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IN THE ENEMY'S LINES. protected on his Unties that bo would bring them to success, add auother start was made, this time down the rocky cliffs to a brood glacier thut is like an arm of the great Rhone glacier, but hedged in with WABFARE ON TEE ALFS. HOW THE FRENCH DROVE THE AU3-TRIAN3 FROM GRIMSEL PASS. The Grand Army Journal, A weekly paper devoted to the interests of all Union Veterans, the O. A.

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Reac'inpMictices. editorial or department pases lUo per line first in At the end or two nours tuey reacneu the Rhone glacier, and saw before them that vast fluid or ice stretching awny like a soa In tho direction of the Grimsel, where the Austrlans lay. Oil lu the distance loomed the frowning ridge of Naegells-Graetll, nearly 2,000 feet above, and that Fahner Though It Wa Hemmed lu by Union Force Be Slipped Through, E.tabllahed Headquarter, Recruited, OrgnnUed inl Led South Soveral Thousand Men. tCopyrlght, 1801. by American Press Association.

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Again thaanMlnromiiMnlnrl. null nrenftred to shoot i to" communications to The Grand Army Journal, I. II. Hornaday Co, Editor Proprietor, Hutchinson, Kansas. the guide and compel their commander to turn back.

Again Fahner plead for his life, and protested that the farther sldo of the 'mniiiitiiln rlilira stoned irraduallv down into Grimsel pass, and thut the The Lindell Hotel 'a Co fed rate lender were not confined to diinh-log raids or brilliant and desperate feats at arms. His recruiting expedition within the Union lines In West Tennessee, in December, 1803, was a rare display of his versatile NE midsummer night a group of French officers quartered in the. village inn of Gut-tancn, in tho valley of the Aar, in Switzerland, were excitedly discussing in the public room an order from their commanding general that the Austrian fastness in Grini-sel pass be oarrled without fail on the following day. The dutv was im route across it was so rar aoovo tne urim-sel that tho French could move unobserved until they reached within rifle range of the J. H.

LESHURE, Prop. wasexactly known at tho headquarters lit Memphis. On tho t4tu Hurlburt notified Gen. Stevenson, commanding the Union post at Corinth, that Forrest had "about 1,100 armed men and 8,500 unarmed." In point of fact Forrest took no pains to conceal his presence in West Ten-nessee from his antagonists. On Deo.

13 he sent a communication under a flag of truce to Gen. Hurlburt, assuming to be in control of a Confederate military disittot, which he termed the "Department of West Tennessee," and proposing joint measures to abate thoovil of the persecution of non-combatants of which the inhabitants complained. Gen. Hurlburt responded in full spirit, addressing Forrest as a general of the Confederate army. There was a state of things to make military men gnash their teeth with chagrin.

An enemy, with barely a personal escort, had forced his way into a strong Union department, occupied a narrow, circumscribed territory, launched out in recruiting and gathering forage, and gained official recognition from the opposing commanding genoral whose department he had invaded, in the first two weeks of his occupancy. Forrest's scouts kept him well informed of the movements of the Union forcesin all quarters menacing his peace. By the 15th of December he knew that Gen. Smith was expected to move down from the north, that Gen. Hurlburt's calvary leader, Grier-son, was being Btrongly re-enforced to hold the sonthern line between Corinth and Memphis, and that Union columns were under orders to move upon Jackson from Corinth, Memphis, Nashville, east of the Tennessee river, and Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi, west, in conjunction with Gen.

Smith's proposed swoop from the north. The arms that he was expecting would arrive from the south for his recruits did not come, and having about 1,300 of these men well mounted, he sent them under a small escort to northern Mississippi to procure equipments and return to him at Jackson. This wholo cavalcado actually slipped through tho Union cavalry patrol LARNED, KANSAS. Corner of Broadway I and Sixth Street. guardians of the aeuie.

unce more me intrepid Frenchmen essayed the task, and otM-urrrrlnil nn for An hour over the sliooerv terraces of the Rhono glacier, and at last It yon desire correctly fashioned skillfully made CLOTHING- Combining elegance and dura i COFFIN BROSj Are the people you want to see, Hats and Furnishings. a i i "i 'n 1 nit 'if powers as a man stood at the base or tne mountain, wnosa rock strewn sides with frequent precipices seemed to deny foothold even to the nimble mountain goat. For the third time the soldiers refused to proceed, and again Fahner bogged on his knees for his life. He could speak nothing but German, and -Mr for tue war crisis. After his remarkable running fight with the Union raider Straight in April, Forrest was placed in command of the cavalry division of the Confederate army of the west, and soon afterward became chief of the cavalry in East Tennessee.

