Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1891-08-13
HOW WATERLOO WAS LOST.
Napoloon's Version OF It from a
Recently Published Account.
The Great Generals Description of the
Famous Battle In Which HIS
Forces suffered Sore
Defent.

VA AAO
Famous Battle In Which His
Forces Suffered Sore
Defeat.
Napolcon's version of the battle of
Waterloo, which. SO the London Globe
asserts, has never been published be-
fore in English, Is N appear in the next
number of the United Service Gazette.
The Globe prints the following extracts:
After detailing tie preparations for
the battle Napoleon says; 'sThe can
nonade commenced; the enemy support
ed the troops he had advanced to guard
the wood by thirty pieces Of cannon.
We. on our side, also posted some artil-
lery AT n time Prince Jerome be-
came master of the whole wood, and
the whole English army retired behind
a ridge. The Count d'Erlon then at
tackled the villane Of Mont Saint Jean;
he supported his attack with eighty
pieces Of cannon lie commenced there
an overpowering cannonade, which
must have greatly harasscd the English
army The whole action took place on
the plain A brigade OF Count d Erlon's
First division took possession Of the
village Of Mont Saint Jean; u second
brigade was chaigc ly u corps of Eng
fish cavalry, which inflicted upon it great
loss. At the same moment u division
OF English cavalry charged upon Count
dErlon's battery on its right and dis
mounted several guns; but Gen. Mel
haud's cuirassiers charged this division,
of which three regiments were routed
and fed"
In the afternoon the Prussian divis-
ion became engaged with Count Lobau's
skirmishers, and the whole strength Of
r the reserve was held ready to assist
Count Lobau and crash the Prussian
corps when it should advance. He con-
tinues; This done, the emperor in
tended to make an attacl; In the direc-
ton Of the village OF Mont Saint Jean,
which 1t was expected would prove q
decisive blow, but by q movement of
impatience, so frequent in our military
annals, and which has so often been
disastrous to us, the cavalry in reserve,
ENAS> AhS ~ lNG VI latAlC IlDNtilltub Vi
the English TO place themselves under
shelter from our batteries. from which
they had already suffered so much,
crowned the heights of Mont Saint Jean
and charged the infantry This move
ment, made at the right moment, and
backed by the reserves, ought to have
decided the day; made separately, and
before The operations on the right were
completed, it proved fatal Having no
means to countermand it, the enemy
showing large masses of infantry and
OF cavalry, and the two divisions of
cuirassiers being engaged, the whole of
Il cavalry started at the same moment
to support their comrades.
There during three hours they made
numerous charges, by which we gained
the breaking of several squares and six
flags of the British infantry, an advan-
tage hardly commensurate with the
losses sustained by our cavalry from
grapeshot and musketry. 1t was inn
possible to use our reserves of infantry
until the attack Of the Prussian corps
Va Ohi lou q iCDhlNtil lIlS dJUdck
still continued and directly on u right
Ganls. The emperor sent there Gen.
Duchesne with the Young guard and
several reserve batteries. The enemy
was checked, was. repulsed, and re-
treated; he had exhausted his forces,
and there was nothing further to fear
from him. This was the moment suit
able for ar attack on the center of the
enemy. As the cuirassiers were suffer-
ing from musketry fire, four ~battalions
OF the Young guard were sent to sup
port the cuirassiers, to aid their posi-
ttion, and If it were possible to disengage
and withdraw a part of our cavalry to
the plain. Two other battalions were
sent to hold the eminence on the ex-
IRENE left Of the division which had
Unanswered on our TANKS in order that
there might be no cause for uneasiness
in this direction; the rest were placed
in reserve, n part TO occupy the emf
ncnce in rear Of Mont Saint Jean, the
other on the plain behind the field of
battle, which formed our line of retreat.
lNtCl bllCoC CtICullobuICCS uut DdU-
tie was gained; we occupied all the po-
sitions that were occupied by the enc
my at the commencement of the action;
our cavalry having been too quick and
badly employed, we could no longer
hope for a decisive success. But Mar
shall Grouchy, having learned Of the
movement Of the Prussian corps,
marched in the rear of that corps,
which assured us a splendid success for
the next day After eight hours of fir
ing and of charges of infantry and of
cavalry the whole army saw with salts
faction the battle gained and the field
Of battle in our power, At half-past
eight the four battalions of the Young
guard, which had been sent to the plain
beyond Mont Saint Jean to support the
cuirassiers, being Inconvenience by
the enemy's grapeshots, advanced with
bayonets fixed to sweep off its batteries.
THE day closed III; n charge on their
flank by several English squadrons
broke theirranlss; the fugitives repassed
the ravine; the ~neighboring regiments,
who saw some troops belonging to the
guard in disorder, thought it was the
Old guard and gave way. The cry
arose: AN is lost! The guard is beaten
back! The soldiers even maintained
that at several points wretched rene
gades cried out. Save qui peutl' Be
that as it may, terror and panic imme-
diatcly spread over the whole battle
field; all fed in the greatest disorder
along the line of cominnuication-sol-
diers, gunners, wagons hurried on! The
Old guard, which was in reserve, was
pressed bacl; and carried away. In an
instant the army was only n confused
mass all the arms were in~tcrmingled
and II was impossible To reform a corps.