Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-02
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Ill every foot Of il had Witnessed deeds OF
immortal daring, and every turf had become
soaked with gore
1t isa peaceful and beautiful Landscapes
now Mother Earth received into her bosom
her struggling children, covered them with
mantle OF vrfdure and nav Smiles ~ winning
~ as she did before she had this sorrow at her
heart tu. rH- sG Tu
We descended from tue mound, and passed
on to the chateau llougunont, where some of
the most desperate fighting took place A
brick wall six ieelhieh and one and hall
thick, enclO,es ihr h use and garlenrra space
Of perhaps an acre--and beyond The end Uf
the wall which is iartLest from the honse out
ia the apple orchard The garden and or
chard together, from parallrlogram one
hundred and fifty yards luug lying leugihwise
between the positions Of the two armies.
During the day, the allies werc repeatedly
driven from the orchard, by the desperate
courage of the French, hut few companies
Of the Coldslream guards, mAdo for them
selves immortal fame, by holding the garden
in spite Of all the terrific ousets made upon
il The old guide said tliai the French
them seized with their hands The muzzles OF
the muskcls that we're pointed ont oi The loop
holes against themg The face of the wall,
deeply pired with musket balls, aud the scar
red trunks Of the apple trees, still attest the
desperation ofthe struggle. u HI
The mum lers engaged IN this bloody day,
before the arrival OF the PrussiRns, were about
eqnai-B1, 0OO Allies, according 70 their a..
count which does not widely disagree with
that OF thesr opponents, against 7 | 900 French,
but the A lilies had several small advantages
of position, When 1t is remembered that OF
the whole force of the Alias, only twenty
three or tweply.lour thousand were British,
the credit which they take to themselves for
the overthrow of the great Emperor, seems
slightly out of proportion TO their deserts ! he
obstinate courage for which they are remark
able was certainly never more brilliantly il
Illustrated than on this day by those sturdy
Highlanders and GuardsmeD, but IL those
PrussAns had not come -
Old Sergeant Monday who fought on that
day in the 10th, HussAns, q venerable and
kindly man, who still lives ia the vicinity aud
acts az guide Tor visitors, told US, as va
stopped ia his little hostelry TO refresh our.
selves before starting back to Bruasels that
he very much astonished party Of his coun-
ulen that day, by telling them that when the
Prussians came, the battle hung in the bal.
ancs, The appearance OF 10000 new oppo.
nents upon the right flank Of the French, com.
PEELED the Emperor u employ more than one
halt of what WAS left OF his army la holding
them in check, while Ney, with the ten bat.
talions of the Imperial Guard, made that last
grand charge. Says the old Sergeant Sup
pose the whole French army had been free to
participate in that charge where would we
have beenr II almost crushed Us as il was
Even since first read the history of this dAy,
Withont exactly knowing why, | have said;
confound those Prussians. Napoleon WAS
the hero OF a splendid romance which their
appearance brought 10 a tragtcal conclusion.
Whether his DOWNFALL was blessing or curse
TO humanity, is still | think an open aues,ion.
The Sergeant said that there was ro extraor-
binary tactics on either side The battle was
simply q suecesSion OF attacks in heavy col
umns steadily met, and repulssd. Napoleou's
idea at first was to turn tho allied left and
get possession OF the paved road their only
limo of retreat, bat Ney's blunderiug impetu.
osy compelled him to change his plan to an
attempt 10 break through the center The
Sergeant laughs at Victor Hugo description
OF the fight and says he represents a, great
struggle as taking place on a part Of the Geld,
(the plateau behind the hamlet Of Mont ST
Jean) where The French never came AT nll
told the old man that We AMERICANS could
see baitlcfclds as bloody as Wbiefioo ia
abundance in our Owh country. ''l'osP said
he, "and what n pity tits But your battles,
with all the bravery and bloodsbed are not de
cisive You have not had n real Waterloo
yet II il must come, l wishit woald soon,
aud have the awful trouble over
We we've compelled us We took our leave to
run through a gauntlet OF imp,ttauaIe ven.
ders Of bnltops, haybpeis, bullets and other
small bits Of metal which ihey assured US we're
relics of theltield, but which vere probably
manufactured in brussels az I.oDdou, 70 meet
the great aud increasing demand II was
weary ride in the drcliuing hut slhl intense
heat hack 10 the city, but Il was over in time,
aud when We had rested oarselyes a little. VIZ
realized that our fatigue aud pains had been
we'll repaid--thAt We had passed one Of The