The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . carried thatvillage. Blucher immediately sent reinforce-ments to tliis quarter, and Napoleons center,30,000 strong, under Gerard, issued from itsconcealment, crossed the streamlet of Ligny,and pushing up the opposite bank, furiouslyassaulted the village of Ligny. But if theattack was vehement, the resistance was notless obstinate. Each army had behind itsown side of the village immense masses ofmen, with which the combat was constantlyfed; and at length the conflict b
The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . carried thatvillage. Blucher immediately sent reinforce-ments to tliis quarter, and Napoleons center,30,000 strong, under Gerard, issued from itsconcealment, crossed the streamlet of Ligny,and pushing up the opposite bank, furiouslyassaulted the village of Ligny. But if theattack was vehement, the resistance was notless obstinate. Each army had behind itsown side of the village immense masses ofmen, with which the combat was constantlyfed; and at length the conflict became sodesperate, that neither party could completely,by bringing up fresh columns, expel theenemy, but they fought hand-to-hand in thestreets and houses with unconquerable resolu-tion ; while the fire of 200 pieces of cannon,directed on the two sides against the village,spread death equally among friend and seven oclock, after three hours of furiousbut indecisive conflict, DErlons corps, partof Neys force, which had been stationed bythat marshal in reserve, two leagues fromQuatre-Bras, was withdrawn from there by. WATERLOO. the positive orders of the emperor, made itsappearance on the extreme right of the Prus-sians beyond St. Arnaud. On their arrival,Napoleon brought forward his Guards andreserves for a furious attack on the enemyscenter. Milhauds terrible cuirassiers ad-vanced at the gallop, shaking their sabers inthe air; the artillery of the Guard underDrouot, moved up, pouring forth with extra-ordinary rapidity its dreadful fire; and in therear of all, the dense columns of the Old Guardwere seen moving forward with a swift paceand unbroken array. This attack, supportedby DErlons infantry, and a charge of twentysquadrons of his cuirassiers on the Prussianright flank, proved decisive; the Prussianinfantry behind Ligny began to retire, theblood-stained streets of the village fell intothe hands of the French; and the Prussiansfled in the utmost disorder. The cannon go
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