The National tribune., 1891-06-25
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The figures Tor the Dutch Bclgiaus, who Ice
haved very badly. are mere e-timales' probably
the missing numbered more than 5000, nad it =
very unlikely that Tie total killed and wounded
went as d gb "a 1909.
A. Geuy ~hurg ile Narihcmors lost l7,555 killed
and wounded aud t35 missing; la other words,
they suffered au aoupIiy greater loss than the
much larl,cr army ol Wellington ana lHucher;
relatively, 1t wac haif as great AGAIN. being some
tsing like - por cent. in liod aud wounded alone
This gives some idea Of the comparative obstinacy
81 ihc fighting.
Iu making amy com aarson between the two bat
ties, must Of course be remembered that one oc-
cuped bat "a single day and The other very nearly
three aud IL is hard 10 compare the severity Of tie
strain Of n long aud very bloody with that caused
by a short and only less bloody battle.
Gettysburg consisted Of series Of more or less
completely isolated conflicts; bat owing to thc
loose way IN which the armies marched into ac-
lion many OF lhctroo- that did the heaviest fight
ing were Engaged I'm but portion OF TIE time
The Second aud Third Corps were probably not
heavily engaged for very much longer period
Than The British regiments al Waterloo
Both were soldiers rtucr than generals battles.
Both were wngcd with extraordinary courage aud
obslinncy and IA "a fearful cost Of life Waterloo
was scttlcd by a single desperate and exhausing
struggle; Getty sburg took longer was less deci-
sive, aud was relatively tnuc more bloody. Ac-
oording 10 Wellington The chief feature Of Water
loo the " hard p5uuding -; and al Gettysburg
tlie poundug--or az Grant called u, the hammer
ing WAS even harder.
While this is much more accurate than the
generality Of writing about Gettysburg, yet
it contains some errors which detract from
the full glory Of the men who struggled at
Gettysburg and won the victory. The FIRST
Of these is that the number Of Union
troops il too high aud that Of The rebels too
low The Count Of Paris after a careful
summing up, places the number Of men
under Meade, al Gettysburg, at from 50 600
TO $4,000 men; bus this included the Sixth
Corps l50gO strong, which arrived late on
the field and took very little part in the
/ battle, losing but 81 killed and 1s5 wounded.
He gives Lee from 6-,OnO 10 G9O0O men on
1 the field, every one Of whom was actually
engaged, thus making an advantage OF sew
cral thousand on The part Of the rebels OF
actual combatants.
There WIS no fghiing at Waterloo equal
to the heroic d,f.nsc Of Oak Ridge on the
first day, by the First Corps, which lost the
greatest number Il killed and wounded
ever lost by 50 large body OF men on tn,
Geld Of battle, and il Inflicted even a nor,
] ill H. ...,.,., Sc ;l.,,4. ~, - j.,
total present for Gaty equipt" Of 1886 on
June 80, il lost Cos killed, 1921 wounded
and 2lG2 missing. making a total loss o
GO59, or two-thirds OF is fighting force
when il sulleuly I'm back IN front Of over
wrelming number il left nearly one-hal
Of the men il took into battle dead O.
wounded upon the field. The reports o
the rebel commanders opposed TO it show
that it inflicted a much greater loss on IL
opponents than il suffered. The records o
the fighting done at Waterloo pale belon
this.
Furthermore The fierce fighting az Water
Zoo, At Ia Hale Saute and Hougoumonr
between the English and Germans and Ia
French, did mol equal in desperation ina
Of the Second, Third, and Fifth Corps i
the Wheat Field, the Peach Orchard, an
the Devils Den.
Nor in the history Of Waterloo, or in an
l.s-.o-,, 49,, H.. am. ,..-q..s. - r ..,,I -
lantry and glory as the splendid charge ,
the lst Mimi. Hancock, finding II abs,
lutcly necessary 20 pain Eve minutes tim
in order 10 form against a heavy rebel co
umn which bad approached the disorderc
line uDpcrcriyrd. through a neck Of wood
ordered the lsl Mum. 10 charge the head
the column which il did with impetuol
gIlgnny, and ia a terrible fight Of fe
minutes threw il into confusion, and cap
ufcd the cOlors Of The leading regiment III
LIST MINI. had 2G2 men in its ranks when
received the order. Every man moved "a
ward AT once, and in the few awful minut
which followed 81 were killed and j
!, wounded, making a total Of pa. Near
one man in every Eve was killed, and 70
!. ont Of every five were either killed
wounded. Not one mus missing. The
mainder, and the companies which had n
been engaged, were just AS full Of fight {
next day rs ever, and made another char
with equal determination, drove the ener
before IL, and captured number of prise
ers. Besides this showing, the one blund
> ing, foolhardy charge Of the famous Liz
Brigade seems Baltry.
M So many words that he never said
ar being Pot into ex-senator Ingalls's mou
that be has 10 spend much Of his time der