An historical account of the Campaign in the Netherlands in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Prince Blücher comprising the Battles of Ligny, Quatrae-Bras, and Waterloo

Front Cover PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. ... that shrouded them no hand was permitted to uplift, ... that genius and that valour which finally humbled the glory ... whose vanquished Emperor had so often repelled, with scorn... AN ... wrested from her grasp, and restored to their independence ... 1 ... behold the brilliant scene eclipsed. These various motives, ... crown which he had recovered. But he could not ... exemption from tythes, and in the abolition of various ... they were transgressed, the hand of justice did not ... 7 ... we might have been permitted to drag on an ignominious ... CHAPTER II. ... as incompatible with the hero and the soldier. Is ... ment, Napoleon ventured to risk an encounter with the ... success of his enterprise.” The connivance of England ... guards. M. Duval declined the adoption of such unavailing ... 1 ... 1 ... ور ... in vain. Firm and unshaken in his purpose, ... CHAPTER III. ... all, exulted in the thought, that whatever their ... names. ... and infatuated politicians, Europe might still have enjoyed the ... the Count d'Artois issued a proclamation to the army,... quarter, partly composed of freebooters,* who descended ... Empress, our dear and well-beloved spouse, ... that allowable among princes ?”If it be permitted... re-commenced his journey and proceeded to Ghent. ... The anomalies of man furnish a fruitful theme for philosophy... CHAPTER IV. ... temper unceasingly instigated him to conquests, and whose perfidy ... engrafted by twenty years indulgence, may be discarded by ... she appeared in the midst of them. Unappalled by ... as far as Quercy. He marched upon Montauban, ... CHAPTER V. ... hardly be supposed that so veteran a statesinan, one ... he believe they would be permitted to return? If ... its effects, by a manifesto which accompanied its publication ... 1 ... displeasure, as likely to frustrate any chance he had ... and Holland. How many fatal errors were confuted by ... 3 ... “ I approve-Napoleon ;” and M. Lanjuinais ... but, finally refused, indignant wrath cast it to ... CHAPTER VI. ... Belgium, for above a century and a half, ... galling retaliation. This spirit of rivalry and hatred, ... their oracular ambiguity, their pompous flippancy, their foolish ... however, by our musquets, and at length we ... 1 ... Prince, in opposing him to the conqueror of his ... Ligny now became the scene of a desperate and prolonged ... enemy must have broken the centre of the British. ... ments were completed, and now, the opposing hosts ... frequency of his attacks. It was repeatedly attempted to ... leon, in the discomfiture of his three great efforts... against our centre, and towards our right. The ... Jelne ... Europe may be made the language of prophecy. Continuing ... In this inglorious exile, he may probably linger many ... APPENDIX. ... The official account of Napoleon's progress from Cannes is too ... VIII. The present treaty having no other end in ... Ne craint-on pas de nous rappeler des temps... RETURN of AMMUNITION expended by the Royal Horse, Foot... it. ... . ... FRENCH OFFICIAL DETAIL. ... 1 ... Loire. Paris shall be completely evacuated in three days... So many ... I N D E X. ...