The first Napoleon : a sketch, political and military . rd to retire to convince the com-mon soldiers that the game was up. The menof dErlons corps were the first to break, beingtaken unawares and in flank. In vain Napoleondisposes the few battalions of the Guard whichremain to him in such a way as to form rallyingpoints. It is too late. On the right the Prus-sians break in like a torrent, and on the leftWellington, seenig the Guard retire, discerns hisopportunity with the sure eye of an able soldier,and orders his whole line to advance. His re-serve cavalry, — for he had with great judg-ment
The first Napoleon : a sketch, political and military . rd to retire to convince the com-mon soldiers that the game was up. The menof dErlons corps were the first to break, beingtaken unawares and in flank. In vain Napoleondisposes the few battalions of the Guard whichremain to him in such a way as to form rallyingpoints. It is too late. On the right the Prus-sians break in like a torrent, and on the leftWellington, seenig the Guard retire, discerns hisopportunity with the sure eye of an able soldier,and orders his whole line to advance. His re-serve cavalry, — for he had with great judg-ment retained some fresh brigades, — pantingfor their share in this glorious day, bear downeverything before them. The fifty-second andother veteran English regiments, which had alsobeen husbanded as much as was possible duringthe fight, drive the isolated battalions of theGuard from place to place, until even these re-doubtable veterans are crushed by weight ofnumbers. The army is in full retreat. Napoleonhimself, unwilling for a long while to see the. MATTHtWiJ, NUflTHHI
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