Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-08

count OF flmelra ana Torres NedraS,
while the Prince of Brazil made him
Duke of Vittoria. Honors enough, GER
tainty, for one person to wear; but they
did not. for moment, turn Wellington
from his path of duty. His work was
but half done.
In May, 1913, he was again after
the French. Joseph Buonaparte and
Marshal Jourdain had seventy thousand
r'en at Valladolid, but the English gen.
sral, now with eighty thousand men,
forced them from the Dourolines of de-
anses by turning them they retreated,
y eli confused by-Nellington's- numer-
Gus and surprising movements. Burgos
Castle they blew up and abandoned,
expecting to retire to impregnable posi-
tions Over the river Ebro, but Yelling
ten waI there already
Thus bufied, the French had to run
or fight. Resolved to fight, they went
into position near Vittoria. A battle
ensued, but was so skillfully managed
that the French were beaten at every
point. Then Vittoria was defended,
with desperate tenacity, but to stay
there was to lose all as Joseph and his
marshal retreated by the only open route
to the French frontier, to be closely
pursued by their relentless antagonist.
Old Soult, with Napoleon in his aw-
ful straits in Germany, was sent to
Spain to try and stay the British advan-
ces, which now threatened France itself.
Wellington was gazetted Field Marshal,
July 3lst. This made hira = ~,
pursuit, DuJ gave the frencn
double assurance that the English
meant hot work and hot. work Soult
found it.
The French, again defeated, (July
2eth), retired into France. Aug. I'd
Wellington occupied the passes in the
Pyrenees, after some very sharp fight
ing San Sebastian was taken Aug.
Slit, and severe contests occurred at
two other points. The castle of San
Sebastian capitulated Sept Sth. The
storming of that fortress was one of ap-
palling heroism and sacrifice. Napier
pasture of the struggle is one of the fin
est of all his brilliant record of those
splendid campaigns of the Iron Duke.
Wellington entered France Oct. 9TH,
ana PurnPoI--o eurrondered Oct. 3 st.
Nov. 10th the whole allied army passed
the Nivelles, after sanguinary combat
The Nive was crossed Dec 7th. Dec.
10th and 18th Soult attacked, but was
defeated. Wellington pressed on-pass-
ed the Adour and fought the battle Of
0rthoz, Dec. 9th.
After which came the restoration
the virtual dethronement of Napoleon
and the instation of the Bourbons. But
Old Soult did not give up-so the terri
bic battle of Toulouse was fought Apri
18th, 1914, and the most devoted Of
Napoleon's generals was defeated.
And that ended the struggle. Well
ington had fought his way through
from Lisbon to the Garonne, and tht
disasters he forced upon the French
arms. al 1ded to Napoleon's enforced re
treat from Moscow, ended the emperor
reign, and sent him an exile to Elba.
Wellington's return to England, afte
his five years absence. was an even
whose incidents it is quite impossibl
to here narrate. Such marks of respec
paid and such enthusiasm of all classe
never before were bestowed upon an
Englishmen. He was advanced to tn
peerage as Marquis of Duke of yelling
ton, and in June Parliament voted hir
a grant of four hundred thousand pound
in addition to his previous grants
What princely recognition from an ac
ceptable resource.
He went as ambassador to Paris
and to Vienna as Plenipotentiary to tn
Congress of the Allied Powers to reorgs
nize for the peace of Europe. Will
that Congress was in session news cam
of Nepoleon's sudden temperance i
France-of the old army focking to hi
standard-of the fight of the king
Client. etc. The Congress at once pass
ed declaration of outlawry again:
him and elected Wellington Commando
in-chief of the Allied army. In Apr
Q9l5) the Duke was in Brussels, O.
ganizing for the impending confic
Napoleon, confident of a victory tn;
would crush his most dangerous antag'
mist. let him gather his army unoppose'
1t was composed of forty thousand Ell
glish and Hanoverians and thirty 81
thousand Germans and Belgians. A
additional army of eighty thousau
Prussians was gathered at Namur und'
old Blucher. Napoleon had about OF
hundred and twenty thousand-most
veterans.
Blucher began his move to join We
ington. when Napoleon confronted hir
June 10Th, at Ligny, and broke b
lines, but the "old Dutchman" retreatt
in good order to Wavre. On the san
: day New attacked Wellington at Quat