Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-29
Irem TIE D,rseershe Reut1.
The last days Of Marshal Nry

From tlcven IN the morning. iill four IN
'hs afternoon the bsl'e e WaHhou had
nr,d, While victory penreh,d on nci,hcr
,andard The heavy F,.ueh 'ry hid
charged ~. Eo-r, Alu.r,s he VAIN j..
rome B1olplur had i,n $4,000 m,n a.
round HoOgoumonI The centre Of the
English lines had no, yielded an inch, got
eihhusod and worn, they stood less firmly
~ her pisces The OH Gurrd, had Il.
msnrd passive sp-ctat 30 Of the scene du
ring the whole day beng r,sefud Tor the
llu moments 10 complete the victory Al
,hs jrne,utr, the head Of the Persian cob
umus sppeatci IN the field Fihy thousand
ft,h troop. nI'ltd 10 the English army
voui make the obs too srci' ln-.1Id OF o.
ttng tll Gen Giou2hy could come up .uud
restore the balance Bpnaparir tn1k the rash
nnl dt.prru'c resolution 81 hunsius hls 90.
tirTrsctvc INTO ihe field and with one aw.
ful clnt.e break the ccutrr, and prev Il,
the junction Of he two armies For this
purpose he called up the Old Guards, md
placing himself nj their head matched
down THE slope mi hating in hallow ud.
dressed them IN his filty, vchcmcn, manner
iir told them every thing rested on their
vslor. They answered wnh shout, Vvr
LEsPrar rR 'tha, was heard all along the
Brush lines He then placed lh,m I'm
der Ncy, who ordered the charge, Bona.
p,rc has bcc.i blamed for no, heading this
charge himself but he knew lac coulI no,
carry that guard 20 far, nor hold them so
long before tho nrllcry, no Ncy The
Il l., &.
the reputation BIZ had g1in,d Of bong the
braves, OF ihr brave" was worth a whole
battalion. Whrnevcr a column siw hlm
nj their head they knew 1t was 10 b. veto.
~ OF unnlhiiiion With the exception Of
Macdonald, we do not know gancri in
the two a'mics who could hold his soldiers
80 long IN the very face Of d,NfuclIon as
he. The whole con',nt ntil Struggle exhib-
I'D no snbInirI spectacle than lhis last ef.
font Of Napoleon 10 svc his sinking EN-
pre- Europe had been pm upon the plans
OF Waterloo to be biul i for The great.
IS military energy he world ros SD had
h"cu lasN"d 10 tn utmost daring the dav -
Thron's were tourrlng on the ,nslnculncd
& ID ard the shadow OF lusa,ve Kings fit
ted through nc smoke Of battle Bona
?,t,r's star ,rcnibl j IN the zenith now
lazrd out IN IT'S auCi.m splrndor nov sui.
druly pulling before IS ANXIOUS eye At
length ~ ben the Prussnus appeared on The
field he resolved to PIT Europ on one bold
lhoow II" ,ommrtcd huns iflnd France
T. Ncy, onl saw h., cmpir. RS, % sin.
gle charge W. almpS, ttg,t \ rpJ,ron
nmhllnn and puilt IN our sympathy with
hun ~ tins crGtcal moment OF hi, ute. The
intense nnxl,tY " a. which he watched
the advance Of that column aud the tern
tic suspense h. suffered when the .tn lir o
BATH. wt-n.,Ir 'yn Us ti.Lt, and the u
ter dispalr Of his great heart Nh,n the cur
tam lIhcd over n fugnuvc army, aud TN
Departing Shrek rug on cv,Iv side, 81
grGI, rteaic," IN grddc reeaic" maxi
u, almost for n moment wish he hlt
gained he day Ney frI, the mmcns
responsibility resting upon hun H. fl
the pr sure OF an empire upon his heart,
resolved no, to prove unworthy OF the grcn
trust committed 10 his care Nothing coul
to more imposing THAI the movement G
tha, grand column TO the assault Thn
guard had never vet recoiled before humn
foe and the allied forces brhcl wrh avs
u, hrm and letrlbls advance TO The fin
charge For mOmeat the batteries soo
81 wing md the 6relng erased along III
Brush Inns Wthou, the beating Of
drum or the blast OF bu2lc TO cheer ,hei
steady courage, they moved IN dead sIicn,
over the plan The next moment the a
tlIery ofcn,~ and the head of,hal gala,
column sceaed 10 sink into the earth =
Rank after rank went down. vet they NJ
,hcr stopped nor ilc1rd DissoIving squa
rons and whole columns disappeared on
after another in the destructive fire, nnec
ing no, their steady courage The eolum
closed up as before, and each treadin. oy,
has fallen comrnde pressed firmly on -
Tho horse which Ney rode fell unlcr hin
nuI hid scarcely mounted another bctr
II also sank 10 the earth Again and ,
gam DID tina, un6lnchlng m,n feel b., sle'
sink down liil fr, had becn snot under hif
Then, with his unlf,rm ridl,d with bullc'
NOD his, face siogcd and blJckcncd VI
powder be marched on foot with dau
brc at the head Of his column In Va
dri The ami cry hIfi IL storm Of Gre ~
tad l0'0 b" hvin' mass t'p - the vc
mn11lo The pressed, AMI lrtyas the art
Irrym'n ron their own pieces pushed
through The English lines Bll the 81
den hnos OF 'hH hitherto unseen rauk
% ihc' very il'c' o1uobg n she,: u q M
INTO 'hrt b. Ws, was too mach (If hum
courage They reeioi shook tuned AZ
o. Nv vas borne back IN the r.Ao,
uie and hurried over the G-d But for I
81 I'D 81 luga,,~s tha, lo,e, d him hacL
would have s'o'd alone oni fiIrn IN
foAst.Ps A. "'' d'slduny 70 AZ Il
the whole army "a flying h. hfu,cd
m-n into itnm~oss sqptr-g HuI IN
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