The Washington herald., 1914-11-01

officer yelled to the Guard to surrender,
But the commander. Cambronne, was a
rude, uncouth son OF Mars, who, as
d'Auvergne in the honorary post Of the
First Grenadier OF France. His reply to
the Brlton was not at all the polite and
even noble observation. The Old Guard
dies, but never suTrenders" which a
Partisan journalist substituted for the I'M
printable original. Yet that was what
Cambronns should have said. for that
siashed a Path to the height of La Bell
Alliance. Then he fell from a ball that
struck him in the face and became Q
captive in the hands Of the foe
As MARSHAL Ney had been the first to
advance. he was determined to be tn
last to retreat. In the midst of the wild
rout he implorsd the soldiers who racei
aiter him TO stop and turn their faces
to the enemy. But life still held its lure
for others. though not for him.
IF You and / escape" Ney warned
Count d Erlon. we, shall be hanged"
Even his hat and his epauIettes W To
gone now, when, brandishing his broken
sword. he rallied a brigade for one more
stand. Come. my friends. 50 he shouted,
come on and see a Marshal Of France
die But an unkind fate had decreed
that he should not die like a Marshal CT
France. In vain he wOOed death besid
the Brussels road, but only to be caught
empire and swept on to ignominious fat.
The British moved across the valley
and mounted La Belle Alliance, where
the Prussians Joined them, and weIi:ng-
ton and Prime Blucher rejoiced together
in victory. The dukes forces were too
badly winded to continue the pursuit Of
Napoleon, and the hard-hating old prin.,
welcomed the task of bagginE the eag.l
Of Jena. Besides. he had left his piue /
Paris on the last campaign and he wished
to recover it.
As WelIinrIor, passed over the field On
his way to his sleeping quarters at Wa
terloo the moon burst through the
clouds and lit up the faces Of the dead.
who lay in windrows at the foot Of Mount
81. Jean. The gardens and houses OF
Hougoumont and La Have Sainte wera
crowded with bodies. and the well Ut
the old chateau was all but filed with
corps that had been. tulhbled into If
10 clear the ground for the fighting
The losses were fairly equal The
French killed. wounded and captured
Aggregated about 5000. or one-third %
the force engaged. The British them
selves lost $500; the Hanoverians. Dutcl
1000, or a total OF 1900 for the allies.
Wellington suffered keenly from the
fatalities to his staff and among his COM
manders. The hand OF God has been
back upon the scene Of battle where MS
life was spared, While his companions
in arms were falling by his side. PozZo
di Borgo was among the wounded but
with only slight bruise that did not re-
strain his rejoicing, Il have thrown th.
last shovelful Of earth on NapOeon's cof-
fin"
With the shadow OF Waterloo on hrs
brow and in the silence Of despair, Ma
poleon rode through the night in the
midst of his routed troops, crazsd with
alarms as they heard the Uhlans gallop-
ing at their heels. The bride relns fell
from his hand and lay on the neck Of hi,
horse. At midnight he passed through
the battlefield OF Quatre Bras. where the
moon rested like a spotlight upon the
naked bodies OF the dead. denied either
a grave or a shirt to co-sr them
Arriving In Charleroi at daybreak he
freed himself from the wretched mon
Of 1000 to hasten to Paris. He cast
aside his treasure wagon. and the popu-
lace and the drunken soldiery plundered
its bags Of gold He abandoned the I'M
perial coach. leaving in IL a lot OF
diamonds which a Partisan major claimed
as his booty.
AS he re-entsred France and left the
night Of horror behind him he took
heart to argue, "An Is not lost" BuS
a rumor Of the catastrophe sped o.:
before him. A strange hush fell upon
the people. who gazed with silent awe
and pity. as the fallen Colossus passed
among them.
tcogSneht, 1874 BY lanes McrsanJ