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his colours, The flag was so fast in th e grip 01 the
dead sergea nt, that it conld not at once be discngaged.
The Highlander th erefore lifted both man and flug on
his back, and car ried them off: Th e leader of the
French cavalry was so struck with the bravery of
th e deed, that he halted his troop and shouted,
" Bravo, Highlander l "
7. Th e great Napoleon was a man who never
hesitated to sacrifice life for th e advancement of his
own ambition. Yet even Napoleon had his humane
moments. Dnring th e battle of Austerlitz, when a
body of Russians and Austrians were fleeing across
a frozen lak e, Napoleon ordered his cann on to be fired
on the ice so as to break it up. Th e result was
th at hu ndreds were drowned. Xext morning, he
observ ed a wounded Ru ian lying on a floe of ice
near the shore of the lak e, and calling piteously for
help. Though the soldier's plight was the resnit of
Napoleon's order, th e emperor's heart was touched,
and he asked his officers to do what th ey could for
the unfortunate man .
8. Several Frenchmen at once plunged into th e icy
water in orde r to effect tl rescue ; but their wet clothes
fr oze, so that they could not swim, and th ey were
th emselves rescued with difficulty. Th ereupon, two
brave young officer , ha \-ing stripped themselves to the
skin, boldly swam out to th e ice-floe, and succeeded in
pushing it to the shore, Th e Russian was rescued, and
soon revived, and he showed his gratitude by taking
service und er th e emperor's flag. His rescuers showed
courage surpassing that of th e battlefield, in saving th e
life of an enemy , and one of them contracted an illness
by it from which he never completely recovered,