Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-09-11
The nntv ofGeneraIS,


Although, as Il general rule, the Con ,nander-in-
Chief of an army ShCnl avoid the exposure OF his
person IN the battlefield, yet the most brilliant
victories arc sometimes won where that officer If
active in the fght.-und where defeat might 9TH
crwse have enslled. We fnd this eXcmplihed
remarkably in the cuntrasted conduct "f BONA
rAnrE and WELLINGTON at Waterloo, ns told by
Sir WALTER S,.orr in letter to friend written
frum the scene OF that great battlefield n few
weeks after it occurred. We quote from Lock-
| hurts .Ncmoirs:
son ore occasion. when Bclgic regiment iairly
ran uIl, IInrIl Wellington rode up to them, ana
sail, my lads, you must be Il little blown come.
,lu take your breath for moment, and then we ~
20 back. and try if we can do little better :; anu
he actually carried them buck 70 the charge. ne
was, indeed, upon that day, everywhere, anu the
soul of every thing; nor could less than ms per
sonnl endrayours have supported the spirits oi inc
men through a contest so long, so desperate, and
40 UNEQUAL. A;hs last attack, Bonaparte brought
up 5.nuU of his Guard, who had never drawn trig.
ger during the day. 1t was upon tbcriailure tha'
his hopes abandoned him.
II spoke long with Shrewd Flemish peasant,
called John Dc Custar, whom he had seizeu upon
MS his guide, and who remained beside HIM the
whole day, and afterwards accompanied him IN
| his fight rs fur a. Charlcrui. Your Grace may
be sure that interrogated Mynheer very closely
about what he heard and saw. lie guided me 10
the spot where Bunaparte remained during the
| latter part of the action. Il was in the highway
from Brussels to Churcori, where it runs between
two high hunks, ou each Of which was French
battery He was pretty well sheltered from the
English FIRE: aud, though many bullets iew over
his head neither he nor any of his suite were
| touched. His other stations, during that uay,
were still more remote iro all danger. The story
cf his having an observatory erected for him is a
mistake. There is such thing, and be repaired
t it during the action; but it was built or erec
some months before. for the purpose of trlgono.
netrirnl survey OF the country, 10y the hins "i
the Netherlands. Bony's last position was nearly
fronting tree, where the Duke of Wilmington was
stationed thsre Was not more than quarter OF o
| mile between trei1 : but Bony wLs well sheltered,
| and the Duke 40 much exposed, that the tree Is
barkcd in several places By the cannon-balls lev
oiled ut him."
This ~ili dc; fer siRWALTE7. Eat although DO
ny" as the good Scctchmar chose to call the de,
tcatcd hero, WAS not personally active throughout
toe 10y, yet Mt its sad close he manifested els
position, which, had it seized him sooner, might
have changed the tide Of hattlc FRANCIS LrEBER,
who is snid to have been soldier under DtrcHER.
thus uudes to the dcnouement in his Americana
Encyclopedia:
"Whcn the English, towards the end Of the bat.
tie, became the a$sailants portion Of their cav
airy and sharp-shou,ers came near the place
where Napoleon was. He placed himself at the
heal Of Il battalion, anil resolved 10 attack OF
die; but SouLr seized his horses rens, and cx.
claimed, "Thcy will take You prisoner, sire, and
no; kill you.' He, with Generals DRoror, BER-
TnAxp, and GourcASD, succeeded in removing thr
Emperor from the field Of battle. NAPOLEON.
however, repeatedly exclaimed, both before ant
after his arrival at St. Helena, ".Ian5i DE- mourn
u Mafcl Lon.