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Hutchinson, Kansas his excited and vigorous gestures may have been more powerful than mere words, I. hla hnnila he nninted out the era US Kansas, Winfield, and ridges over which he would lead up to the very snmrait, The officers at length quieted the men, and after a two hours' climb the whole bodystooatogetner on tne western crest of the Naegelis-Graetli, look Attention Old Soldiers Ed, I McMuIlen LOAN BIDS.1 ing down upon the unsuspecting Austnans, They could see the native riflemen at the Do You crossing and the Austrian detachment along the Grimsel slopes and at tne top oi perative as part of a general plan to break eastward through the long line of mountain barriers dividing Switzerland north and south from Zurich to the Italian border, and push the Austrian forces out of the Grison cantons and the Tyrol. The grand movement was necessarily made by isolated bodies of French troops, because the passes through the lofty mountains were few and far between. Five thousand men had been assigned to the task at Gri nisei pass, and the Austrlans had a like number established on Grimsel mountain to defend the pass, which was the highway between Luzerne and Milan. The excitement among the officers was increased by the report of a reconnoitering party that had just returned from the foot' of the pass, stating that the Austrian position was impregnable.

In the first place the river Aar had to be crossed at a place where the road runs the distance of 1,000 paces on a narrow ledge, between the river and a wall of perpendicular rocks. This point was guarded by a party of native rifiomen in the Austrian service. The river crossing itself was observed by the main body of Austrian troops distributed in a semicircle on the slopes of Grimsel mountain, with a reserve on the crest, the region of perpetual snow and ice. On either side of the Grim on tne souinern Tennessee uux, uu yeu near the Union post at Corinth on to Iuka, the pass, all or tnem Detween tneir own lofty mountain position and the main French column, which was drawn up on a plain just across the Aar from the pass. The appointed hour had come and all Miss.

rn tho OVA VnrrpRt Ion mod from scouts was ready. The vanguard of the French Money loaned on long or short time. Interest paid on time deposits. Reference: The First National and Farmers Bank Win field and our customers. WINFIELD, KANSAS, that Union troops were in position to move 1 i A advanced from the plain along tne narrow on him within a very lew aays.

duuhj wua to'start from Union City with 4,000 men, and Oi'iorann'B roivalrv. sunnorted by in pathway leading to tne Driage single file, and the foremost men tumbled headlong down the bank under the bullets of the enemy's riflemen, as had been predict-' fantry, moving on the cars, was to be ready A to act ut any pome Between uu Corinth. Forrest decided to start southward at once, hoping to meet Gen. S. D.

Lee moving northward with arms for his recruits, or, failing in thut, to cut his way fVirnnirh firip.rsinn'a lino. Detachments of sel are the inaccessible walls of rocky, armed partisans, furloughed men and snow covered mountains, rising over 200 Sunflower Land Office.1 WINFIELD, KANSAS. Farm and City Property tor Sale and Exchange. Correspondence Solicited. BEDILIOJST, (MentioD the Western Reveille.) others had joined mm, swelling uis ngns-ing force to about 8,000 men.

There were etui nvAi- a nno unarmed men in the depart feet above the pass. From the mountain crest of the Grimsel, down the sloping side to the river Aar, the ment All of the troops were very much surface is strewn with blocks or rock form ing natural defenses; and just above the bridge, and looking down upon it, is a mound from which a heavy fire could be poured into any force attempting to ap proach the bridge, and in fact the path Expect to Attend Gf i THE reat NATI0NAL Annual ENCAMPMENT Reunion, DETROIT? If so You Should Keep Posted. In regard to the city of Detroit and the preparations it ia making for your entertainment. Send a Dollar Bill to the Detroit Journal. and hat paper will be mailed you each day for tli ree mouths, including a copy of the beautiful and valuable Detroit Journal 148 Dago illustrated Year Book for 1801.

