The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-09-19
NO. SO.

.peared irremedisble. The h@morrhage of
ithis army Was horrible. Kemps on the left
wing, called for 70 endorsements. "Impcs.
s'ble." answered Wellington; 49, vmatet de
on the spot re sor occsps." Al0ost st
the same moment-singular ooiocidenes
which depicts the exhaustion of both sfmies
i-Ney sent to Napeleon foSloE1okfy. and
Napoleon exclaimed: ..sfa1fsS1s rAere
does he expect nae sesaks tAem! Dies e -.
lpect nc ts make fksmf''
However. the English army was farthest
gone. The furioas onslaught 81 those great
lsquadrons with iron carasses and steel breast
plates had ground up the infantry. A few
men about flag marked the place of regi-
ment; ba,tslions were now commanded BY
captains or Eeutenan,s. Aliens division.
almost destroyed, the intrepid Belgiane OF
Van Kluze's brigade strewed the rye field
along the Nivelles road. there were hardly
any left of those Datch grenadiers who. in
1911. joined to our ranks in Spain. fought
against Wellington. and who in 1915, rallied
on the English side, fought against Napo-
leon. The loss in officers was heavy. Lord
Uxbridge. who buried his leg next day. had
a knee fractured. If, on the side OF the
French, in this struggle of the cuirassiers,
Delord. ftierriter. Colbert, Dnop. Travers.
md Blanea ard were hors ae combat on the
size Of the English. Alten WAS wounded,
1, Bsrne was wound ID. Delaney was killed,
Van Meeren was killed. Omp.eda was killed,
the entire siah Of Wellington was decima-
ted. and England had the worst share in
this balance OF blood. The second regi.
ment of foot t-guards had lost five lieutenant
colonies, four captains. and three ensigns:
the FIRST battalion OF the thirtieth infantry
had lost twenty four officers and one hun
dred and twelve soldiers: the seventy ninth
Hig hlanders had twenty four officers wouu-
ded. eighteen officers killed. and four hun
dred and fifty soldiers slain. Cumberland's
Hanoverian hussars, an entire regiment,
afterwards courtmartialed and broken, had
drawn rein before the fight. and were in
the Forest Of Soignes. spreading the panic
as far as Brussels. Carts. ammunition wag-
ons, and ambulancrs full of wounded. see.
ing the French gain ground, and approach
the forest, fled precipitately: the Dutch. sa-
bred by the French cavalry, cried murder
From Vert Coucou to Groendale, for dis
tAnce of nearly sixteen miles in the direction
towards Brussels. the roads according to ~
testimony Of witnesses still alive
choked with fugiti~es. This pau
that it reached the Prince Of
lines, and Louis XVIII.
the exception Of the smrees<
in echelon behind the Y.a on
at the farm Of Mont Sainraip
br'sades of Vivian and VandeIea MIN
flank OF the lett wing. Wellington 3 cxSN
was exhausted. A number Of batteries NJ
dlsmountcd. These facts are confessed hv
',.oerne; and Pringle, exaggerating the
disaster. says even that the Anglo-Dutch
army say was reduced to thirty -four thousand
OIaya, present Duke remained calm. but
staff. thought the Duke was by Gommis.
At five o'clock Wellington drew out his
watch, and was heard to murmur these
sombre words: Bischer, or night!
1t was about this time that distant line
of bayone glistened on the heights beyond
Frischemont.
Here is the turning Reint in this colossal
drama COsetfc.