Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-04-17

+; tr imagination. If 10, YOU rni. aud
! immediately uispel such Il seemingly
; foolish thought " you look at the lit
tie white hous' y ntstlj,g IN green or-
chufdn, fragrant will, heir Whi'e
hlos~';tn-. Sill IT Was in ju-t such u,I
ehrhan'ln% 'ime thu' th- tut'Ie oi
NaFrrjoo wa fought. 1n fragrant,
dewey, fn-c~clAd June the green turf
was stained with the crimson blood nf
tutioh~, rul!td FIR litelty nud their
hstivt le1li.
| Tht French h>d be'n htlA ho<cn by
.Ehg!Ahd's tyranny, hut they 1Htgrd
FIR t|i* f1' etlnn that An,trita had tut
IL -hu1! tl;11+ beftF*. Vt alr r.u!s,y won.
They acc ardin9iy He Jared WIZ with
E"Etand, whrn I;>nHp'rte lad t.caFt~
I'd the rri~ml bars If E'l,a, returning
to Ills Wt tAer country HI t}err+ htu
crutl III ever. The Frt,cl. ha+, l,lnny
strong fortrtasts. amt this gave ttem
good reason. |" 'htnk victory aln.s'
within th<ir grasE'. Gu tle l5th of
June, l9l33. the Freuet advAt c+d in
thee grand enluults to ChAri.:ni,
where they expected to meet the Britt
in army, but did not. On tue 18th
B}ucher, after ttur3-fnught battle.
WAS defeated by Napoleon ut Lixny.
No decided action took place, however,
until The fatpi 18th of June. All
night before the rain had fallen In tors
rents. and 1t was still raining heavily.
It ceased about s o'clock, nnu 'he +un
broke glotlou-ly Though the mIsts,
flsshlng Oh the bright sword blades
the blades Of swords now bright and
unstxined that would be tlot>ed with
life's blood before that sun eet 4gaiu.
At II O'Clock Napoleon opened battle
by firing volley into the English in-
fantry, For sume time steady cannon
atling was all that could be heard.
Then slowly and grandly over the
eastern hills the three grand columns
came marching In all the G o. y OF war,
colora flying. eabres cleaning aud feet
keeping time to the music. Even the
Eng'ish could hut admire, and Ia the
French it served ~ a great encourages
neEt. Napoleon then Planned Il grand
attack to he made upou the British
ten1er ard left wing by Marsh i Ney,
NAppleon'a "hravest ut The brave"
BY this movement they hopt Il To cut
1T tht BRITISH line of retreat &n Btus-
-ti-. A. the columns swept gradually
down upon then,. the Dutcl und H-l-
ri Ills under Wrlliuet n'- general,
Blyarnt. fled di~grAce'u'Iy. They were
r&l!t> d, however. ny Wellington him
self.
Oo tn- French left there WAS I'll old
stone farm ht'u-e .aInu st II castle, called
11a Haye Sain1e, all important p'!>t.
1t wa. taken by the celebrated Keller
man, IF NapuleolI'- army. While
this skiruI-h wa+ ut lts height Ma
pole>u had suffered n severe l. i. in the
field. His magnificent body { f rav~
ulry war routed, ard tho>, not killed
were 'uken rrl+oners. The Duke of
Wellington had large force. con'~
posed chittly Of Dutch, Belgiaus aud
Russians, who were co.1-taut1y giving
him serious trouble. The cause WAS
owing to their wishing 10 fight ander
tbs French flag. He tinully formed
them into solid squares. As Napoleon
was marching proudly forward with
bis Young Guards, they fired such
heavy volley that the guards were
compelled to retreat. At about :
O'Clock Napoleon rallied his Old
Guards. aud came down iu the valley
of death to meet the British. The
clouds were thick and the smoke
go thick that all Napoleon could aee
was few Englishmen riding about.
He gathered courage a. be advanced,
marching firmly aud unconsciously
into captivity, when suddenly above
the deafening din of battle the COM
Il and, up, Guards, aud at them!'
was heard. Az II by magic. before the
astonished French there sp1ang up the
English 10 perfect order and four
deep. The English bad been lying
face down to protect themselves from
the French cannonadipg. Napoleon
tried bravely and well TO rally, but it
was too late. They retrcated, followtd d
by The shouting and victorious Eng-
lish. Suddenly through the heavy
dark clouds, which, had obscured the
bright skies of sunny France, the sun
broke, smiling as before. Its crimson
light flooded the fatal valley. It's
CLEANS flashed on the hayonets Of the
pursuers aud tbs flying heels OF the
1ursued.
Napolean went into captivity two
days later, and his proud guards were
scattered over the broad land. Tnus
ended the 1uat uf the f1ftqen 0eciRiVe