The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-01
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sSS., +. arrived Il Qu.trs Brss AND,
sssns IN ss
s.sh r., sSn asaaassus SX ;oss
AND Na@ur Is confer with Bluchsr. on ne ~. same
rim an st!I stands on gentle eminence cGse
to farm between the VILLAGES OF L msr that roll.
inr sreen Carpet Of rich detted win wnse
VILLAGES and spires. crossed ps ~. and Glitter
ps stl s the sssa t Isny Them
, e.. as the for
an attack: and beyond the FIenc a,sn :" rerarJinS
the field their redoubted sdxs,s ;S prus ny po
briefly expressed an opinion ma tba trooos and
ihs" propoaed to aid Butcher by marching IRON
Ouatre Bras down the ChareIol foao' ANN hal
10, ns Ultimately. however, as it appeared that thus
would occupy too much time ne dec,a a, 70 nn
h,s troons more d reety. though less ehectua'l. on
t,.e scsne, by the road which he had himse'l come
by He never suspected that In a lev n"uud at
roa,a you'd. DC B s9s Nor was his and prac
Used adversary less deceived IN ms pIeysoors
fnr at the same time he warning ISey 10 pre.
psre to be at Brussels by seven o'clock she next
morning. and antic only sr,tns sn a,, 'o'
rhe bake rode back to t(uatre Bras Just IN time
20 meet Neys attack. At htst ~ was I0' b sn
snS mnreoyer. his movements were depen dent on
Napoleon's 1t was fortunate that ne dia no. a,
once p pvt at nervas Anxiousiy the Duke looked
for then, during the hour that the Dutch
Then 1000 Nethe rlands cavalry came tao.tns Ia
from the line of the Sambre at me t SANE ,', hv
the sG Duke Of brunswick Ney, too, was reinforced;
but one of his two corps that OF nao ny ,waen
the two fields of Ligny and Quatre Bras on either
of which it would at once have turned me s T
came Aliens men from Brain-le ComSe---lastly,
Cookies from Enghen- and the position OF Stuatie
Bras WAS q. tss for ne ID that
but 81 uOO men in line. while Nsy' atera me %1n
spfp n0o @" WITH more than 70 co., in The
meantime Napels"n, had, late IN the evelng,
forced Bucher from L,sny At an an , pear s1S she
remembers, as young GIRL seeing the house hiitd
| with wounded Prussans, and how IN me DUSK NO, Oh
| had ridden Prince Butcher, moving IN the
| twilight amid the corn close b.. oc rio +r.ons
| Day found Weilington with most oil MS troops
| united ut Quatre Bras; and the cavalry; none oil
whom had arrived IN time to share IN tne Da1t n
had reached the field after their long march ne
| WAS thus more than strong enough Ia deiy Ney.
yet he was for some hours in greater danger than
Nes. strengt ned by D. Eron. lay in his front,
Napoleon. with the army which had just beaten
| the prussans, lay only seven miles on his ielt,
whichit could approach by an excellent road;
while, behind him. the only road 10 The se1ec,e .
| position of Waterloo Law over the narrow bridge
ard throug h the close winding street OF the town
OF Genappe. Had the orposins chief been STU.
| the general of Jena AID OF Ratisbon, the thunder
| Of whose pursuit followed like an echo on the
thunder Of his battle. the English army would
| energies were now htlul and spasmodc. seemed to
have exhausted himself iH the comonatlnn WHICH a
march of the 18th the long della, attacking the
| 10Th. while the Prussians were GROWING stronger
and the advantages ne ad shnwed tha
though still sagaciors as ever to plan, ne was no
Ihssl of The lh he oitered over the field Of
l.igny, reviewing the troops and t'iAins OF f AZ.
| sian politics while Wellington was extTcauhs
from lS dan
ing his troops through the dehle OF 0enappe e.
Then the Emperor detached "roucny WIN NV. ,ne
rg hit wing in pursuit, giving hun instructions !hat
| were both vague and founded on wrong conJec-
1,f H. he rfHss bsay to % on New they
l | Wellington. who was not yet cute ciear Oh ne
CLOSELY that the Leaving n Senra
through the long street. TIL the helds On esch sue
the road on the bill beyond enaD,ea ,ne n az
| sailed. Both armies then continued their mare
hsy ss on t2 On 'S ndns thai
g | Blucher had been beaten at Llgny. WELLINGTON
sent to mimi hm e SAG a ID w""d ssand
i'd the St P,nss s T sep ' S
y word bv bringing three of his corps to Waterloo
while the fourth remained to night GToucny antt
e and devotion to the general cause Tor IN movins
to join his ally he was pe,I.orSs' nncoVerihs h
. To the last. the Dukes apprehensions for hi
& own night. which never was menaced IN the ,sas.
" | did not cease haunt him, and to influence nj
- dispositions 1t might be supposed that SO prac
= tised gene raj would have read IN all the tfenci
"a movements-especially in the battle OF Lisn,
| where the inner flank or right OF the russians
- was the point sought to be forced 1.-THE breaking
- the entire being an after thought, ensuing on IN
failure of the first tesiSn 1.-The steady aim OF ma
h | poeon to thrust himself between the Allies an
- | p,sh them asunder leaving the ROAD 10 brussei
~ clear To turn the English rig mt would be To lore
that very junction winch 1t had been the ann OF a
=, his operations to prevent. ct, the puke not oni
| detached a considerable force to Hal on the Htf
~ to guard against the movement which ne ieaIed
~ but kept il there during the battle Of aterlot
~ | thought 1t was sorely needed on the held. thouS
Napoleou could then only have reached itai by LII
~ psrious measure of making Hank march IN pres
II | euce OF n powerful enemy, and though even
summoned so late as eight o'clock II might sti
>. | haze been in line before the battle began bt
az ! these ard the other errors we have alluded L
Va were amply redeemed by the issue. The Duh
n | never dis played cooler and more indomltab
M resolution than during the great cIowIlns acto
10 of his lite. For posteriy lie viii always ~
I'd most viVidy in the events OF that day--succorf
nv the hard pressed garrison of Hougoumont-ei
I'd couraging with word and look his shattere
he squares-calns the Guards to arlse al
charge Leading his dim nished line IN Its maj az
be vance-and embracing Butcher in the twlsh
nv while the last remnants ot The foe were swept fro
'is the arkening field towards the faded giealn
to the sunset.