Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-11-22

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The French endeayored 10 penetrate tbro' the vile
| age by means OF superior numbers. Four tunes
they were DIR ven out. A, last they set on fire
| I've farm houses in the upper end ofthe llags
with their hownzers. But the Prusslsns stIn
kept their ground at the lower end wbols
| company OF Westphalian troops fell IN the court
Yard ut the church on the terrace before The
church lay SO dead.
In the evening the French surrounded the vii.
iage. The Prussians retlred MALTA league, the
position was lost and IT is incomprehensibe why
he French did not follow up the atlvan are they
had obtained, and again attack the Prusslans IN
the night.
Tins was on the 10Th The same day 8
French column marched by the lgh road of Char
leroi 10 Brusseis.
at Quartre Bras, they found the duke of
brunswick and the prince of Orange
He'e tie battle was as hot as Al Ipny q The
Duke let hnselfb be carr ed away by his ardour
INTO The lire OF small arm, musket ball went
through has BRIDE hand aid en-, cred his belly
The liver Was penetrated: he tell and breathed
ms last IN ten MINUTES. His sufferings were
short.
Althe inn by the cross roads at ouartre Bras.
the contest was the hottest. Here are the most
graves. The wouna ed reeled IN o the nm ward.
'edheo against the walls i TN n sunk down There,
are still the traces OF the blood on the wall az
II spouted forth from tie wounds with departing
life
.'N'~ Viz D"tuS NdSI Tile neI0S are CgmDetelV
trodden down for circuit of about u le,p,,e .
On both sides of The gn road, WAYS are made
ABOUT lOO feet broad, and you can sui follow INC
march OF the battaihons IN all directions through
the line fields Of Maze. (Com)
y the % h the balle was renewed Ieap,,es
nearer brussels on both sides OF The high road.
ine spot IS pLiln, sprinkled wiii hillocks TIE
dame er OF The heidof battie may be ID ut league
ana anali. Bonaparte placed hlmseit near ihe
i.'rm mouse OF Mount ST. Jean, ON a rising ground
whence iie could overlook the whole. Beside hm
was one Licos'e, Walioon, who now Ives near
the hamlet OF Belle Alliance, and who WIS en-.
pol ed as gu de. fhs man told me as follow.
When the Prussians came out Of the wood us
Frtscherinont, Bonaparte observed them with
ms glass, and asked one OF his adutants who
they werei tie later upon looking with ms gla,s
fephed, : they aie the PrussIan colors" That
moment has ttce assumed a chslky whuene,s-
as a me ghost of the saned Queen of Prussia
had appeared to hun, whom ne persecuted m
death. lie sad nothing but merely once shook
ms head
When he saw that the battle was lost, he rode
on WIN hs general slaff a d he owe guide He
tod LAGOS e tiIal he wished 10 be Conducted hx,
oy-foad To CharlerOi
Gennappe IS AN open market town q Ieae,e ma
laif rom The held Of battle, through WHICH
ru'ss lhe Dyie, small stream. Atthe lowe. end
OF 1ennaPi@e, lies an iron TO &c which IL drives. A
Quarter oi q me lower, Les Tie village of WYE
- 49,. 'siS'S - a orsoSe. AN othceF had ar.
rived al 1eiiapPe abou, ; the afi eInoou az TN
orders TO withdraw Jle baggage lie had ,Irsod~
Sohsiuss ca ne Oaltle as lost, because The =
serves had been br, ught into The ire When tba
ni6ht became almost universal, t.en, Ltar, VAC.
CONS were or. en- 40 b. at on ,he causewa,. I'm
the naITO~ GenaPPe they were we,l,sed II, - .
ther ana Lacoste reia eS tlat II TOOK AN ho,ir ana
hai TO get through them. !, was ba,f -.
WE'VE a1hlghl before they got out of the o,,,,,
wan 4SO horses OF The staff asked IA n, ,vh,D
ne I.; diu not take BuOnapArte by the br,dp. Is
NH5s' where nobody passed lac replied: CT
was not aware OF THIS road"
Thus with ali the maos of The ,vo, 49,. -
all the engineer ge0giaphers, WIN. wi h the,r ra'
pea''hs Circles Can SCI or The gtogr meal ms.
hOh OF places even TO second an. ,,,ib a 70.
sllt' buonaParte here depended on the ,pnoranse
OF peasant, who did not know that there w. q
oi'use over 'ile DYE st Ways. People talk a
great aeti OF m.hiary skill and miItarv 81 me-
whIle OF en- IN decisive moments the -
man. - COMMON
In the village of Planchenoir, the fourth oFo
league from Belle Aiialce, the guards were nos
81. ihe Pf'hciPai house IN the village IS near.
~ Durnt down. IL IS inhabited bv g. o. -,
hgent farmer OF the name Of Re-, 5,rd "i'e'"
All ule oiners, had fed On N day of bate ne
Witnessed, on an Opposue he gilt' The COMM, r.
tween BuioW and the French reserve snd .cl,Is
give avery good DESCRIPTION of T. He carr 81
.re " '',Y key OF Tie position opposite Frnscher.
mont lie lold ne dat the peasant VIII . IA
bulo"'s army, resolved not To- come o,r, az 49,.
Wooa at Fritschermont, but to de rend 49,, lie
valley lower down, and t. pe,etra g ~ p,,nebe
'ea, y ~ tie rear OF the Fencn reserve scTi,e %
ssid ne " we shall take them all" the ner;pa
was 'iuly most Critical when the Prrss,srs RE
" 'le st'aek' Wellington was hard pres ed I'D
nlS reserves were already in acton, lie was al.
ready compelled 10 Withdraw some oi bis or,,lIs
~ and countryman from tie vc,nity OF Bra No
IL Leud, told me, that be saw some of his ARM,
vas he expressed ~ en- de6 ndage. Buon,parta
was probably only waiting for the moment ,ghe,,
Tiln wan, ms guards, be coull decide Che dav. Ws
snuuder when we reflect, that at this ,rnpor,ant
lhomeht All dependedon the local knowledge IF a
SS,ngie Peasant. Had he guided wrong, had he
leu them N the hollow way through WI, CHI he
cannon could not pass, had Bul1w's army come
uP an hour later tie scale had probable desce,.J.
eu on the other side, Had Buonaparte beep q =
'olious, and advanced 10 the Rh ne. the Fre,ch
nation wOu have been intox c,ted VIII, v;ct,,s,,
ana ~'h what they call the ma ional pIorv. and .
leyy Gu mcsse would have been ef,cted tl,romeb.
out France 'ousn-
How great soever the number of killed and
wounded in battle may be, vet n, comnuted
with the amount Of the armies engaged. il NAV
generally be pronounced noderate However
| huFderous our artillery are, ye thc,r oreration
IS uncomfortable, as relative 10 the great nt,r,hs-
OF rounds. At the battle of IenJ~k n ,b.I.I.