The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30


in the direction Of Brussels, the objcc.
being to divide ;nc e!!ie-.
He struck. and struck quickly cro-.
ing the Sambrc at the point " tAa
bayonet and drying Bluchcrs force,
before him. At the same time he had
advanced on f'leurus pushing back Blu.
cher's forces there
Meanwhile Wellington had learned 70,
the French advance and rod" oyer n
Butchers command at Quatrc Bras.
where 10000 troops lay In readiness
behind St Armand. Ligny and SOM
BRET There was a dispute as 10 'hs
allies plan. but Wellington agreed 10
bring his force to Quatre Bras hN the
Namur roads II ne was not himself at
I tackled
4 French force If 5000 men ,up-
ported by artillery began the attach 90
the prussians at Cuatre Bras. Neg
! would have had double that number.
but the others had been drawn uG Nv
the Emperor to l.ignS. At tina, he bad
numerical advantage over the allied
force he Immediately attacked and
which was decidedly getting tho worst
Of it when repnforCemcnts appeared.
The Duke of Brunswick had been Killed.
and the Prince Of Orange was N"..g
hard pressed at Pierrem"ri The h.-.vy
French advantage Of cavalry with ,r.'.
lery support was again gaining the dav
as the English allies came up Ths
guards under picton. with prussia0 a.d.
contested the bloody field and iu spi'n W
terrific slaughter by cu:rassiers and the
heavy guns. they regained by ngh'fau
all the ground lost during the afternoon
by the Bclgians and Germans
The only advanced ground kept Nv
the French was n farm az Gcma,u.ou-'.
While this was gong on the Emperor
and Butcher were trying each other oI'
at the three places already named For
six hours the French. greatly uutr4rn.
bered. had given battle with singular
bravery and skill II would have rore
hard with them had not ono a. Nluehc~s
aids failed to come up. Bluchor now
realized that Wellington must have
his hands full and that he himself
would have to fight without English
aid.
Almost AT the close Of tho DAYS hai'ls
the Prussian centre was compelled N
give way and Ruchcr found himself
forced back all along the line. Uulor
cover of the night and a par Of tho
next day he retreated In good order
toward Wellington.
When the latter learned this and the
position Of Butchers defeated army 10
decided to give battle at Mont 81 lean
Butcher sent word that ne would dos
patch aid to him. About noon yelling
ton was between Brussels. Quatro Bras
and the enemy coming from tho vicinity
of Ligny In heavy shower Of rain.
To defend his right from attack We'll
ington sent Prince Frederick with about
20 600 men 10 HAS twelve miles awav
The main body ~ the allies had now
been Joined by Buelows division. which
was quite fresh. and news had come
that Bluchers whole army was on the
way.
The place Of battle was a little valley
with hills on each side. The English
occupied the northern the French tho
southern sides with their artillery. Tho
Brussels road ran through tho position
Of each force and Napoleon had intended
To- proceed thence TO Brussels The Eng
fish wings were protected. the right by
ravine and n village called Merk
Braine. the eft by two other hamlets.
Before he right flank was a strong body
Of allies IN the HouEoumont farm house.
while before the centre was another
known as La Hayc Sainte. The village
of La Hay was away at the end Of the
left wing position. Behind tho French
right was village called Planchenoit
June Is. the day Of Waterloo. opened
with heavy rain and IL was not until
. o'clock tina, each side could see the
others position The English formed I'm
two lines. the cavalry behind the centre
and right Of the first line Learning
of suspected Belgian treason. Wellington
a. L. la oil
his various divisions
The French forma ion was practically
the same AZ the English
The battle soon was over. and thu
power Of Napoleon, which had Jared
up in February fiickercd and expired
forever.
Broken by his defeat Napoleon on
tered Paris three days aftcrward and
II ne stu retained any hope Of making
another stand IL must have vanished
when he discovered that Paris had exc
lcuted another wolfe face and had turned
sourly against him as a commander who
had lost his power to win Victories Ito
knew. too that the allies were again on
the way To Paris and il was too late.
a last humiliation was an official warn.
ing to leave Paris.
FOR short time he entertained tho
idea OF escaping 10 the United States
nut no ship could have delivered HIM
here.
on July Is he was received ON hoard
British man-of-war. and after mo
Powers had agreed to leave him n
British custody he sailed on October -
Tor St Helena, where he remained until
his death in 1921 So born on an
island, ban!shed to an ISLAND. CONQUERED
by the army of an island ,with the as
sistance OF its allics) he died upon an
island
Napoleon had some Of tho qualities NJ
a great ruler. He caused to hc co'-
lected and formulated the code NJ
poleon, that body Of laws which has
served France so well. but ne was -
continually AT war during his rr.g0
that he had no time to demonstrate -
the world what Civil administrative
ability he had, and II is as military
commander that he is chiefly con-
sdered
His genius in that line will not h' ~.
cussed here. He certainly originated
his own tactics and il was a long tiW"
before his enemies discarded their own