DEATH OF GENERAL BERTRAND.
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"Death," says the .noaiteur, .sdecimates

 with relentless rigor, the remains of the he roic generation of the empire. The tomb of

 Marshal Drouet D'Erlon is scarcely closed, when the country has to deplore a still

 more mournful loss. The faithful friend of the emperor, the companion of his labors and long exile. General Bertrand, died on the 3lst ut. at Chateauroux, his native town. Bertrand, serving as a national guard, on the

 10th of August, l773, joined battalion vol untarily marching to the Tuleries to protect the king. He shortly afterwards entered the corps of engineers, rapidly rose to eminence, accompanied the expedition to Egypt, where he fortified several places, deserved the con- fidence of the eGeneral-in-chief, Bonaparte, and received almost at the same time the brevefs of lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and general of brigade Alier the battle of Austerlitz, where General Bertrand covered himself with glory. Napoleon took him as ORC of his aides-de- camp. He equally distinguished himself at Spandau, at Friedland, but particularly at the construction oi the bridges on the Danube,