Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-09-24
NAPoLEoN,s oLD GUARD.

NAPOLEON,S OLD GUARD.
Ntpoleon's "OId Guard" gained. by
tneir mauy desperate Instances OF bravery
AN immortality IN history; hut their grand
cruwning was their desperate charge at
Waterloo. which has lew parallels in an.
cient or mndern warfare They fought
for their adoIed Emperor. and 10 retrieve
the evil fortunes OF the day, and they fell
a. though to do SO would secure them
immorsaL glory and eternal bliss IN The
world of splits, The most graphic and
stirring account, oi that last fearful aud
ifatal struIgle. that We have seen. is from
a, recently published French work. II
reads like war lIseIt--thls isn't: sts -
During The day the artillery Of ihe
| tGnard. unleE Dpruets main Cainsh Tits old
renowu, aud the Guard itsell had ire.
quenily been used to res ore the battle in
varinus pats .ul the 6e d.. and always
with, SUCCESS, The English were last be-
coming exhausted, and iu nn hour more
would donb'Iers have been forcedninIO a
! disastrous defesI. b, for the, timely arti.
val o Butcher. Bn' when they saw him.
with his 80 0O0 Prus-ians approaching
thelr courage revived. W IIle Napoleon
was filed with Amaz :mtnL. AcbeaLen
rSnsmy ab ut 70 form y junction. with Ihe
allies. wt.il- Gl Iucby. who had been sent
to K ep them 10 check WAS. InOWhere To
bs seen A las what greAt p ans sin.
gle in fl lent. comm 4nd-r can overthrow
: In n mpment Napoleon saw that he
c'uid not sustain The attack of SO many
're,h uoops i, once allowed 10 form a
junction with the allied forces. and lie
/ determined To stake his tsIe 0n one bold
cast. and eDdeayuri to piercs the allied
c"ntre with q grand cberIelVf the Old
Guard, and thus urpw himself bel we"n
the two armies, Far this purpose the
i lmperi Guard vas called up and divided
into Two immsnsr column. Whtch were to
met 10 the B,rIsh centre. These undet
4 lille no Suoner entered Lhe 6ra Than il
ti:app"vreh like mist The . her, was
placed under Ny. the brayesls Of the
b'4vr. and the order 10 advance given
| Napoleon accompanied rhem part uf the
way d"wn lte sIppe. aud hAlung for Few
tnrnu,es in = -hullo~. aud addressed them
=, iew words \. Iold tllerp tie battle
| rested wi hem. and Chth,he relied on
z cir vLpr, tried in ~ many fields
~ We E pptrr ,ur T. answered ,b,m with
! = shout That sas heard above the thunjeT
9l thY sFi'IsFy,5lsaH ,6@ tui set.i
/ 1.-The whole con linen tal,struggl gleexihb
tied no sublImsr iSp.ctacIe7 than tie last
j EFF rt of Napoleon to save his sinkIn4
Empire. rhs greatest military skill and
i energy the world posssSsed had been INK
I'D TO tn. u'mos during the day iFntone.
were LOIterIng On The Iurbuirnu field and
the shadows, OF. GugItivs kia9s f'ttd
through The smoke OF the battle. Ina
tuATre's star trembI-d in the Zsnith-now v
bl4zIng out in rs ancirnt FpIendor. nov
paIng befUIe his ANXIOUS eyes The in
tense anxiety with which he watched The
Aiyance OF that column. land terrible rus
| prnse he eniute.i hen .ths smoke Of che
battlr wrspt IL tom sight and the utter
despair OF his great heart when the Ger
tain iI'Ied over! y 1. .sitiys army. and The
despairIng. s'irisk rnng nut. '''Fhe GIard
r-cnil> T. the GH.rdi r. coils T. IN skes
Us lor \ raOmenl rnrSeI ali the catnage ia
- np4th Win hts idi,tress.-.., s1~y5 si-
= rbs Oh g ltrd selI the pressure oI
the immeHsr responsibility. and resolved
MT TO Prove unSptIlIs 10 ths' great trus(
com nj It'd L1iG. yNptning cduII be mare
I'm .,o>ing than i's mOVemenIl 10 the ~
saul. l. had nryrr r-coiIsL- before q ia
mao Toe. apI she allied hHcss, b..held
~ h ave it, frm and steady ladyaaee &c
he final charge F.'r m ,mrn, the bat
'-n-- soPpsd Pl.ting aptt7e 6siag eess
ed along The Bnt,h lines, -. witheu
The beating oI drum or . bugls .naie :.
cheer. ,hr,f steady e3u age they, m we'd
in deaL rTirnre over thr Grid., Thri,
trad vas ike N fi ! thuuder. with ih.
dazz log helmets ., lhe euriassiers d4slset
long 5.!resn. 0f light behind The, dark and
terrible mass tha. swepf in one srross
ave along The s'-rp Dranet Vas tbere
ami HE guns. and on rvety. bros ~,
~Ti.ten the unsi'ered re-pIution- 70 eva
I qdsr Or die. .Ths next moment the, ar
II uillery opened, and the, head of that gal
y IanF cJiinn seemed 10 sink in,o. the earl
4 Rank afier rank sent ,dogD.r Yet ths,
!, nl.itHtr stopped nor 'faItersd. Dissolyin.
: squsIrons aud whole bsttalliops disap
q prsring one alter auoI her 10 tie des,ruc
! i've tire afeetsd not their steady courage
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