A short history of England, from the earliest times to the present day . mperor. This disastrous intelligence caused the revival of the coalition,and arrangements were made for a general invasion of anticipate this movement. Napoleon determined Arrangementsto lose no time in invading Belo:ium, which was fo^ag-enerai ° ° invasion defended by Wellington with a mixed army of Eng- of France,lish, Dutch, and Belgians, and by Blucher with an army of hoped to separate these armies, and then to penetratebetween them to Brussels. The great object of the allies, therefore,wa
A short history of England, from the earliest times to the present day . mperor. This disastrous intelligence caused the revival of the coalition,and arrangements were made for a general invasion of anticipate this movement. Napoleon determined Arrangementsto lose no time in invading Belo:ium, which was fo^ag-enerai ° ° invasion defended by Wellington with a mixed army of Eng- of France,lish, Dutch, and Belgians, and by Blucher with an army of hoped to separate these armies, and then to penetratebetween them to Brussels. The great object of the allies, therefore,was to keep close together, so that one might help the other in case 404 Georsre III. [1815. of attack; but they made the mistake of spreading their troopstoo much, so the rapidity of Napoleons movements at first gavehim the advantage. He contrived, with two-thirds of his army,to beat the Prussians at Ligny, while the English at Quatre Braswere just able to hold their own against the other* third, but werenot strong enough to help the Prussians. Napoleons right course. OPERATIONS OF WATERLOO. was either to crush the Prussians, or to fall with his whole army onWellington, but he lost time, and the allies were able to retreatalmost unmolested. The English and Prussians withdrew respectively to Waterloo and Wavi-e, while Napoleon despatched one-third of his army, Battle of under Grouchy, to hold the Prussians in check, and Waterloo. ^^pt two-thirds to attack Wellington. Wellington, however, arranged his troops so that his best men held three advance posts—the Chateau of Hougomont, and two sets of farm- 1815.] Lord LiverpooL 405 buildings on the slope of a slight valley—while his main body wasarranged behind the brow of the rising ground in the rear. Thestrength of this position enabled him to hold out against all Napoleonsattacks till Blucher, who had left a fourth of his force to resistGrouchy, brought up the other three divisions to his support, andranged his forces at right
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