CENTENARY OF WATERLOO.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 18 June 1915, Page 9

CENTENARY OF WATERLOO.

A MEMORABLE BATTLE. j XAri'Lli'Ns TESTIMONY TO I'.KITI.-ll l'Lli'K, ' (ny C'lIN D. XX.-XIX.) ' ; Jiisi a hue ii. ! yen- ago. mi .1 tin.- IStli. ' Jsl.i, v\ i- I u.t :! vein ful li.uilo W hich (lib" pi ny 1" Kiirnpc after .1 § trnggb- ,C.r, , la-t, I. a, fa,- as lli'taili wu , colleen:. .1. for twenty Iwo yc. in-. . trit-li tl." iv '|ii II of the -ii,,n breath j ing >?■<•■• "' ' "- v '>i-"Ch- i .vi-, 1 by th ■ I""" : A - It nnv ~ :. del thai the (~-nii.i-i-. Jike i .- Hi ' - '. . i.iim \\ atcrjo,, a- th.-ii vi.tor.v. "I '■ i. ."man Emperor, in an Bildr.— ib 'v. red .1 fi w year, a-j o to the remits oi li mover. . rented a storm "i ind'.gn.i i "• ! v .leel.iring thai Wellington a-,,1 !,,- army vv, :,- ~„h saved from nil uilnl.it "ti . t '••• t itin-ly arrival of Bin el er and his Prussians, who rescued them. | KEY TO TIIK POSITION. When m,.ruing dawned on dune IStli. Is].-, the I'm sh iroop, occupied the slopes of a I. ,1 e\ti'i:,!:iig from 11-mg , ir.n',,l i-l the right, t■ I ..i Il.i v c mi ti, ■ j lc't. \Yc"l.ug:,.:i lwiir-cli dc-Lin-d Hug"- \ Ci-'iit " i.c the '.. v of t. Ie Tvli.Me position \ '.-gii.y hi.! been led i.c , later dale j ti- Hid -h' ..::r, y nt W.'.tcrl .„." .'in! tlic! It, ii Puke w ,- a;,.., red to n- arbiter. V- vvr. 1. : " Hi.' su. ess of th- Cattle tl.e •■:,-- ~1 llug,,:i:!.nt. These gates v. n .-!o--d in the m .-i i-.uir.igeoiis in.itilt. -. ,i : :.- 'i . k "" time by s,r .Lini.-s Ma.-dm.-'i. I - vi- ■! hi !p thinking, iherc ; f, re. t it - r 1 ime- '- the man t , whom t-'.i sl: .1 I g-v c ie Icgacv of five hundred po-.11l i- " 1. ke ~ ir:,,, lf.slil.itld prnllem.tn. M ledum !l li.tudr-I over the Tr ncr to li.-' .-• i.v art -ergemt. who. Fro:;', ler t v -h.v.il |er will :i;:n-c".f. had f- re-1 '-a- ', t'-e .1 ior on it- .-litigc, in V c f.i.-e of .". crwh.'int.ng numbers of tie en'-:nv. [>J.FENCE OF IH 'i.nM'iNT. Tlticomor.t. th .ugh m-r-e'v i-i'.-.l by j tr-- Kremh. .-:•.', ..;; m the li-t. f-r tb« ' tntiiding- th. -r.-.-lv, ■- were never cap l tnred. th'-i-.ig'i ' c enemy alter a d.-sperm.• assault, p-T.-'t rated into the e.irden■w .iii --.lrroanded them, t'lri the north; f :!c w.i- i wall with .1 -ra-sive cil.-J which tin I been left open t.. allow a free] ingress of ammun t: it and supplies. If Hmrrnnont w.,- :b.- k-y ..f U'.n..|'.-.-.. the n .rth rate w-.is the key of Hiigomont. Tie French managed to force it for a while, but w. ■■: c cv .■•■!! :i.-,!ly driven back, a't.r a -triiir-i- rd th- greatest fen-city. j\!.ic l.inc'l. who w.i, i man of g:gantir BtaMirc and "--e.it s-.reiigth. rush..l i'-t----u.iri nt i crit'.Cii! rn"rnent. anl with the Si-Ip of sergeant Or.ihim. shut the gat--B'ter the enemy had h-'ii pa r ti.illy re p-tlsed. and -o -'ived ttu- si'.u.ition. ' '•DID NOT KNOW MACDONEI.L." A Prussian officer who accompanied "CVc'lington remarked :o him that he did n>• thing H.