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 15 on the wonderful events of our strange expedition : they mused on the result of a battle which was to decide the fate of two powerful empires : they compared the silence of the night with the tumult of the morrow: they fancied that Death wss now hovering over their crowded ranks, but the darkness of the night prevented them from distinguishing who would be the unhappy victims: They then thought of their parents-their country and the uncertain- ty whether they should ever see these be- loved objects again, plunged them into the deepest melancholy. But suddenly, before daybreak, the beat of the drum was heard, the officers cried to arms, the men eagerly rushed to their different stations, and all, in order for battle, awaited the signal for action The colonels placing themselves in the centre of their regiments, ordered the trumpet to sound, and every captain, sur rounded by his company, read aloud the following proclamation: “SOĻDIERS_This is the battle so much desired by you! The victory depends on yourselves. It is now necessary to us. It will give us abundance, good winter quar- ters, and a prompt return to our coun- try! Behave as as Austerlitz, at Fried- land, at Witespsk, at Smolensko, - and let the latest posterity recount with