Napoleon Monument

TO THE APPROACHING COLUMNS OF THE 69TH INFANTRY DIVISION A DISTANT TOWER DOMINATES THE SKY LINE OF THE CITY OF LEIPZIG.	IT IS THE ENORMOUS PEOPLES BATTLE MONUMENT RAISED COM- MEMORATE THE VICTORY OVER THIRTY-TWO YEARS EARLIER.	NOW IT SERVES AS AN REDOUBT FOR A GARRISON OF 300 MEN SWORN NEVER TO SURRENDER -AS A BATTALION OF THE DIVISION; SUPPORTED BY TANKS AND	ARTILLERY CLOSES IN ALL SIDES, THE MONUMENT BROUGHT UNDER INTENSE SHELL FIRE.
THE MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION SIMPLY SHAKES OF THE RAIN OF PROJECTILES, BUT ESCAPE IS CUT OF, AND ALL HOPE OF RESCUE IS GONE.	THE BOMBARDMENT IS HALTED AND UNDER A FLAG OF TRUCE A DELEGATION GOES FORWARD TO URGE CAPITULATION.	ADMITTED TO THE FORTRESS, THEY ARE ASTONISHED TO FIND THEM- SELVES WINED AND DINED DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS-THEIR HOSTS ARE WILLING , EVEN EAGER, TO GIVE IN, BUT BERLIN FORBIDS THEM TO DO SO.	THE TANKS GO ON TROUGH THE N IGHT, BUT IN THE END SELF- PRESERVATION PREVAILS THE ORDER TO RESIST TO THE LAST MAN IS DISREGARDED AND THE HISTORIC LANDMARK BECOMES A PRICE OF THE 69TH.