. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. n Wellingtons retMiving a rein-forcenient. the French retiied. leaving Ihi- alliesin possession of the village. Battle of Waterloo.—Fought ne
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. n Wellingtons retMiving a rein-forcenient. the French retiied. leaving Ihi- alliesin possession of the village. Battle of Waterloo.—Fought near the Bel-gian village of miles southeasterlyfrom . IS. ISlf). between Napoleon,with .ihonl V,,ooii men (inchicling envalrv)and Mit trims, nud the British allied army, unilerLoitl WelliTigtr>n. of about men (,:.llOeavalrv). The alli-v .?.?nsi^lid ot a littl. nioirthan English , uhMul 17,;>00 Nether-landers, and the rest were ilirmaiis. and weivsubHe(iuently reinforced by Blucher and the Prus-sians. The Imllle lasleil from before noon untiltowftrdH evening, and rcsulld In the completerout of the French troops, and the overthrow ofthe Ereneh KnipcKu-. The losses of ihr liniisballies, tlm,e of the PrnsM,Miv 2 men. and of the French more , 227 pieces of cannon. Tfe^ d. ? LIFE AND AVuliK <)V
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