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Title: The boy life of Napoleon, afterwards emperor of the French
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Foa, Eugénie, d. 1853
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Publisher: Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ON. At the head of the besiegers was Napoleon. Whowas captain of the fort I do not know. His name hasnot come down to us. But the story of the Snow-ball Fight has. Fordays the battle raged. At every recess hour theforces gathered for the exciting sport. The rule wasthat when once the fort was captured, the besiegerswere to become its possessors, and were, in turn, todefend it from its late occupants, who were now theattacking army, increased to the required number bycertain of the less skilful fio-hters in the successfularmy. Napoleon was in his element. He was an impet-uous leader; but he was skilful too ; he never lost hishead. Again and again, as leader of the storming-party,he would direct the attack; and at just the rightmoment, in the face of a shower of snow-balls, hewould dash from his post of observation, head the as-saulting army, and scaling the walls with the fire ofvictory in his eye and the shout of encouragement onhis lips, would lead his soldiers over the ramparts, and
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As leader of the storming-party he would direct the attack. THE GREAT SNOW-BALL FIGHT AT BRIENNE. I3I with a last dash drive the defeated defenders out fromthe fortification. The snow held for nearly ten days ; the fight keptup as long as the snow walls, often repaired andstrengthened, would hold toQ^ether. The thaw, that relentless enemy of all snow sports,came to the attack at last, and gradually dismantledthe fortifications ; snow for ammunition o-rew thin andpoor, and gravel became more and more a part of thesnow-ball manufacture. Napoleon tried to prevent this, for he knew thedanger from such missiles. But often, in the heat ofbattle, his commands were disregarded. One boyespecially — the same Bouquet who had scaled hishedge and brought him into trouble — was careless orvindictive in this matter. On the last day of the snow. Napoleon saw youngBouquet packing snow-balls with dirt and gravel, andcommanded him to stop. But Bouquet only flung outa hot I wont! at the commander, an

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