Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . The Duke op Wellington 252 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1815. The Peninsular War In a very short time Napoleon escaped from Elba andmade his way towards Paris. His old soldiers flockedaround him with the greatest enthusiasm and he soon hadan army of two hundred and fifty thousand men. But the allies were nowthoroughly arousedby the danger thatthreatened a short time theyhad a million soldiersready to pour overthe French frontierand crush all opposi-tio
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . The Duke op Wellington 252 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1815. The Peninsular War In a very short time Napoleon escaped from Elba andmade his way towards Paris. His old soldiers flockedaround him with the greatest enthusiasm and he soon hadan army of two hundred and fifty thousand men. But the allies were nowthoroughly arousedby the danger thatthreatened a short time theyhad a million soldiersready to pour overthe French frontierand crush all opposi-tion. Napoleon,however, did notmean to allow themto unite their British and Prussians had armies in Belgium under Wel-lington and Bliicher. Napoleon suddenly crossed the Frenchfrontier and attacked Bliicher at Ligny, driving him backtwenty miles. At the same time Wellington, at the head of aBritish and Belgian army, wa5 attacked by Marshal Ney atQuatre Bras. Wellington was compelled to retreat to thevillage of Waterloo, nine miles from Brussels, where he tookup his stand. There on Sunday, June 18th, 1815, he wasattacked by had drawnup his army in squaresalong a h
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