Stories of persons and places in Europe . he mob reached the churches, but the whole amount of damagedone was more than could be estimated. One thing might be said in favor of the rioters ; they committed no deedof violence upon man or woman and no robberies. They left heaps of jewelry,gold and silver plate, and costly embroidery lying on the ground, and pun-ished with death one of their number who stole five shillings worth. Theirmotive was simply to destroy the religious symbols, which they consideredabominable idols. But such blind zeal always does more harm than good, and the result ofthei
Stories of persons and places in Europe . he mob reached the churches, but the whole amount of damagedone was more than could be estimated. One thing might be said in favor of the rioters ; they committed no deedof violence upon man or woman and no robberies. They left heaps of jewelry,gold and silver plate, and costly embroidery lying on the ground, and pun-ished with death one of their number who stole five shillings worth. Theirmotive was simply to destroy the religious symbols, which they consideredabominable idols. But such blind zeal always does more harm than good, and the result oftheir work was that the Catholics of Flanders, where the image-breakingwas carried on most fiercely, were so embittered against the Protestants thatthis portion of the Netherlands remained with Spain when the rest rose inrevolt. The Field of Waterloo.—Ten miles south of the city of Brussels isthe great dreary plain of Waterloo, where, a little more than seventy yearsago was fought one of the most important battles of history. On this plain. THE GUARD DIES, IT NEVER SURRENDERS. gl8 Persons and Places in Europe. the English Duke of Wellington placed his forces to resist an attack fromthe great French Conqueror, who for several years had been creatingempires and emperors, and changing the map of Europe to suit himself. Two ridges run through this field, with a little valley between them. Onthe one the English and their allies were stationed, on the other one end of the field was the farm of La Haie Sainte, at the other anold Flemish chateau, each of which was occupied by the British. Thesetwo points and the central ridge were the scenes of the fiercest farm was taken and retaken several times; the chateau was heldunwaveringly by the British, though a battery of howitzers plantedagainst it set it on fire more than once. The French gained a footingwithin the orchard and garden several times, but were never able to enterthe walls surrounding the house. Some one s
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