The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-01

,,r,,,sn down by the General. 1t wan a his
tory Of the reign of one hundred days, from
the escape Of NAPOLEON from the isiahu ~
Elha to his second abdication. His MAJ
az the campaign Of Waterloo was 'ne
that had been published on the le"e. ~
N. ouas.;on The conduct OF the
80 -. - ais,ussed with the ut"os'
1870. ard =, wa. proved beyoho 49,
49,. ~, oh,rr. already made by MS ene'o
,r.,..,.,r combated by his friehos-'""'
ON. surprised with bis forces SCAT
NC ".N extent Of country SO wlae 'n"'
W. lid not be rallied IN less IVA" w"
W., ,.... ~was strictly true. There was no lin,
tho rage which this feVeiatioh ca.
,ed In England, for 1t was !" ~. -,
a,vs of the Regency, when 'ofy'sn .na
the ascendant and the n'oe'"e
Holy Alliance were sun as'e".N
commemorative Of the EhgIis"
Books and pamphlets out Oh h""
yox Int he was better military man 'nan
49,, ,,ho assaulted him. and to the judgment
,f the vast majority of mankind ne hao "aoo
~. ..s. ont roo rlainly to admit OF dispute.
C~,r.rr.s naners were seized ana he WAS
,nuo,,,n into prison; but his book had been
,un,;shad and il could not DO suppressed
,v,rvp SCOTT came, at last, to the res
a,,. I'M, bevond great deal OF bad temper |
h. sncceeded in showing nothing whlch 'ne
,,,r,a had not seen before. Time rolieo Oh |
Tho minds of men began to COOL "A lie" gen
Grafton has succeeded, and 1t is not distrac'eo
NV rho ouarrels of the old. tits possible no"
~ form something like candid )"osiheA'
,,,o, the events of the Waterloo campaign
and the claims of WELLINGTON TO the C"ain-
,,op,s holt A Belgian named BRIALMoNT mas
written a life of the Duke of Wellington, ana
BlaeLuood,y Magazine, the very heao All"
front of the tory organs, has critq"o
upon it in the May number.
Ills not our intention to notice any other
| norton of this article than that 1noica'eo
above. and we notice it only because the
writer, high tory as he is, takes precisely 'ne
same view of the Waterloo campaign 'ha'
NAPOLEON himself did in the book LOT which
GoURGAUD was imprisoned. Every one VI 'ne
| blunders here alluded to was pointed out oy
| NAPOLEON, who declared that throughout THIS
short campaign, the Duke of Wellington m
| yariably man9uvred as he wished MIN, anu
never once did anything he feared ne "o"lo
| do There can be no doubt that the reHlafhs
| ot Eiaes,rood with regard to NAPOLEON are
| also correct. He did not act with the prompti-
| ,nde he had manifested in former campaigns.
