An island story; a child's history of England . ory, and by it Europe was saved fromtyranny, yet Wellington was sad as he looked round onthe dead and the dying. The British troops were worn out with the long daysfighting, but the Prussians were still fresh, and Bliicherstarted off to chase the flying Frenchmen, who ran asfast as they were able. They hid in the woods andditches, and threw away their arms, knapsacks, and every 462 OUR ISLAND STOTIY thing they could, so that they might run the faster andescape from the pursuing Prussians. They fled till theypassed the borders of France, where the
An island story; a child's history of England . ory, and by it Europe was saved fromtyranny, yet Wellington was sad as he looked round onthe dead and the dying. The British troops were worn out with the long daysfighting, but the Prussians were still fresh, and Bliicherstarted off to chase the flying Frenchmen, who ran asfast as they were able. They hid in the woods andditches, and threw away their arms, knapsacks, and every 462 OUR ISLAND STOTIY thing they could, so that they might run the faster andescape from the pursuing Prussians. They fled till theypassed the borders of France, where they scattered totheir homes, a broken, beaten army, never to be gatheredtogether again. Napoleon gave himself up to the British. He wastaken to England on board a British man-of-war calledthe Bellerophon, but he was not allowed to land. He was kept on board the Bellerophon until the Kingsof Europe decided to send him to St. Helena, a lonelyisland in the Atlantic ocean. There he could do noharm, and there he stayed until he died, six years OQ CHAPTER XCIX GEORGE IV.—THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IN EUROPE George hi. died in January 1820 , and was succeededby his son George iv. George iv. had aheady beenreigning as Regent for ten years, for, during that time,his father had been mad and so unable to rule, andtowards the end of his life he had become blind, and deafas well. George iii. was called Farmer George, because heliked a peaceful country life, and would have been a verygood farmer, although he was not a very wise King. Hehad reigned sixty years, including the last ten, duringwhich he really did not rule. George iv. was called the first gentleman in Europe,because he was handsome, and had fine manners, verydifferent from those of his homely father. He tried tomake friends with all his people through his finemanners. Soon after he became King he went to Ireland,where the people received him with great joy. He madespeeches to them, and laughed and cried with them. Hewore the
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