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Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Charleroi road. One of theFrench columns kept to the east, andattacked the extreme left of the allies ;the other three continued to move rap-idly forward upon the left centre ofthe allied position. Disgraceful Panic. The front line of the allies here wascomposed of Bylants brigade of Dutchand Belgians. As the French columnsmoved up the southward slope of theheight on which the Dutch and Belgi-ans stood, and the skirmishers in ad-vance began to open their fire, Bylantsentire brigade turned and fled in dis-graceful and disorderly panic; butthere were men more worthy of thename behind. The second line of the allies hereconsisted of two brigades of the Eng-lish infantry, which had suffered se-verely at Quatre Bras. But they wereunder Picton, and not even Ney himselfsurpassed in resolute bravery that stern DOWNFALL OF NAPOIvEON AT WATERLOO. 319 and fiery spirit, Picton brought histwo brigades forward, side by side, in a against the three victorious Frenchcolumns, upward of four times tha^
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HEROIC CHARGE OF THE ENGLISH CAVALRY AT WATERLOO. thin two-deep line. Thus joined to-gether, they were not 3000 strong.With these Picton had to make head strength, and who, encouraged uy theeasy rout of the Dutch and Belgians,now came confidently over the ridge. ^20 DOWNFALL OF NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO. The British infantry stood firm ; andas the French halted and began todeploy into line, Picton seized thecritical moment: a close and deadlyvolley was thrown in upon them, andthen with a fierce hurrah the Britishdashed in with the bayonet. TheFrench reeled back in confusion ; andas they staggard down the hill, a brig-ade of the English cavalry rode in onthem, cutting them down by wholebattalions, and taking ?ooc> prisoners.The British cavalry gailopei forwardand sabred the artillery-m s/j. of Neysseventy-four advanced guns ■, and thencutting the traces and the throats ofthe horses, rendered these guns totallyuseless to the French throughout theremainder of the day. In the excite-ment

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