The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-02-20

Waterloo to Genappe was frightfsI.
But wearied with blood for the French
throwing away their arms to expedite
their fight, offered no re,istance,) and
exhausted with hunger and fatigue, the
BritIsh pursuit relaxed gradually, and
at GeBsppe ceased sltogether. The
Infantry bivouackcd for the night a.
round the farm houses Of Gallon and
Belle Alliance and the light cavalry.
some miles further on. halted, and a.
bandoned the work of death to their
fresher snd more sanguinary allies.
Nothing, indeed, could surpass the des
pei ate and unrelen,ins aninosity Of
the Prussisns towards the French.
Repose and plumber WEI e sacrificed 10
revenge.
When the next sun arose the field Of
battle presented a tremendous sPect-
acls Of carnags.-Humanity shuddered
az the view, ioi mortal sutfe' ins in all
its terrible variety was frightfully ex-
hibited. The dead lay there in thou
sands ; with them human pain and u
gony were over but with them a mul
tisude Of MANNED wretches were inter.
mingled. mutilsted ny wounds, and tor
tured by thirst and hunger. A few
short hours had elapsed. and those who
but yesterday had csreered upon the
PLAN of waterloo, in the full pride of
life and manhood, were stretched up
on the earth, and many who had led
the way.to victory, who with exalting
hearts had cheered their colder COM
rades when they quailed, were Ibid
upon the field in helpless wretchsd-
ness.
When day came. and It was possible
to send relief 70 the wounded, many
circ snstsnces tended to retard the wei
come succeur. The great road Ia
Brussels, from heavy rains, and the in
cessant passage of artillery and the wal
equipxges, was SO much cut up. az tc
materially retard the carriages emplo,
ed 10 brlng the wounded from the
feld. Dead horses and abandoned bag
gage choaked the causeway. and rendeI
ed the efforts Of Belgic humanity botf
slow and difficult. Up 10 the yer,
gates OF Brussels, 'wa,'s worst results
we're visible. The struggles Of expir
n iug nature had enabled some to reach
7 the city. Many, hswever, had perish
ed in the atte mpt and dying on the
road side, covered the causeway will
their budiss. Pits rudely dug, ant
sea, cely moulded over received the
corpses, which daily became more offer
sivs from the heat and the sane sod
at the verge Of the forest, covered
the horse and his rider
When such evidence Of destructis
was at a distance from the field, whs
display Of devastation the marrow
field Of yesterdays conflict must hav,
presented! Fancy may conceive il
but description must necessarily b,
scanty y imperfect. On the small su
face o! two square miles, it was asce
tanned that $4,000 men and horse
were lying! The luxurious crop o
, ripe g, ain which had covered she fie.t
OF battle was reduced to litter, ard be,
ten into the earth and the surfac,
troden down by the cavalry and fur
irowed deeply by cannon wheels, wa
strewn with many relic of the flight
Helmets and cuirassess, shattered fir,
. arms and broken swords, all the vari
lty of military ornament ; lancer cap
and Highland bonnets uniforms Of e
cry color; Plume and Pennon /; musi
al instrument, the apparatus Of artillery
drums, bugles but: Good God T.
] Why dwell on the narrowing picture {
"a toughteh field 2 each and eve,y r
2 inous display bore n ute testimony
! the misery Of such a battle.
Could The melancholy appearance
4 a field Of death be heightened, it woul
be by witnessing the researches of III
lining amidst its desolations, for II
); objects Of their love. Mothers ar
wives and chilJi EN- for days were o
4 cupied in that mournful duty , and Il
confusion Of the corpses. f,icnd and &
% intermingled as they were, often rend
,e ed the attempted at recognizing ind
= vid uals difficult and in some cases il
: possible.
Of In many places, the dead lay fc
IS deep open each other, marking
spot some British square had occupi
, when exposed for hours to the murs
E. Qua fire Of a French battery. Outsi,
,e lancers and curirassiers wer. scattel
10 thickly on the earth. Madly attsm
,g ing to force the serried bay enets of
he Brltish. they had fallen in the beothl
ed essay. BY the musketry Of the in'