The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-30 00:00:00

No. 1,230.—V0L. XIII.]

HISTORY OF BUONA PARTE.
WRITTEN' BY HIMSELF!

The tx-Emperor has been long engaged in
writing a History of his Life, and a degree of
anxiety has been excited by it that rarely honours a
work betbre its publication. it i, to be published in
numbers, and fin' some reason which We are not
informed of; No. IX. has been published the first
e intend to give copious extracts from this inte-
resting work; interesting on account of the im-
portance of the events it will record ; interesting on
account of the celebrity of its Author • and interest-
ing, above all, on account of the cruelty of the exile
-in which it has been written.

We commence our extracts by the following
account of
THE. BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

" non fit the n ght the Elms, nor gave all the orders
necessary for the battle the net day although every- thing
italsoced bias to In lieve that it would not take place. In
lour days ii tom the commencement of boatililirs, he bad,
by the most skilful manoeuvres, storptioal Ids enemies,
gained a splendid victory, and separated the Etteleli and
l't ussiata armies. In doing this, he had doom hooch ler his
gloty, but not enough for I lie secittily of iii• pa•itiono.*the
deiay of three hours, whirl* the lets wing of his alisoy 11411
sustained in executing its operations, hail prevented hint
ft OM the attack which he bad intended to make neon the
Aught-I/Melt and which, if Made, would at on.:e
pat an end to the whole campaign. It was 'call!: tortba-
We that the Duke of IVelliiighou and Maishat Blucher
would have availed themselves 01 that very night 10 cross
the forest of Soig ties, anti to Jelin 1111.4 fie era belote Brits-
voels. After that janct ion, %stitch might have beer made
by nine u'clon k w the mornisog, the position of the french
Witty would have been tendered very delicate. The two
;willies opposed to it would have been strengthened by all
lite foie': bids they had in their rear. sia thousand
solslicis had been land. d a 1 Ostend for some few
days, and fainted milt' part 41111011 S returning
pone America. It %mold have born impossible our the
VI earls army to risk Ilse danger of et ossiug the Soigne,,
ill order to tight on leavatg its defiles ( aiktlebotecke.s) with
sloops mote than double their numbers, and drawls sup in
bitting position; and,besidrs, ito II few weeks, the Ittissiao,
;Austrian, LI ovarian, &v. at aliets, *mild hrvt passed the
/Z:eitic to es:abliali themselves 111010 lIIC Nlat lie. The fifth
corps, wieith was posted sit .%Isace us an army of observa-
tion, did s:ut consist of mote than 2:1,1,00 men.
"At out' o'clock il, the tom Mai:jolly occupied by these
apotialit considei the Empei or left tits trot tool
attesoolial only by his Gratod.Alaralial intelit•
as as in follow the letreett of the English briny, awl
dravont to make a dash al it, mays itli•i4inting the dal khess
addle night, as bOOll as it lillolllll lidVe CO 1111 l its
-match. Ile travelled through the line of main guards.
The forest of Soigne% appeared tile a cson114;:t•I ion ; the
horizon between that forest, litaitoe-14-Lend, tile farms of
La Italie Alliance a lid 1,4 „mow Otto the file of the
loisothscs : the most proofound Si;, ma. every whet*. pie-
The Angle-Dutch army was buried in deep sleep,
it. cuoisetwo ore of the fatigne• a inch it hail lersioite 1111
the preceding day. On It'Aching the wooll• ul lionago-
. moot, lie bend the b 11111 l 114 of a column in morel,: at w,15
VICII half 110.1 two o'cloock. At that floor the rear- gum .1
as as to commence leasiuy its position, it' the enemy were
to be ou thereheat; the idc4 that limy were so was,bow-
ever, short. The, 11111 l ;is ceased ; the rain 1011.. lots.
who 1.411 been sent out so 1. C 01111.11114.,
and other pets 111 l s utt whom reliance could be plated, re-
tow ned al 11.11 past 1111t4.1.1.1.1f1ek, most tultlinurd the jute'.
ligenCe that the English mid Ihlrh were not making any
movenortsts. At I • o'clock the patrols liionglit to lines a
peasant %Ito 11:141 acted as guide to a brigade id Est glum
cavalry, which had taken tip its pn-ition 00 Cue (totem..
I. fl of toe wi11...g0. 010101111. ••ro iteigiait oleset lei-, 'Abu
bail just doffed the or regiment, infurtioer hats that their
army was preparing tor battle, that no retrograde Illabe•
Illefil had tat tal place, that Heigionn obliged olio Inoue!s
for the success of the Empetur, and toast its
equally delisted booth thr Eugh•li and the Prussians.
"'Floe eriesity'a General conl.l out have takcio any step
more coot rat y to the interesla of Nis cause marl of Isis na-
tion, to the general plan of tine caiiipaigii, atoll evess to the
simple•t Itiles of 441, loan that w look a hen he
drier. ' al to octant.' iu Ili(' 110,11i011 VVIIICII kV then °CCU-
,pied. He had behind 11110 the defiles of the Iffiest of
saigoics, so that, is lie hail tweli 10.41e11, 1.0 would lIIISC
111111,11 it illIp00•11.1C to retreat. 'I lie French !tootle' bison.'
licked ill the midst of till' dirt ; the °theists deemed it imp
to give battle that day ; the a.. tlery and cavalry
s mold not moionaivie on thr ground 011 isf its
extreme wetness; and it was reckotied that 1' 1101114 01'
Luc %rather would he seLtited to inake It again thy. The
fay 1,c2411 ; Ilia' Etopes or ret ursital to his goat lera,
I att. sioety trims:eel by the gi eat hllunlei which she ene-
my's lielierat had I'llatur,i.tt.d, hoot ealreinsoy t liagrined
that the had atvll.cr 11/111 loa vt, tilted hip• fruit. to. git
to his own advantage. Bat already the almoo•pliese was
cleating tip: al live o'clock hr priaativell bOillt weak rays
111 11141 sill., whiten ought, helot e its to have simile
opoo the dusts %whoa of the Engii•li araly. Thu. 4,ligwich)
"1 11,114 in ...mid tics eidvi• 1.111 01/CIIIIION Is fors ever, and
trance would base oats.d h. r head on that day enure
, 'emir glorious, 111111 1110Ie. !masa fool, than I:VC**.
Anglo Dutch army Slith 11l IMO up 11l line of battle
sipun the high roan town Charleroi to lit Hest Is, in front of
the wrest tot Soiguies, and eluysntd g vin noble platfoil)h
The light wii.g, culosistiug of the blast and secund English