Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-15

battle. said Monmouth, with more
sprightly look. 1t may. be that one
who has commanded regular troops, rs
| have done. is prone to lay too much
weight upon the difference which dis
ciplne and training make. These brave
lads seem high OF heart. What think
YOU of the enemy's dispositions, Col.
SaNon%'
by my faith, think very little of
them, your majesty Saxon answered.
bluntly. Il have seen armies drawn up
in array in many different parts of the
world and under many commanders. /
have likewise read the section which
treats Of the matter in the DE re mill
taSi' OF Petrinus Bellus. and in the
works of a Fleming of repute, Vet | have
neither seen nor heard anything which
can commend the arrangements which
we see before MS"
How call you the hamlet on the left
that with the square, iVory-ciad church
tower:" asked Monmouth, turning to the
mayor of Bridgewater, small, anxious
faced man, who was evidently far from
easy at the prominence which his office
had brought upon him.
"Westtonzoyland, your hOnOr-that is,
your grace mean, your majesty" he
stammered. The other, two miles
farther off is Middlezoy, and away to the
left, just on the far side of the rhine, is
ChedZoN."
asked the King. starting violently and
turning so hercely upon the timid burgh-
er that he lost the little balance of wits
which was left to him.
why, the rhine, your grace, your maj
cSty," he quavered. ''The rhine which,
as your majesty's grace cannot hut per-
ceive, is what the country folk call the
rhine"
1T is a name, your majesty for the
deep and broad bitches which drain off
the water from the great mnraSs of
Sedgemoor,' said Sir Stephen TimeweM
Monmouth turned white to his very
lips, and several OF the council eX-
changed significant glanceS, recalling thc
strange prophetic Jingle which / had
been the means of bringing to the camp.
The silence was broken, however. by an
old Cr0mwellan major named Hollis,
who had been drawing upon paper the
position of the villages in which the
enemy was quartered.
IF il please your majesty, there is
something in their order which recalls
to my mind that of the army of the
Scots upon the occasion of the battle of
Dunbar. Cromwell lay in Dunbar. even
ms we lie in Bridgewater. The ground
around, which was boggy and PREACHER
Gus. was held by the enemy. There
was not a man in the army who would
not own that, had old Leslie held his
position, we should. as far as human
wisdom could see, have had to betake
MS to our ships, leave our stores and ord
nance, and so make the best of our
way to Newcastle. He moved. however,
through the blessing of Providence. in
such manner that Il quagmire inter
vCned between his right wing and the
| rest of his army, on which Cromwell fell
! upon that wing in the early dawn, and
| dashed it to pieces. with such effect that
the whole army fled, and we had the exc
cutim of them to the very gates of Leith.
| Seven thousand Scots lost their lives,
but not more than hundred or so of
the honest folk. Now your majesty will
! see through your glass that n mile of bog
| land intervenes between these villages,
| and that the nearest one, ChedZoy. as
| think they call it, might he approached
| without ourselves entering the morasS
| Very sure | am that We're the lord gen
eral with us now he would counsel us
! to venture some such attack"
! 1T is a bold thiBr. with raw peasants
TO attack old soldiers" quoth Sir Ste.
| phen TimeweIk ''Yet, if it is to be done
| know well that there is not n man
| born within sound Of the bells Of st.
Mary Magdalene who will finch from
IT"
You say well, Sir stephen" said Mon.
mouth. AT Dunbar Cromwell had
veterans at his back. and was opposed ia
troops who had small experience of war.
Yet there is much good sense in what
Maj. Hollis has said" remarked Lord
Grey I'VE must either fall on. or be
gradually girt round and starved out
That being 80, why not take advantage
Mt once of the chance which Feversham'C
ignorance or 'capeleSSneSS hath given us:
Tomorrow, if Churchill can prevail over
his chief, | have little doubt that we
shall find their camp rearranged. and 50
have cause to regret our lost opportun-
ity."
Their horse lie at Westonzoyland.' -
said Wade. THE sun is SO fierce now
that we can scarce see for it's glare and
The haze which rises up from the
marshes. Yet q little while ago / could
make out, through my glasses, the long
lines of horses picketed on the moor be.
yond the village. Behind. in Middlezoy.
are 1000 militia, while in ChedZoy, where
our attack would fall. there are five regi-
ments Of regular foot
eff we could break those all would be
we'll" cried Monmouth. What is your
advice, Col. BuyseE'
my advice is ever the same" the Ger
man answered. 1--WE are here to fight.
and the sooner we get to work at it the
better"
And yours. Col. Saxon? Do you
agree with the opinion of your friendf'
II think. with Maj. Hollis, your maies-
~. that Feversham, by his dispositions.
Iltitl ldIu ultilStlL bptll 10 dIldCh, anu
that we should take advantage of it
forthwith. Yet, considering that trained
men and a numerous horse have great
advantage by daylight, | should be in
favor of a camisado or night Onfall"
The same thought was in my mind, -
said Grey. Our friends here know ev-
cry inch of the ground, and could guide
us to Chedzoy as surely in the darkness
as in the day"
Il have heard. said Saxon, that much
beer and cider, with wine and strong
waters, have found their way into their
camp. If this be so. we may give them
rouse while their heads are still buzz
ing with the liquor, when they shall
scarce know whether it is ourselves or
the blue devils which have come upon
them"
A general chorus of approval from the
whole council showed that the prospect
Of at last coming to an engagement was
welcome, after the weary marchings and
delays of the last few weeks
Has any cavalier anything to say
against this plan?' asked the King
We all looked from one to the other.
but, though many faces were doubtful or
Responding, none had a word TO say
against the night attack. for it was clear
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