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Waterloo
Extract:
The warder of the Tower has his bout with the citizen on the green; Sir Walter Ra-
leigh looks on from above, and the lieutenant's wife from below and neither of the
three — warder, lieutenant's wife, nor the prisoner, Sir Walter — can agree with either of the other two as to what took place. Inside the Tower three different tales are told. It is reasonably certain that still another version was given when the citizen got back to town and began to talk.
How, then, can any one expect to learn exactly what occurred on Sunday, June 18th,
1815, in front of the village of Mont-SaintJean? Many witnesses testify, and the con-
flict of testimony is utterly irreconcilable.
Much of the battle was not seen by Napoleon, and much of it was hidden from Wellington. Every officer who took part in it and who afterward wrote about it contributed something to the story, but what officer could tell it all?
The warder of the Tower has his bout with the citizen on the green; Sir Walter Ra-
leigh looks on from above, and the lieutenant's wife from below and neither of the
three — warder, lieutenant's wife, nor the prisoner, Sir Walter — can agree with either of the other two as to what took place. Inside the Tower three different tales are told. It is reasonably certain that still another version was given when the citizen got back to town and began to talk.
How, then, can any one expect to learn exactly what occurred on Sunday, June 18th,
1815, in front of the village of Mont-SaintJean? Many witnesses testify, and the con-
flict of testimony is utterly irreconcilable.
Much of the battle was not seen by Napoleon, and much of it was hidden from Wellington. Every officer who took part in it and who afterward wrote about it contributed something to the story, but what officer could tell it all?
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Published June 14, 2015
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Thomas E. Watson
476 books2 followersThomas Edward "Tom" Watson was an American politician, attorney, newspaper editor and writer from Georgia
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February 17, 2018
An excellent account of the Battle at Waterloo. I for one like to believe that Marshal Ney's execution was staged and he died, an old professor, in North Carolina. Peter Stuart Ney's final words on 15 November 1846 were said to be "I will not die with a lie on the lips. I am Marshal Ney of France". It's simply fascinating to think that this 77-year-old schoolmaster was actually Michel Ney, "bravest of the brave".
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