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The French were at a disadvantage in every way, for not only would they be ex posed to the Austrian fire during the whole of their advance, but their own fire, being from below against adversaries many hundred feet above them, would be thrown away, and after carrying the bridge and THE G. A. R. Lunch On Main, midway between 9th and 10th streets. Winfield, Kan-eas.

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trians confidently believed that should the French persist in an attack not a man of them would reach the summit of the Grim ed. Suddenly a couple of shots rang out froni the icy ledges under the crest of the Joseph Wheeler, the chief of cavalry of Gen. Uragg's army, and feeling this to be a humiliating order he resigned his commission as brigadier general and asked for duties in another sphere. The Confederate president, who happened to be at Bragg's headquarters when the resignation reached there, sent for Forrest and prevailed on him to withdraw it. In a short time he was formally assigned by special order of Jefferson Davis to "the command of west Tennessee." With a remnant of 310 men, chiefly his personal escort, and a battery of four guns ho reached Okolona, on Nov.

13, en route to his new field. That new field, lying between the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, was wholly included ia the Union department commanded by Gen. S. A. Hurlburt, whose forces constituted the Fourteenth army corps, with headquarters at Memphis.

Hurlburt's troops were posted in strong numbers albng the line between Tennessee and Mississippi, to guard the railroad from Memphis to Corinth, lie also had troops on the Mississippi above Memphis, on the western border of Tennessee, and across the northern border in Kentucky. Nashville, cast of the Tennessee, was the headquarters of another Union force having in observation the line of the Tennessee river. Practically, therefore, Forrest's new command lay wholly within the strong environment of the Union lines. What was he to do with it under the circumstances? Even the men ho was expected to lead were hemmed in at their homes in West Tennessee, and were unwilling conscripts, skulking deserters, and furloughed men, absent from their commands, ostensibly to get clothing and remounts. The Confederate cavalry in northern Mississippi consisted of three small brigades, under Gen.

S. D. Lee, and they were fully occupied in holding that country as a Confederate storehouse, and Forrest could look for no material help from that quarter to break down the armed barriers between solid southern ground in Mississippi and the coveted territory across the Tennessee border. A brigade of West Tennessee partisans led by Gen. R.

V. Richardson was added to Forrest's remnant, giving him a littlo over 500 armed fighting men. Under cover of an attack by Gen. S. D.

Lee's cavalry, on the Union posts along the railroad between Corinth and Memphis, Forrest slipped through the lines on Dec. 2 and proceeded to the heart of West Tennessee. On the 5th he was at Bolivar, and promptly sent out scouts in all directions to warn him of any hostile movement to thwart his plans. On the 6th he was at Jackson and there established headquarters. In a letter to his superiors he at once reported progress in the work of raising men, and added parenthetically that the Union authorities were increasing their forces along the Mississippi west and north of him, but if Gen.

S. D. Lee would hold the attention of those south, on the railroad between Memphis and Corinth, he, Forrest, could whip any force sent from above. He had been promised arms from the Confederate government to equip his recruits, and if Gen. Lee would move lip to Jackson with them, escorted by a small cavalry guard, the newly armed levies would return with him and effectually destroy the railroad between Corinth and Memphis, and run off several thousand head of cattle to the Confederate camps in northern Mississippi.

On the 8th he wrote again urging that a force be sent along the Tennessee river east of him to co-operate with the movement from the south under S. D. Lee. and in this way the Union line on the southern border could be cut away with the exception of the fortified posts at Memphis and Corinth, and with open communications between Tennessee and Mississippi he could take out an army of 6,000 to 8,000 men and unlimited supplies. Strange to say, this bold planner was more favored by his enemies than by his own government.