| He had the game completely in his own
hands-he might have prevented WELLINGTON
from ever reacnir & the position Off Waterloo
| he might. and in his other campaigns would,
| have crushed his forces in detail-bat MS
| strange relaxation of vigor, at the very mo-
| ment when energy was most essential, rulneo
everything This, however, is no apology Tor
| WELLINGTON who had no right to calculate
| upon a circumstance so entirely unexpected
as to be almost miraculous. The plumbers he
perpetrated were surely not those OF first
class General AS any person will see upon
reading the following extract;
From Blackwood's Magazine. for May-l
Three great roads lead from FRENCH fortresses
| across the Belgian frontier upon BrusseIsathe
| roads of Chafero, Mons. and Tourney - The
| Charleroi road was guarded only by troops Tour
| nav and Mons. famous fortresses IN the Old Meth
, eriard wars had been demolished by the 1evolu-
.ionary ARMIES. but were now put by the DUKE 10
n state to offer some resistance 1t was not likely
that Napoleon would advance by the right bank OF
the Meuse.. The probabilities lay between ne
a1a t Or those ana rue
remarkable that the Duke was persuaded that N a,
| pOieon would attack by the latter roaGs, ana lha
s the Duke was wrong. In that view. he posted
, most of the English troops towards the right; the
cavalry also were far that direction: the Dutch
y and Belsians were the left towards the Prus
and the reserves rsaasd a , !as bbs rus
= the allied right was the proper line for Napoleon
=. to attack by. not only throughout the campaign
- hut throur hout his life. In d memorandum whic
t he wrote many wears alter on n foreign general
narrative of the campalsn he refers to ms 9pinioi
II rangemerts were greatly influenced by his opin
e ion. it becomes Important and interesting TO CEN
mare the merits of the course which Napo con dit
e adopt WI tn that which the Duke thought ne ouSh
t. have adopted so Tar as exslag means n naill
>, in affirming and relteratng hts opinion, did no
" support 1t by stating the grounds on which
rested: ,, r - ., n,b
# expected he would advance, NAPOLEON must eitne
,lron those AZ n
: detached from MS army troops to mask them
h which, with his inferior numbers was 2 seIiou
principal strength of the English ready TO retar
tse ifna h ob bae
outtianked towards France. he nnsnt possibly b
driven back upon ne e s"e a be
:. threatening of the Dukes communications. ~
\ he could threaten these only by Importing NJ
. own and he could not expect in that cdse t
# prevent the junction OF the Ailies, any more una
- he prevented it at ater!oo, to reach which po!
ar Butcher exposed his own communications
E. Grouchy.
On the other hand, the Charleroi road, by whic
the Duke do Mo- Gressss sSs ed. On t. r.
n. union of the English left and the Prussian nigh
re point OF junction. weak and precarious By a
IN lacking there ne would separate the two arm't
IS, municat;on between them. could direct his mas
CIV against either at pleasure. when. being strongt
N, VILE # defeated, his line back to France W;
al still open. Lastly. the immediate successes I
I
nd I" Brussels, the pollt cal advantages OF the po
ne session OF which city were incalcuanle. Con
>. pairing, then, the respective ADVANTAGES OF the
III different courses, and seeing. moreover, tn at Il
,rt latter was the one which Napoleon chose, We mu
-. believe the Duke In error. AT any rate. when N
a' poeon had once decided to operate by the centr
he the most fortunate thing that could happen /
~ HIM was that the Duke should persist IN eXpec
IL ing him the right, and so far fortune favor
ra- the Emperor.
-. Having formed his resolution Napoleon to
"a. measures to conceal to the last moment its exec
ith ton. He marched national guards into the IL
the tresses. thus setting free the regular troops y
III babe all passing OF the boundary pain of dea
en- and behind the veil thus extended. concentrat
ina his army III three columns close TO the Samhre
'"o These movements were not entirely unnotice
oy. cavalry officers be' ond the river saw and report
- the march of troops, and the direction In VIII
oo thew TIC owed but no change took place in the d
n"sI.,on of the Allies. The Duke still expect
the attack on the right, and what ne appears M
to have feared was to make a false movemel
that 49, beng induced to move his troops on a po
eel wnen the real DC ri lay elsewhere. 1t would
to rs if his pertinacity might be accounted for
:, suppOsing that some secret information had bra
On, ed his judgment, though the evidence oil La
has Ellesmere is quoted by Briamont to the contra
= | However thai may be. the a HES on the nj. hi
pou the l4th of june renamed distributed AS teio
a; | mated by OF those addresses which M
GIL every Frenchman believe himself an Achilles.
OIL. French army bvouacked around It's Emperor.
ked At day break the Prussian cavalry beyt
the enemy's columns Sending to apprise
senerals, the good solder aletsn cosiee ,o
I'" great paved road that leads from the river nj
l.. | the town of fleuTus, making good each adv
edi- ~ sutIar in oppusi M H. advanc.
has | a determined enemy. Napoleon followed
Ky, with MS man p pa sIh o " LINZ, awards Wh
de- BIucher s other corps we re Fastening, the Free
i'm blvouacked long and loose ARA. extending II