The sun., 1902-07-27

have r~,rcatssi hal n. known TIA, the frus-
.lan advance sa- ~ .los as " vas Tvs
cpmI-i-i's fur,e- in which Ave languages
Wvg- zIoksn. sstv unn, fot lons contst
9TH Nappl.ons army The Dutch brl-
gan truuf,-, NUM- er,ns i7Ua. wsre snoNn
| 60 - hau-hssrei tho l.So >ss-ausrs
whu hal s-ry~i und-r Soult IN 1919 sere
MT above suspicion he / oco HsnoVerians
and sgD BrufsNick~rs were certain To do
th-ir h"-i hu' hey N~r~ mostly raw trooTs
~ fact. Wellington couli thoroughly RELY
! unly oH h,- - ~ British soldirr- and the
5.NoS men % king George German Legion:
among the Enghshm-n there was q large
pr ,purtiOn nf rcrruits Or drafts from militia
,attslipn- Daring III. subsequent march
- Paris w"lling'"n ra~sd IA" -csthing
| Judgment that. With the exception of his
penln-u mon, his force az Waterloo WAS
the wor.' equipped army. with the worst
stan. ever hroIsht 'os' her
How then. did It hapren that Napoleon
was defeated The caus.s of his over
throw at Watsrioo al, thus summed up
The lack of timely pursuit Of Blucher and
Wellington ou June II cnab'cd tho-. leaders
t. secure pns,s of vantage and TO form
definite plan which NspoleoL did not fully
ldl'h'lh fNFll Al INV tlANIN OF INV
Full Of oycrwrcning contempt Of yelling
ton, lac began the hight heedles.ly and
Nastefully When the Prssians came
On h. unlcTratrd their str'ugth and be-
Iiey.d to the very end ,ha, Gruuchy would
come up and take them between two fires.
Bat, IN the ahfcEce Il prompt. clear ana
, detailed inst ructions. that Marshal was
left prey to his fatal notion that Wavre
wa the only point TO b" aimed ~ and
a''trh II. D-sIr" IN" heavy cannonade
uu tH" west hr persisted IN this strange
CuUr,n, While Napoleon staked every thiHg
IN supreme effort against Wellington
Thu LAT was an act "i appalling hardi-
hood hut ho explained To- CockhUrn on his
..yagc To- =, Helena that. still conf.ding IN
Grourhy approach, he felt no uneasiness
a. tEc Prg~Siau movements, which were,
IN fact. already checked. and that he con-
sidcrcd the battle 10 have been. on the
whole. rather IN his favor than otherwise
Th. explanation Lac every appearance ot
sincerity But would anv other great
commander have staked his las, reserve
aId lard bare hl- rear solely IN reliance on
the ability Of an almost untri-d leader
who had sent not single word that jus
ifcd the hopes now placed in him.
our author IL inclined Ia think that herr
". touch the weak points ia Nspoleons
rt.!..ctual armor Gifted with almost
,uperhuman insir and energy himself,
he too often credited his paladins with
| possessing the same divine aff'atus Fur
| thcrmorc. hc had a supreme contempt
| for hi- "Icmy Victorious Ia a hundred
| fights over -eCoud-rate opponents In his
! youth. be- could MT now school his hardened
| f,r!litic. to the cauiion needed In a con
'c-t With Wellington, Gne.senau and
| Buchrr only after he had ruined him
,,f and France did hc realize his own
| errors and the worth - tho allied leaders.
| During the VOYAGE 10 England he con-
i,.--,.d - Bertrand The Duke ~ Well
! ,us'Yu IL NIlly equal TO myself Ia the man
asouirut Il an army. nth ne ddrdridos
| of pusssss,ng more prudence The Jour
nal kept bv Guurgaud AZ - Helena
! show, that \Ipul"on blamed In turn the
ram. N"v. Grouchy. Naudamm". Guyot
/ IuI S.u.t hat he end"d--lt Vas fatality,
! Tor. IN spite of ALL should have won that
| battle
Sappl-on Sas 10 years old when he -uf-
fcred defeat AT Waterloo. l. Il possible
! hat before and during that engagement,
| his intellect was Cluud'd, - the result of
premature physical decay MANY writer's
! having a-~.rtsi that Napoleon AZ IN" time
was Huf he shadow of his former sclf, our
| author recognize. the necessity ~ review
| fur IN" -, id"ucr - contemporaries on the
/ M, a,'. l,,causr II The assertion he tr,,e,
/ .g. Battle ~ Waterloo deserves little notice
| Nlr r., begins with an admission hut y
| doc. ult carry him far II seems that Tor
sine time past there had h""n a slight
! falling N in \apolcon's mental and bodily
| bowers SOM. Dhsorvcr-. including Chap
! al. dated n from the hardshlps ut the re-
! rent from NusCuW. Thts j. very doubt
| rlI Hr ,rdui that campaign in a better
-'a,s Of ncal'h 'han he had cuy'ycd durinr
tho al, auc. R,-,da-. IN none % his vars
dt D.. show such Vitality and fertility Of
! r,.-Du-c. ~ a. the desperate struggle Of
I,'t.l French .oIl. which Wellington pro.
| r.uno,l ms nls'erp.ecc After ,hi- there
-...ru- Q, have hc,.u a period - sonnet hing
ls, r,'t'I.r a. Ina In September. 1874.
Nj N.I campbell r"pnr'ed 20 'hc Bri,ish
Far4rn ONO. 'NaIol-on seems 10 have
! r,.. ,! aatI.- 4 study and scdSLtAry appli-
,.,,.u H. uccasi,uaily fails INTO \ state
.frar,i,'v never known before. ard sonc-
.i,p.- rrprs.- IN his bodroum Tor several
! n u.-,f ,h. dav. takes exercise on carriage
AND no. un hor-ehaok Il - also certain
/ ,l1'D..iug IL ten months ~ Elha. Nspoeon
l...a,p.. cry stout and his checks PUFFY
! uu ri- r"tJ.rn to Franc. however. 10
! s...Irv,d hi- old activity. and the mos
,.,,,r'Ic witre,,-c- as-'rt that his faculti"-
showed mo- marked decline. Guizot. who
! ,av a gu,,! deal ~ him, writes \ per-
-r,,,. iu the in'rll~c, and conduc, of Napo-
l ] -. HftyIr,.l na -, -