageLir and Sucuer 
separate him from Bacration. Ovuvarorr charges CArraRELLI unsuc- 
cessfully and is driven to Austerlitz by the cavalry division of 
p’Havrroun and Nansoury. Lannes then falls on Bagrarion and 
forces him to retire along the Olmutz road to Rausnitz. The French 12 Noon. 
take Kruh and Hollubitz. It is noon. 
After defeating the allied centre, Soutt changes front to the right poration 
and advances against the allied left, having been reinforced by left. 
Beaumonr’s Dragoons. His place on the plateau is taken by 
Bernaborre and Oupinor. Sokolnitz and Chateau are captured from Noon to 4 
the allies; the Ist and part of the 2ud column of the allies fly to Eee Iv, 
Augezd, the 8rd and part of the 2nd try to escape by the pond of 
Kobelnitz, into which some are driven; the remainder pursued by 
Maraaron’s Cavalry surrender to them and to part of the reserve sent 
by Ovprinot to support Legrand. Prispiziuski is stated to have sur- 
rendered with 1138 officers and 6000 men. 
The 1st column tries to escape by Augezd, but the bridges over the 2 #3 p-™ 
stream give way. VANDAME descends from the heights and cuts the 
column asunder, Doctororr rallies the débris and retires towards 
Teluitz. ‘Taken in front by Sour and in flank by Davoust, there is 
no chance for the unfortunate allics, and but one line of retreat, viz., 
by the dam between the ponds of Satschan and Menitz. Part of the 
column cscapcs to Otimitz, the remainder takes refuge on the ice of 
the ponds, but the weight on the ice, and the French Guards’ artillery 
fire which Napoleon purposely ordered to play on it, break it. Marbot 
describes this terrible scene most vividly, and states that some 5000 
horse, foot and artillery perished. He states that he nearly lost his 
own life in rescuing an unfortunate Russian officer, under the eyes of 
ae who was desperately wounded and was clinging to an ice 
oe. 
It isnow 4 p.m, and the left wing of the allies is completely routed. bad x the 
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1 Marbot’s remark on this incident is characteristic. He says, *‘ dimez done la gloire, et allez vous 4 p.m. 
Suiretuer pour ywun olibrius de naturaliste vous place ensuite dans sa bibliotheque, entre une 
corne de rhinocéros et un crocodile empaillé!” 
