The herald., 1917-10-25
By CAPT. ROLAND F. ANDREWS


loo scaled the doom OF the
VIZ" VIZ, world figure Of modern
With It's ending was decreed
nm. mover again should Napoleon
tnai - immense >omnHmhulist OF
n'- sr,,e-ad dream. menace the fu'
~ kings and continents, with
'a, .,o,s and peoples rs m"r" paWnS
a naoD tbe chess board Of his gigantic
tp SS,,ion 1t requires rare flight
lind 70 imagine what might have
40 state Of Europe and the
e" - tho world today had Napo'
,'. a. the climax Of his Belgian cam
F% overthrown his enemies and es'
r pss,sbsd himself and his dynasty firm
y, ,r mower. History rs it was writ
m 70 the evening Of his doom
s.a failed to indicate any limits for his
,ossible sway. are
wo,erIoo was a battle Of ifs
u ON authority as Lieutenant
c.Io,s, ShuttlewOrth. L. ). A, as
~. that If Napoleon had enjoyed
- advantage Of a small runabout
-o.orcor he would have triumphed
-Os, certainly. If Grouchy had come
~ instead Of Butcher the day must
ssve belonged to France. If Ney had
Msc,oyed more military acumen In
che preliminary fight At Quatre Bras
49, backbone OF the English resistance
18th, have been broken. Napoleon
,mssF contended that If somebody
hoa mt without authority, ordered the
rrunported charge Of his splendid
,vslry, he would have won. The IF
!, everywhere In every story Of Wa
erloo.
Rs,ore the main battle Napoleon
had beaten the Prussians at Ligny
and had dispatched Grouchy with
slnOO troops 10 prevent the defeated
amy from marching TO Wellington's
,M In this mission Grouchy failed
and the emperor ever after censured
him bitterly for the failure. Ney
uesnwhile, attacked the English al
ou,tre Bras, but while he kept them
ANN aiding Butcher and his Prus'
Ssus he vet failed 10 break or demon
,I,e them. Wellington, retreating
took up positions on the plateau of
Nj ST. Jean, or Waterloo. Butcher,
At Wayre. left Thielman TO be over
vhelmed BY Grouchy while with his
main army he marched TO Wellington's
assistance. Thus, In the language OF
Greasy. he risked q detachment and
Won a campaign accordingly"
There is some variation In the es-
Innate of the strength Of the oppos.
ng forces. Greasy gives Napoleon
ila7, Wellington 67.855, and Blu.
der something over 10000, only
part Of whom, of course, were en-
ployed on the main field. Captain
becke and Colonel Hime give NapO-
hon 1900, agreeing In substance
VIII Greasy as to the number con-
nanded by Wellington and Butcher.
OF British troops. however, yelling.
ba had but $4,000. The balance of
Ns forces comprised Dutch. Bel
cans Hanoverians. Brunswickers,
Sassauers and the like, whose loyalty
and effectiveness was In more or less
Doubt On the morning Of June Is,
l@ years ago, the two armies were
drawn up opposite each other, with a
valley between. The PruSsians were
q Wavre. IL miles away.
Here again, enters the if." The
night Of the 18th had been stormy.
Inc ground was soft. Finding the
movement Of artillery difficult Ma.
pceon delayed the start of the
action until nearly noon. II he
had been able TO begin at daybreak he
might have demolished Wellington be.
iefe Butcher could have reached him
With aid.
sapOleon's first assault was against
NE fam Of Hougoumont. on the
npf OF the British position. Col,
snn after column was hurled upon
us post, which detachment Of the
BRUSH guards, fighting with the most
oe'perate valor. held throughout the
~ At one time, indeed. Foy's at.
se1ing regiments forced the stockade,
wi ~ we gate Colonel Mcdonnell ran
a'Vosh French infantrymen with his
"'ru' and Colonel Mackinnon dashed
y unoer heavy fire with the Grena.
eefs to the relief.
a. one o'clock. with every cannon
Doth Hdes laundering, Napoleon
s0cned his hrst grand attack against
british left center. For this
: selected 1900 infantry, support
= by Kellerman's horse and led nv
cy, The bravest Of the brave" The
aen-6elcans In the first line fed In
'~ oefore the furious onslaught OF
- veterans, but the British infan-
.enind held nrm. Pincton, COM
~" sua'ns the thin red English line, only
srons, took advantage OF the
eh moment Of deployment to loose
-. sstating volley, after which the
r...a cavalry charged, sending the
'0nch reeling back.