-.u.g,->mo'it was a position which could be he'd ag.iinsl a deterd ined assault. \\ ellington simple replied: "Ah. you do r. .: know Macdoiiell '" After the battle, happening again to meet tbe Prussian officer, h.-> e\. iirr->d: "Well, you see. Ma. 1 'lieil he" I II mg-i----ent after all'"' TERREBLE CATLNAOE. The nrn.ii-e a; this p.dr.- was terrible. Vi.-t.or Hugo remark.-d:—"Three thousand men in that hovel alone were cut down. s'..i-i..d to pie,-.-, shot, burned—and thi- so that a pe.i-attt -nn ray t.-d.-.y to : he traveller: "Mon-idir. gice ::-•-. three francs, and if you like 1 .-vc-ii! explain l-i you ihe iilTair of Waterloo." Wi 'V INDVINO FAME. The Coldstream Uu.ird- nhe regiment ,-o which Mii.-donei! 1.e!..ng.--| l were not the only Scottish regiment that won nnrving fame at the ba::ie- t.he (lordons, the I'amerotis. the forty-second I lilai k Wat.-hi. the s-nt- I; revs, and others. performed hemic feats on th.it day. The (o-irdoe- :,,--. half their number, and 2', n-i: of -"■''' ofli er-. I'.cfore the sun f i moll" c'l.irge "f the Oreys anl ("tor ,i ..,-. .1 irir.™ which they capture I a ] .'- rf . n ;.- n eagle, evoki I praise from N.i pole.m !,",m-c"f. who wi-.ne-sed it. The enemy wer- ignominion-ly put to flight. anything th.it.-on! 1 impede their flight. A MAGNTIT "ENT SWORDSMAN. Among the m.itiv heroes of Water'no m ; .-haw. rhe 1.,:"., i.u.irdsman. th-n reek-one 1 the ';,<--: s.v,.r!-ma'i in tiie P-iti-.ii Army. Iv one charge he slew r ;.,, ,-,,-;,;.„-;. ~= attested by eyev ;tne-e=. We -...;■- afterwards cot. off f ronl his eomrad--. .-md surrounded by the enemy. Ai'er -'ne fight his dead tiodv w a' di-e.-.v-re ' lying on ;he field. TIIE r.KATKN EMPEROR. Tt -.'.,- t. Mcl that N.ir,o!e.-,.i -eeme.l /Dij-l-i Icprc I '■■>■■ '•••'■>■:.,- morning ■•: tin. hittie. I-lvi-'ti a false report I which r.ach. 1 him a "V.i: ', p.m.) ' thai the French hid won, was not successful in v ,,- ■ ,;i b ,'■ ;,.!-• 'j ; hat the beaten .., t ',-,": for Paris, a-riving ' hen- on the 21-t. [~ ':,'. r rr,-.i-t of 'lie l.a'l'c. Napoleon P a-.'-:-- "Tii'' l-'rr-n. li. th-iugh fever in n-i'T-bei - i than ihe Allied nnd I'ru-sian :,--,., -, would have vv.n the \i"t..ry but '.... t'-e ..',--, r.a-e and iinroii.|ii'rable hravry -A tn" Bri-i-h n-...p«.-The day after hi.- arrival in Pari- he >>;,': '.:." ''l',;. I ~, '1., p..,,:, \,, | ~., I ,-.f •'„■ 11. ilcr..phr,n. at l! i.-lie-f,.-. ,„ .Ittv I.Vh. -.v year- In:, rhe de 1 i:i -'.;•':.: >-. H'-i-n.,. |.|( KLEN'Ess (U-" i.flKAl N'll--. 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