. St. Nicholas [serial]. BY EVELYN SHEPHERD, AGE II BY GLADYS M. HURD, AGE 14 CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA BY EUNICE C. RESOR, AGE l6(SILVER BADGE) The British army was in the shape of a curve with thecenter nearest the enemy. Wellington desired only tohold this position until Blucher and his troops, whowere some ten miles away, arrived. The opposing armies had about seventy thousandmen each, Napoleons men being war-worn veterans,while Wellingtons men were mostly untrained Belgians,Brunswickers, Hanoverians, and English. The French army kept in the lead all the afternoonby brilliant, but costly, caval
. St. Nicholas [serial]. BY EVELYN SHEPHERD, AGE II BY GLADYS M. HURD, AGE 14 CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA BY EUNICE C. RESOR, AGE l6(SILVER BADGE) The British army was in the shape of a curve with thecenter nearest the enemy. Wellington desired only tohold this position until Blucher and his troops, whowere some ten miles away, arrived. The opposing armies had about seventy thousandmen each, Napoleons men being war-worn veterans,while Wellingtons men were mostly untrained Belgians,Brunswickers, Hanoverians, and English. The French army kept in the lead all the afternoonby brilliant, but costly, cavalry charges. By nightfall, when both armies were exhausted,Blucher arrived with reinforcements just in time to savethe day. The battle turned against the French. Na-poleon, in a last desperate effort, launched the famousOld Guard, against the enemy. This failed, and theallied army advanced in a bayonet charge. The Frenchwere soon in retreat. This battle had the effect of removing forever fromEurope Napoleon, with his grea
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