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ground, with myself, to the last man. Would
to God that night or Butcher were come" -
At tins moment Ney carried the farmhouse
Of Saiatc Hay by storm, and sent TO d.
mand the Old Guard of Napoleon, 10 pierce
The centre of the English line. us SAINT
nous ! Je les tienc |" cried the Emperor,
while Soult and the other officers Of his
staff partook ofhis joy-lhc victory appeared
certain.
1t was in fact reported, at Brussels, tina,
Wellington had surrendered and the crowds
of wounded fugiives who poured in, from
the conflict, seemed to confirm the aews.-
AT six o'clock the municipal authorizes had
made arrangements 10 receicc ~ 4, etTCh
army and implore the mercy OF its chef, and
the road to Antwerp was covered with Eng
lish on horseback and in vehicles, hurryng
to seek refuge on board ofthe ships stationed
there. The old Prince Of Condo started for
Mechlin, while the Duke Of Berry, who COM
manded an army Of four thousand French
loyalists, instead of retreaIing on Client,
which he was 10 protect, to3k route across
the fields for Antwerp, and did not stop until
he had marched four leagues. Lcuis XVIII
himself made preparations for an immediate
only waited more authentic accounts of Napo-
Icons success, to repair to vessel which
awaited him at Oslend. At The moment that
the Emperor ordered a charge which all iho't
would have gained him this success, heavy
cannonading was heard upon his flank. The
order was countermandod, for, owing to the
treachery or the lukewarmness Of Marshal
Grouchy, it was now necessary to hold in
check Bulow, with thirty lhensoH n Prussians
and Butcher was not Ear b9siniS.im.
Bulow was repulsed by Count Lobau, but
the Emperor saw tina, he had now fresh
force TO contend against, and determined to
hazard final charge Of his guards, who adj
vanced up the slope in silence, with firm
and steady step, little thinking that in the
sunken way which led along the summit lay
the best troops Of England. Two heavy
batteries thinned their ranks, but as the men
fell, others occupied their places, and the
chosen troops of France marched on with a
stern and unbroken front, their high bearskin
caps and martial bearing giving them most
imposing appearance.
Then, Wellington! thy piercing eye
This Crisis caught Of destiny.
The British host had stood
That morn 'ganst char sc of sword and lauce
As Their own ocean-rocls hold stance;
But when thy voice had said advance!
They were their oceans fool"
The imperial guard had approached with
in sixty yards Of the ridge, whssD, at the
command Of "up, guards, and - tA,.ia' the
British rushed from their place of conceal
ment, with cheer, and an awful combat en-
sued. The result was doubtful, when the
E.c llnIa q Al. 4.
awakened the suspicious Of the French, al
ready excited by the recollections of The past
week. Welngton's countenance bcamed
with Joy, there goes old Bucher at last %
said he, Eve shall beat them !" and he ORDER
J ed his whole force to charge. The French
fought with desperation, but all al once rose
the cry "nous SomnleS trails Saurc an
, pem." Sixty thousand Prussans advanced
upon their flank, and the French army COM
menced tumultuous retreat, with the eXcep.
ton of battalion Of the imperial guard, un.
der Cambronne, who, when summoned t
surrender, replied "Le garde ncurt ct ne S,
rend pas"-raising, for the last time, ihei
proud war.cry of We FEmperew! the he
roic phalanx soon fell beneath the swords o
!, the masses who surrounded them. The
u Emperor,e witness of all tina nas -, remain.
, on his horse, as If supplied, his lips ,remblrd
I, and tears flowed down his cheeks, while hi
|" Generals, with few Dragons, formed {
! square around him, 10 resist The attack ftht
IL English cavalry. All al once he seemed lC
!, arouse from his stupor. and, seeing piece
" of artillery in the square, ordered Genera
c Gourgaud to fire it. 1t was ls last com
mand, and the last French shot thus fired a
Waterloo, carried away the leg of Lore
Uxbridge, who commanded the British cav
d airy. The Emperor then turned his horse
d head towards tho enemy, and would have
X urged him towards their approaching ranks
h had not Soult seized the bride, saying, sab
i sire! are not they enemy already happy
i enough" and hurried him from The field.
II The exhausted British troops returned tc
o the bivouac Of the preceding night giving
g cheers TO the Prussians, who pissed on IN
hot haste, and the ferocious joJ with whicl
n they destroyed the French are hardly cred.
If lille. The sun had long since gone down
d bu! no friendly darkness SiisH,rec..s fugi-
10 tives, and an unclouded moon, near her full
= lighted the butchers TO their prey. The
70 roads were choked with mipse mass o
,e soldiers, wounded, wagons, tunrrils and ar.
lie tillery, through which not even The fears o
@ the runaway could open way Of escape
= until the impetuous charge Of he pursuer,
lie broke through all impedimeni, and sweep
p away every thing before them, A German
y officer states that in the town Of Genappe
r alone, six miles from the field, oght hundred
m men lay dead, who had suffered lhemselve.
h to be cut down like cattle. Their COM
= mander Gen. Duchesme, who WIS cut down
y by Brunswick hussar, exclaining-" The
y Duke fell the day before YESTERDAY and thou
d shalt follow him."
a 1t seems. indeed, as il an nexplicable
panic had seized on every heart and they
h whose bravery had a few hours before, ex-
e cited the warmest admiration Of their ene'
d mics, were incapable Of the least resistance
: Worn out with fatigue, they OCCASIONALLY
81 halted TO recruit their exhausted powers, bu
y the fearful cry of'the Prussiars," soon drove
i them on, and when they reached the IRON
i tier the scene became more horrible. The
j. narrow bridge over the Sambrs was encum'
], bored by horsemen, infantry and carriages
% The stronger un(eelngy thrust aside OF
i tram )led upon the weaker, and when the
h Prussans approached, the passage was bar
4. red by heaps of dead bodies. Many hun
p dreds who had been congratola'ing them'
II selves on their escape, we're driven 'n'o 'n'
d torrent, and persisted, at distance oil 'h"t,
10 miles from the field Of battle.
I" Sucb M. Tho campaign OF waterloo