Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-07-28

's I5tll. Here he found the Frencl
" army concentrated, between the riv
n er Sambre and Phillipyille, and con
}, sisting, according to the returns, o
h l22, 400 men at daybreak On tho
G morning after the 10Th, the Frenel
:. troops crossed the frontier, anc
Q marched on Charleroi, passing the
: oambre at Marchienines, Charleroi,
: and Chatelet 1t was evident that
! Wellington and Butcher, who had
! been awaiting news from Fouche in
Paris, were not prepared for this
move, and Napoleon was in hopes
that his cherished scheme of sepa-
rating the two armies would be sue
cessrul. He sent the left wing of
his army, 10000 strong, under
Marshal Ney, to Quarire- Bras, ly-
ing at the intersection of the roads
to Brussels. Niyelles, Charleroi, and
| Manner; knowing that from that
position he could cut off all com.
munIcatlon between his adyersaries,
and direct all his overwhelming
force on either Of their forces. He
himself, with 10000 men, were to
march directly against the Prussian
army, which was falling back and
concentrating on Ligny. Ney, af-
ter leaving strong detachment at
Quartre- Bras, was to move with
half his forces on the rear of the
Prussians, the firing of his guns
in the rear to be the signal for the
attack in front to commence. All
day did Napoleon wait for the anx-
iously expected signal. But about
three o'clock the signal came from
an unexpected point The firing Of
heavy guns at Quartre Bras was
only too audible, it being only four
miles distant, and it was evident
that the British had oventsken Ney
and engaged him in desperate
fight Napoleon at once ordered
general attacked, making a feint on
his left, but concentrating all his
strength opposite the Prussian cen
tire at Ligny No sooner had Butch
er directed reinforcements to resist |
Napoleon's feigned left attack, than
the main body of French, 10000 |
strong, crossed the stream and be-
gan q furious assault on the village
of Ligny Three times was the
village taken by the French and as
many times was it retaken by the
Prussians at the point Of the bayo-
net, andaf1e three hours Of Gght-
ing, with evening coming on, moth
ing was decided till about seven
O'Clock part cf Ney's force made !
its appearance on the Prussian
right. Their appearance gave in
creased confidence to their com
rades and Napoleon prepared for
a decisive attack Milhaurd's Cui-
rassiers charged at gallop in the
rear, the Old Guard move swiftly
forward, supported by D'Eolon's
Infantry and twenty squadrons Of
Curassiers, and the Prussians, I'M
able to stand the dreadful fire Of the
artillery and the charge Of the Cui-
rassiers, began to give woy, and
were soon struggling with their ar
tillery in the narrow country lanes
in retreat. Butcher made one
splendid effort, in which his horse
was shot under him, but only sue
ceeding in arrestiDg the hot pursuit
Of the Cuirassiers. Wellington af-
ter the battle of Quartre- Bras re.
tired on the Forest of Loignles,
taking up a position on either side !
in front of the village Of Waterloo. !
Thithcr Napoleon followed him to =,
pay dearly for the hard earned vic. !
iory he had gained over the Prus- =
slams two day before. r
THE ITALIAN WAR OF 1859. c
The war of 1859 originated in a
demand on the part OF Austria for !,
he disarmament of Sardinia. The
Emperor Napoleon espoused the y
cause of the Italians and declared Il
II favor of the freedom of Italy q
rom the Alps to the Adriatic. The =, 4
Usual efforts at peace-maEing were =
made by the great powers, espec- =, y
ally Of Great Britain, which is the u
,edler of peace to other nations.
These, however, were thwarted by
Austria and war declared. The
Trench troops were at once to de-
atched to Italyto oppose Austria's I"
retensions and soon alter their ar
ival in that country the Emperor a
imself took command. General
'orey, who was in command of the 1t
rst division OF the first corp d'ar-
zee, fought the battle of Montecel- III
} on the goth of May, gaining tho !,
rst success over Austria The u
attic Of Magenta, which was fought !.
n the 4th of June following, by N
-eneral Mcmahon in command Of
le second corps, his success was
} great that he was created Mar
,oI of Franco and Duke of Ma WI
enta. >The final battle of the war
lat of Solferino, was fought on
le oath of June, the Emperor of
ustria being opposed in person to
le Emperor of the French and "a
Ie King of Sardinia. That famous
little, fought in the "elbows of the p
.inieo" needs no description, its
story being too well preserved by
e "sympathies of the youth. " 1t