The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . \ .-. /. \ <r *v(^**\ MEDALS ON THE BATTLE OF LANDEN OR NEKRWTNDEN 2362 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xx which is still dear to the most unfortunate of nations. The region,renowned as the battlefield, throui^h many ages, of the greatest powersof Europe, has seen only two more terrible days, the day of Malplaquetand the day of Waterloo. During many months the ground was strewnwith skulls aiul bones of men anil horses, and with fragments of hatsand shoes, saddles and holsters. The summer the soil, fertilisedb\- twenty thousand
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . \ .-. /. \ <r *v(^**\ MEDALS ON THE BATTLE OF LANDEN OR NEKRWTNDEN 2362 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xx which is still dear to the most unfortunate of nations. The region,renowned as the battlefield, throui^h many ages, of the greatest powersof Europe, has seen only two more terrible days, the day of Malplaquetand the day of Waterloo. During many months the ground was strewnwith skulls aiul bones of men anil horses, and with fragments of hatsand shoes, saddles and holsters. The summer the soil, fertilisedb\- twenty thousand corpses, broke forth into millions of poppies. Thetraveller who, on the road from Saint Tron to Tirlemont, saw that vastsheet of rich scarlet spreading from Landen to Neerwinden, could hardlyhelp fancying that the figurative prediction of the Hebrew prophetwas Hterally accomplished, that the earth was disclosing her blood,and refusing to cover the slain. ^ There was no pursuit, though the sun was still high in the heavenwhen William crossed the Gette. The conquerors we
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