The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-07-07

the right lies Hougoumont amid its or
chard trees A little below you on the
left, and on the great Genappe road, lies
the farm of La Haye Saintc, the posses
sion of which was so fercely contested,
and which was the most advanced post
gained by the French. Between you and
La Haye Sainte stand two monuments
-one on each side of the Genappe road
The one on this side is that of Colonel
Gordon-that on the other is that of the
Hanoverian officers of the German Le-
gion who fell on that spot Not far
from these, but on the Mont St. Jean
side of the cross-road, is the spot where
General Picton was killed, and some dis
tance farther to the left that where Gen.
Ponsonby fell, near Papelotte. Close
to La Haye Sainte is the grave of Shaw,
the brave Life-guardsman and little
beyond, on slight elevation, but suffi-
cient to command view of the field,
Napoleon took his stand during the great
er part of the conflict. About half
mile still farther on the Genappe road,
which cuts the field direct across, on the
opposite ascending slope, stands the
! farm of La Belle Alliance, now a pub
lie house-a spot scarcely less fercely
contested than Hougoumont. Here was
Bonaparte's right wing, and his lines ex-
tended thence along the slope to Houg-
oumont enclosures, about half mile,
and all around them. Looking on to
the horizon beyond La Belle Alliance,
you see the woods which conceal the bat
tle-ground of Quatre Bras, where Wei
lington was engaged with Ney on the
10th, while Bonaparte was fighting with
Butcher at Ligny. About threc-quar-
tcrs of mile left of La Haye Saintc
and beyond it, lies Planchcnois where
the French and Prussians had sharp
fight, and near it stands the Prussian
monument to their slain there All to
the left between the wood of Huber
mont, near Planchcnois and those of
Frischemont, nearly parallel with the
ground on which you stand, was occu-
pied by the Prussans, under Blucher
when, late in the day, but not too late
to be of signal service, he appeared on
the field and engaged the right of the
French.
Over all this scene the battle ragged
, from forenoon to night, except in the
, Prussian portion of it. Everywhere
, deeds of eternal memory were done
, while five hundred pieces of artillery
moved down men like weeds But es
: pecially around this mount ragged the fu
ry of the tempest of death Charg,
after charge Of the French cavalry
swept across the valley between the tw'
armies and dashed on the serried files o
the Allies, only to be flung back agaiI
! like waves from the ocean rocks, till, a.
the sun was casting his setting beams o
yer the hill, the final hour was come
Ney led up the hitherto invincible I'm
r perial Guards, twelve thousand strong
| the English Duke gave the decisiv,
n word, Up, Guards, and at them W tn
9 finest infantry the world produced con
n fronted each other, and after a shock
/. like that of an earthquake, the veteran
= of Jena, Austerlitz, and Wagram, reele,
{ backward before the extcrminating fire
and. in the expressive words of Ney
I became annihilated-not man of then
!. ever to rally more"
d OF no battle have the details been 81
c much discussed, contested, and dstort
# ed German and even French authors
c have claimed the victory for their re
+ spective nations. The latest Fienc
r specimen we have already quoted. TIL
3 arguments of NJ. Gozlan may be judge,
of by his facts He finds Genappe be
n tween Soigne and Waterloo, which reall
+ stands seven miles beyond Waterloo
Il He makes the French occupy Mont 81
!. Jean, and the English stand posted nea
Z Waterloo so that the field where tn
- Lion and the monuments of Colonr
>, Gordon and the Prussians stand coul
. not be the place of battle, after al
n though all the world beside think it wa
q He confuses La Hayc Sainte with L
y Belle Alliance, and so on, in hopeles
: confusion, to the end of the chapter.
d 1t is of little use contending as t
G whose was the victory-it was a victor
c which wrung from the firm heart of tn
h Iron Duke, in his despatch to Prime
t Schwarzenberg, these memorable words
i " Our battle on the 18th was one of &
D, anus anu our SUCCESS %y was IolnPie'c, a
i you perceive u" SI""1 = n'oy "c..
: or;of for the loss of nv old friends an
oJasn
y oo'"' "uo''
G We say Amen May the world neV
h er see such another vast and fearful fiel
J. OF carnage. Waterloo was the terribl
7 close of terrible reign OF Moloch. whlcl
u began with the attempts OF despoti
r powers to resist the progress OF liberty