St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-11-21

retrcated, Impartial hiAtory decides Il
fayor, Of Napolee6, who pursued theencny
an {" Moscow, and,entcred it on the l4th
OF September.
i Here it wa. .h.. Napoleon . experiences
a signal reverse of fortune, which seemed
! ia, date his 6pal iownfall The details o.
the horTid aaaYh'er and scenes Of rhi.
battle are 70 thrilling as to awaken every
a<hotion Of pits FIR TIE ssEerv,,:. ssess
though.1r,ise halfA ceutdis has rolled ove,
the dead.
! Prodigies Of what ia called heroism were
performed on both sides. and thousands
and tens Of thousands of bloody and mang
led corpses covered the field of battle. iilaa
the leaves of Autumn ip the forest. sDestk
had great banquet at Moscow, aad men
called it "a great victory" -, = 5.
THE BATTLE OF wArIrLoe.
which has been celebrated in prose Md
poetry, SONG, and story, occurred on the
plains Of Waterloo. not far from BEL
gums capital, the city of fair women and
brave men," This terrific fight, under
the respective leaderships Of the great Ma
poleon and renowned Wellington. bears
date. the 18th day Of June. 1915. :. !Ths
flower Of the. French army and that also
OF England, was now in dread array
Both armies comprised more than 20O.-
600 men, many of them veterans in war,
who had gained laurels Of fame on many a
CORY field.
The battle began at 9 O'Clock sA1HSl
morning and ragged with the Otho ~
until o'clock in the evening-es4eT III
Of ground being disputed with the q
obstinate resistance The issue Of 4Ais
terrible contest was finally decided by
Blucher coming up with his reinforccnents
ON the side of the English. The Bsifis,
army had just becn ordered to charge
and the French had just began to waver.
when Blucher's timely aid in pursuing
the retreating French added an awful ad-
ditiOn to the number of the dead.
TIE BATTLE OF ST. JEAN L'AcRE.
This was battle by bombardment of
the town by the British feet, under Sir
Robert Stopford. The place surrendered
after few hours fighting. The Egyptiun
loss was 2, 900 killed aud wounded. and
5000 taken prisoners. The British los,
was only 12 killed .nd ~ wounded
This battle was fought Nor. 4.
BATTLES IN AMERICA. -
The battles fought during the Amer
ican Revolution were fierce and bloody.
At Lexington the British troop. had
273 killed and wounded BY American vol
untecrs. very few Of whom were injured.
Fought April 10, l17'5.
BUNKER HILL.
The British had in this hattie 1851
men killed aud wounded. The .Ameri-
can loss did not exceed 4j3. The latter.
had to leave the ground for want Of pow
der. Fought June II. ITS.
TmE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. be-
tween the Americans aud English. Jan.
8, 1873, was most blondy defeat to the
English. The British. under Gen. Pack
>a!..:m. had 5000 killed and wounded
the Americans hau : men killed aud t
wounded.
rnE MEXICAN Wan rccordr it's fearful
tale Of life. At the battle Of Paln Alto,
the Mexicaus were defeated with a loss of
262 killed aud $50 wounded. The Amer
can loss untftr Gereral Taylor was IS
killed aud l26 wounded. Fought April
"a, 1916.
AT THE BATTLE OF MONTERREY, Gen.
Taylor had !, 100 men the Ncxicans hadi
10000. American loss, l2O killed 36s
wounded. The loss Of the Mrxicuus
over 800 killed and twice as many wound
cd
COL Doniphan, with 44O Missouri VOL
un.e.rs routed l. 100 Mexicans, killing 63,
and wounding $50. The Americans had
none killed. aud only = mcn wounded
Jan. S, 1877.
At BuESA VISTA, 4,759 Americans,
under Generals Taylor aud Wool. defeated
.. 1000 Mexicans-killing 5000. while
the American loss was 267. killed and 456
wounded Fed. ~ and %. 1877.
At SAckAMESrO, Col. Do,iplan, with
924 Americans, defeated 4. 900 Mexicsns,
killing and wounding 800. aud taking 40
prisoners. The American loss was Kill
led aud 8 wounded.
At VEkA CkUz, the enemy. after ruffer-
ing immense slaughter. surrendered to
Gen. Scott and Commodore Perry. The
American loss vas 65 killed and Wounded.
March %, 1S47.
At CERRo GoRDo, Gen. Scott, with g.
500 Americans defeated 12 900 Mcxicans
under Santa Anna; taking S Generals, aid
1900 prisoners. American loss. 25O kill
] d.
On the 10th Of August. 1877. Gen
raj Smith drove the Mexicans from the
fortified posts Of Contreras aud Churubus-
co toward Mexico. The American loss
Was .0GG; that Of the .Mexicans 1000.
AT MoLlSo DEL REY. Gen. Worth car
ried the Mexican forti6csiions defended
by II 900 Mexicans under Santa Anna -
Tue Amcriranfloss was 7e7 killed; that
u siie .neny ;.oOO. sep; 8. 1871.