The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-13

PEE WEE NER1TAS MAILS HIS LETTER.
similar to that of Bull Run, only that
one battle was at one end of q great
war and the other at the reverse end
Jura Is. 1915, the battle between
Napoleon and Wellington, supported by
the allied army of England, ETC., and a
Prusslan army, under Blucher, was
fought to finish, the police remaining
IN ignorance of the trouble until it was
over
Napoleon had successfully kept the
later on they were enabled to unite
against him and polish him off, as the
historian has it.
Napoleon had routed Blucher, and
with Wellington seven miles away at
Qaatre Bras there seemed to be good
living chance for the former, whose
forces We're reckoned at 72, 900 to We'll
Engton's 10000. Napoleon would have
given battle to the latter on the 18th,
but 1t was late in the day and raining
so hard that it seemed impossible to fight
without getting wet feet, which would
have been hazardous and perhaps fatal
On the morning of the 18th the two
armies stood facing each other, with
every relation strained between them
and lurking antipathy which had been
worked up by the press.
The contending hosts occupied paral-
lei ridges facing each other 500 to 800
yards apart, with valley between.
The set to began at / 80 a. N. be-
tween jerome Bonaparte, Foy and
Bachelu on the one side and Harga-
mont On the other. 1t was no walkover
for either army, and at o'clock the ad-
vantage was extremely slight, the
French having the possession of the in
tervening real estate, while the English
had the personal property.
But shortly after noon the Prussian
ermy began to loom up little against
the horizon. This saddened Napoleon
right much and annoyed him up to the
day Of his death, for he had every rea-
son to believe that he had driven Blucher
so far away that he could not get back
without a special train. He did not
dream that Blucher would walk back
and then begin fighting at once without
changing his damp socks, but be did SO,
and the Little Corporal, who did so
much IN the line of souvenirs during his
lifetime, and who fostered art by sitting
for his portrait between skirmishes, saw
his star declining in the distance.
At half past /, and only short time
after the whistle had blown at the Wa
terloo stave mill, Napoleon directed
Ney to charge the enemy's center,
which he did with fearful slaughter,
but was driven back AT 3 o'clock Mil
haud's cuirasslers masSacred the English
dragoons and retook the place. At 4
o'clock Wellington tried to recapture the
point. although it was hardly worth
paying taxes en-. He did not succeed,
however.
AT o'clock the French were greatly
encouraged, still holding their center
and having gained slight advantages on
both fianks. At this moment Napoleon
ordered the guard 10 advance in the
final attack, but the Prussian army
swarmed from the forest of Soignies,
broke the French line, and from a way
ering pause il turned into a reflex move
ment, a dog trot, sprint, a lope and
then a wild gallop for the tall timber.
AT $50 p IN. Wellington and Blucher
met at the rear Il Napoleon moving
The latter had lost so, 900
killed and the allies 23, 600. The French
slso lost almost their entire artillery
pnd baggage. These troops ran we'll
they kept shedding things as they went, |
and when they reached the creek they |
were almost unanimously prepared 10 |
20 in swimming without wetting their |
clothes
One of the hest (if not the bestl de-
,criptions of the battle of Waterloo. |
aside from the above, is given by Victor |
Hugo. who has used my own language |
almost in several instances, and yet ne
nas had more space and has therefore
rome more into detail.
Arthur Wellesley, K g.. duke OF
was born at Dangan castle,
county Meath, Ireland, of well known
amilv. which has since furnished more
New York policemen and less revenue
10 ireland than any other of whom his
tory tells us He was born also at Mer-
non Square, Dnblin, according 10 other
oioeraphers. Wellington ubiquity thus
showed itself at an early age, and il
alter years caused the overthrow Of the
irst Napoleon.
he was the third son of ViScouns
Wellesley. or Wesley. earl of Morning
on He received his aar.l,a- aincatiop |
t Eton college ard was six years at the
college Of Anglers, France.
At is be entered the army as an en-
Ign, and IN l794 was placed in COM