Nothing was accomplished by the Confederates outside in the way of getting arms to him for his recruits, who soon numbered 8,000, but the Union authorities, with more than 10,000 soldiers, several thousand of them mount- sel alive. So, also, the French patrol had reported to their commander at the Gut-tanen inn after their reconnaissance. The animated talk of the French officers over the. disheartening story was heard and partly comprehended by the peasant landlord of the inn, a German named Fahner. The lavish habits of the French made them very profitable customers for the humble inn, and Fahner, partly to please the humor of his guests and partly to make a vain display of himself, declared Naegelis-Uraetli, ana otners soon toiioweu from the snowy heights above, directly on the Austrian right flank.

The riflemen at the crossing looked around, saw the spectral figures on the mountain, and in their amazement fired wildly. The French vanguard seeing their opportunity charged upon the excited Aus-trians, and before the smoke of the volley that received them had cleared away they were over the bridge, and the riflemen in full retreat toward their comrades on the slopes of the Grimsel. The Austrian line on the summit stood firm for a moment. The French threw themselves across the formed on the plateau at the foot of the slopes. Then, as the ascent began, they deployed right and left and without firing a shot, clambered up the slope, every man for himself, some with their muskets slung across thoir hanks, others usiner them as alpen to some of bis boon companions that he BON TON 'HOTEL 1 AND RESTAURANT Winfield, Kansas.

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scattered, but the leader ordered them td move southward to Estanaula on the Hatchie. Gen. Richardson led the way, crossed the Hatchie on the 2tth, and soon met the Seventh Illinois cavalry of Grier-son's command across his pathway. After some sharp skirmishing Richardson was repulsed. Forrest, coming up, deployed his escort, and by a clever display of his unarmed men bluffed the Union cavalry leader and forced him to retreat.

The Confederate column and trains now passed through the gap and started hopefully southward. The train consisted of mark was repeated to the French commander, and when he asked for particulars Fahner wanted to recall his words. The vehement Frenchmen would not give up the idea, however, so well did it fit in with their desires. After alternate threats and stocks to aid in climbing. Drum and buglo bribes Fahner agreed to act as guide and lead a light detachment over ice and rock H.

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Cap'fal $50,000 (surplus and ProQt 43,000 note mingled with tne spiritea cries taut ever herald a French charge: "Forward, nnmnilnsl A A vhtpM A vancel" The Aus- bound regions, where no feet but those of the sprightly chamois and their intrepid hunters had ever trod. No wonder Fahner trians were demoralized by the sudden turn wished to back out when the full signifi cance of his rash proposal dawned upon him. for a lithe and muscular mountain forty wagons loaded witn subsistence stores, and 200 cattle and 800 hogs were driven. The armed guards numbered only 600 men, the remaining troopers being scattered in different directions to protect the flanks. On the 26th Forrest turned to the southwest, toward Memphis, in order to avoid the strong Union detachments awaiting him in the direction of Corinth.

Ac Somerville he again met the Seventh Illinois cavalry, but cut his way through and proceeded rapidly to Wolf river. A large detachment of unarmed men with a small escort was sent off directly toward Memphis to mislead the eer, armed with a strong alpenstock, is a vastly different subject for journeying across slippery glacier and gorge, and over icy cliff and summit, from a barrack bred of affairs, ana tnen came tne time ror toe bold mountain climbers on the steep and rocky slope of the Naegelis-Graetli to put in their finishing strokes. Now it was the Austrians whose bullets would be wasted if aimed at targets so far above the heads of the marksmen, and the rocky acclivity between them and this body of Frenchmen would not admit of a bayonet charge. In a short time the Austrian ranks were broken, and the leaders attempted in vain to preserve order. Many of the French sharpshooters had dropped down the rocky RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

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The expenses are much less than usual. For further information address, M. E. Phillips, Pres't Union authorities. This body passeu witn-in four miles of Memphis, the Unioa headquarters, and got through to Mississippi without losing a man.

In anticipation of Forrest's attempt to re-cross into Mississippi all the bridges on Wolf river had been ordered destroyed by Gen. Hurlburt, but the Union commander at Lafayette Station, on the Memphis road, simply removed the planks of the bridge at that point and piled them on the southern bank under cover from his rifle pits. Forrest's men charged across on the bare stringers, boldly attacked and dispersed the guard, relaid the planks and passed over without molestation. This achievement virtually decided the fate of the enterprise, although Forrest had plunged into the midst of the Union forces supposed to be on the alert and prepared to head him off. While his column was crossing Wolf river at Lafayette on the 27th he sent detachments right and left along the railroad to prevent a sudden surprise.

