The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-08-22

similar to that OF Bull Run, only that
one battle was at one end of a great
war and the other at the reverse end.
June IS, 1915, the battle between
Napoleon and Wellington, supported by
the allied army Of England, etc., and a
Prussian army, under Butcher, was
fought to finish, the police remaining
in ignorance Of the trouble until it was
over.
Napoleon had successfully kept the
two great enemies apart for time, but
later on they were enabled to unite
against him and polish him off, as the
historian has it.
Napoleon had routed Butcher, and
with Wellington seven miles away at
Quatre Bras there seemed to be good
living chance for the former, whose
forces were reckoned at $4,000 to We'll
ington's 10000. Napoleon would have
given battle to the latter on the 18th,
but it 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 Il valley between.
The set to began at II 80 a. m. be-
tween Jerome Bonaparte, Foy and
Bachelu Oh the one side and Harga-
mont on the other. 1t was no walkover
for either army, and at 2 o'clock the adj
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
army 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 Butcher
so far away that he could not get back
without a special train. He did not
dream that Butcher would walk back
and then begin fighting at once without
changing his damp socks, but he 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 1, 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 O'Clock Mil
haud' S cuirassiers massacred the English
dragons and retook the place. At 4
O'Clock Wellington tried to recapture the
point, although it was hardly worth
paying taxes on. He did not succeed,
however.
At o'clock the French We're greatly
encouraged, still holding their center
and having gained slight advantages on
both TANKS. At this moment Napoleon
ordered the guard to advance in the
final attack, but the Prussian army
swarmed from the forest of Soignies,
broke the French line, and from wav-
ering pause it turned into reflex move
ment, dog trot, a sprint, lope and
then wild gallop for the tall timber.
At $3.50 p. m. Wellington and Butcher
met at the rear of Napoleon moving
headquarters. The latter had lost &c, 900
killed and the allies $4,000. TIE french
also lost almost their entire artillery
and baggage. These troops ran we'll
They kept shedding things as they went,
and when they reached the creek they
were almost unanimously prepared to
go in swimming without wetting their
clothes.
One Of the best (if not the best) de-
scriptions 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 he
has had more space and has therefore
gone more into detail.
Arthur Wellesley, K G., duke of
Wellington, was born at Dangan castle,
County Meath, Ireland, Of we'll known
family. which has since furnished more
New York policemen and less revenue