WATER-LILY

the name given t the various species of Nymphea an side Nuphar and also of Nelumbium, al water belonging to the natural order_N pheaces. White and yellow W.-. flushed are found floating in still waters. closets WATERLOO, village 11 miles soutl of Bru els, headquarters of Wellington best. 1815, when he encountered Napoleor for the first and last time, and afte resisting his attacks from noon till sun set enabled the Pru . army, unde Marshal Blucher, to drive Napoleo! Umfrom the field.; fistulosa) The events of June 1815 may be out common lined as follows: Napoleon, havin escaped from Eiba, took the field at th and head of a small but perfectly organize Victoria army, with the object of crushing th Niarmies of Wellington and Blucher befor however, they could be supported by those 0 in Austria and Pru ia. It was known tha w. is Wellington was defending the frontier in of Belgium from the sea to the rive Norway, Sambre, and that Blucher prolonged th waterline of defence eastward along the Meuse Napoleon’s plan was to invade Belgiun N., 7° and detach from the Coalition the newl; Munster, raised Dutch-Belgian army. He hope to reach Bru els after defeating one 0 Suir; both of the armies immediately oppose marble; to him on June 15, and he succeeded i Pop. the frontier at Charleroi,; cro ing OW.) point which enabled him to interpos Water between the forces of Wellington am cat he Blucher and thus prevent their aid in produce; each other. On June 16, Napoleon, with his main army, attacked the Pru ians at Ligny, while a detachment under Marshal Ney attacked Wellington’s force at Quatre Bras. The battle of Ligny resuited in the retreat of the Pru ians, but the battle of Quatre Bras was indecisive. On June 17, therefore, Napoleon sent a detachment under Marshal Grouchy to pursue the Pru ians, and himself proceeded with the main army to Quartre Bras, with the object of overthrowing Wellington, who, having ascertained that Blucher was retreating westward from Ligny to Liege, himself made a corresponding movement to the rear by the high road from Quatre Bras to the village of Mont St. Jean. Napoleon, having followed Wellington beyond Genappe, also halted for the night. Both armies prepared for battle on the morrow, and meanwhile, Blucher had promised to come to Wellington’s a istance. Napoleon wrongly believed that Marshal Grouchy had driven Blucher eastward, and that by no po ibility could Blucher operate against him on Sunday, June18. His left wing attacked the country house of Hougomont, which was garrisoned by the British Guards and supported by Wellington’s right wing. Napoleon’s right wing attacked, with the object of destroying Wellington’s left wing astride the high road. Napoleon also attacked Wellington’s centre with ma es of heavy cavalry, but in no case did the French attacks cause Wellington’s army to yield ground; the troops stoically endured heavy _lo es, while Blucher’s army was marching through a difficult country to their a istance. Napoleon’s forces were almost spent when Blucher at last appeared and engaged the French reserve, and by nightfall Napoleon realized that he was defeated at every point; he then quitted the field with his staff and left his army to shift for itself. During the night of June 18, and on the following days, the remnant of the Fr. army was making its way back towards Paris in a state of great disorder, but at the end of the week Marshal Soult succeeded in gathering the force together and some further opposition was made to the advance of the allies on Paris. But, meanwhile, Napoleon’s fate had been decided by the - ¥r. government, and since the war had been waged for Napoleon’s overthrow, no political object was to be gained by a continuance of hostilities. A convention was therefore signed by which the french army retired behind the River Loire, while the allies occupied Paris and recalled King Louis, who was again placed upon the French throne.