At Collierville, on the west, he met with strong opposition, and learned that his enemies were advancing in force from several directions. A train load of Union infantry coming up from Moscow was checked, and F. E. W. V.

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-J 7 HollSp-rlnga. I I soldier, hampered with accouterments. No time was lost after the details were settled upon. At 8 o'clock next morning the French troops were on the march up the Aar valley, heading for the slaughter pen the Austnans had prepared for them in the pass. Ac daylight 800 light troops mountain side ana maue tneir way squarely to the rear of the Austrian position.

As soon as the news spread among the Austrian soldiers that the way of retreat was cut the wildest cqnfusion set in. The mass surged forward only to be met by French bullets from the direct front; then to the be cut down by the gallant fellows on the mountain side, and to the rear, only to fall before the well aimed missiles that sped from every rock and mound. On the other side still there was a lake whose sloping banks were steep and icy, and many pain stricken men rushed upon the treacherous ground only to lose foothold and be swiftly hurled into tho chilling waters of the little sea. The French soon formed a circle around the summit of the Grimsel, and there gathered in several hundred prisoners. The killed and wounded Austrians on the field were between 150 and 200, and many uncounted were drowned or lost inthe gorges of the glacier in trying to make a hasty escape.

The French lost twenty men. In one hour from the time the party led by Fahner appeared on the mountain crest as a signal for the attack to commence, the last shot rang through the mountain glen aud Grimsel pass was won. On the same day the general. French advance on the whole mountain line was successful, but not one of the numerous passes assailed presented the difficulties of the Grimsel, with its palms of snow and ice. One needs but a bird's eye view of the region from some exalted peak in the distance to feel a shudder at the thought of men risking their lives In crossing the slippery and creviced icefields, and climbing the mountains among ice coated bowlders, where a featherweight, a zephyr's breath even, will bring down ponderous masses to hurl the presumptuous traveler Into the inaccessible gorges that yawn at the feet of every mountain walL It was a wonderful military feat, and the French fully deserved the success and glory won by their daring.

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Hurlburt knew the moment Forrest crossed his line what force the daring Confederate had with him and his route northward, and he and along icy gorges in a course at right angles with the river and the route of the main column. The sharpest caution was necessary to prevent discovery, for the whole region was in plain view of the Austrlans on the summit of Grimsel. The soldiers toiled on painfully over rocky m.v,o;atoltr wrirorl tn the Union command- nr At Columbus. Gen. A J.

Smith, to ridses. then down overhanging glaciers, on to the snowy foot slopes, at times using by clever tactics the wily uomeaeraio lea his opponents to believe he was about to attack Memphis. Grierson was completely deluded, and his elaborate preparations to bag Forrest rendered abortive. On the 28th the Confederates reached Mt. Pleasant, on the road to Holly Springs, and stood on solid southern ground.

I Forrest had gathered into the Confederate ranks between 3,000 and 4,000 recruits, both volunteers and conscripts, and he promptly reported to army headquarters that he was willing to make a second trip to Jackson and get out 8,000 more. Of course there were circumstances favorable to Forrest. The people of West Tennessee aided him and thwarted the Union officials. Nevertheless, most men upon being assign- ed to such a command would have asked I for an army to invade, conquer and hold the coveted territory as a preliminary to I securing its resources of men, horses and their hands as well as feet tomaketneir MISSOURI PAOIFIO. GOING WEST.

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So barren and inaccessible was the reeion in front of them, with its trackless acres of snow and ice, its crests and crags of granite, without a tree or shrub to give a hand or foot hold, that at the end of clean out the whole country from Columbus to Jacksoa with a strong flying column. A day later he wired him information, derived from a scout, partly true, and to the effect that the Confederates had a large force in West Tennessee, and were trying to arm them and attack the railroads. On the 7th he notified Smith that Forrest had but three cannon, and was concentrating troops at Jackson and at Trenton. By Dec 14, 5,500 re-enforcements had been sent to Gen. Hurlburt's department to help take care of Forrest, and Gen.

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