HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-08-26, Page 7often surprisingly geuerou8. to.
r ., his epeuiies.
Wellington always standa out
as the great proponent of coin
WATERLOO
Opp hundred and fifty years
ago the name of an insignificant
Belgian village achieved im-
mortality in theEnglish langu-
age, for to "meet your Water-
-lob" still means the same today
as �.ii .I i 11e.-tflth:..oi
1815, when Napoleon was finally
and absolutely beaten by English
and Prussian forces. -
'"'� To men in the Commonwealth
forces it probably conjures up
a railway station at which they
arrived frons. Belgium or France
in 1914-18, for a •well earned
leave and whence they left
again, after ten blessed days,
to face once morethe anguish
of the trenches.
Goderich,. founded only 12
years after the battle, remem-
bers Wellesley, Wellington,
Waterloo and Picton in its
street names, while Nelson, an-
other prime mptributor to
Napoleon's -defeat - i& -remember-
ed in similar fashion.
By G. MacITEOD ROSS
The Battle Wellington has decided to.
j "The Hundred Days," the fight,a defensive -offensive 'battle
and waited on the line Mont St.
Jean -La Belle Alliance, lois in-
fantry posted below a ridge. At
11 a.m. on the 18th June,
Napoleon unloosed .,furious
canna nude-orr-the nglish-•post-
tion, "I tell you thi$ is going
to be a picnic," he declared
and followed up with a mass at-,
tacit by his infantry. The English
waited until they could see the
whites of their 'enemy's eyes
before replying and the.P'r•ench
were sent reeling, back.
When he sent his cavalry in
Napoleon despatched a message
to Paris claiming total victory,
but the English squares held and
40 squadrons of French cavalry
were slaughtered. Nevertheless
the Red Line was considerably
thinned and the result of the
battle still hung. in the balance,
so much so that Napoleon asked
impat.ic ntly� -: `-W ilim•l he -..English•
never show their backs'.'
period during which Napoleon,
having escaped from Elba,
sought to regain his throne, is
another common phrase.
ssiVaiaoleon's" reappeai'anIe
France quickly jelled the discord
of the Congress of Vienna,
,Which selected Wellington to
Command the Allied forces of
Austria, Prussia, England and
Russia against this new threat
to the peace of Europe.
While Napoleon mustered
125,000, the English and Prus-
sians totalled 213,000; the
former 93,000 and the- latter
120,000. Napoleon found the
AI1ies .before they 'could join up
and sent Blucher reeling back
at Ligny, while Marshal Ney
dealt severely with the Prince of
Orange at Quatri' Bias. having
sent Grouchy to contain Blucher,
Napoleon gatherer--up-his--farces.
to witiF l
pe ou re English.
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• Co-operation between Blucher
and Wellington .was complete,
for while Blucher knew exactly
what was required of him,
namely to join Wellington in
time to d e f e a t Napoleon,
Grouchy, on the other•, hand, had
little idea of his role and
wandered about achieving
nothing.
Blucher marched to the sound
of the guns and his first appear-
ance was mistaken by Napoleon
for Grouchy's army. Wellington,
heartened by Bluchers arrival
on the field, had kept his re-
serves in hand for this very
moment and soon the cry went
up: "They run!" _
The pursuit, entrusted to
Gneisenau, was sb energetically
pushed that by dawn on the 19th
the French army had disappear-
ed and no beaten army was ever
so ,.completely rn.uted.il heh :his
infantry were exhausted, Gneis-
(mnaar mounted his drummers and
,they, with a few squadrons,
clattered along the pave roads,
announcing their presence. At
thd end of the day4. Wellington
summed up by saying: "Now we
can have peace," and Napoleon's
abdication was only delayed
until the 22nd. The French had
32,000 casualties and the Allies
23,000, the whole of Welling-
ton's staff being killed or
wounded.
-- The 150th Anniversary
June 18th, 1965, was marki5d
by commemorative ceremonies
in London and in Brussels, as
itself. Queen Elizabeth II saw
detachments from all regiments
which had fought at Waterloo
,arch ap, st on th Horse Guards
Parade and as an- appropriate
gesture she was accompanied
by -the Duke of Wellington's
great-grandson.
In Brussels, the British Am-
bassador duplicated the Duchess
of Richmond's Ball, given the
night before the battle, and
from which Wellington and hi
officers were called q,way when
word arrived. that Napoleon was
preparing to attack the English
position. Last month, on her
visit to West Germany, . Queen
Elizabeth referred to Blucher
ast genet ai' Who irria-eretttal
moment in history, brought in-
valuable aid to British troops."
Napoleon, like all autocrats,
never doubted 'his infallibility
until the moment in time when
he changed from Emperor to
fugitive overnight. Probably
oncr of the greatest conquerors
•in history, Napoleon promoted
the growth of liberalism, intro-
duced an admirable code of
laws, improved the economic
condition of his people and was
4
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mon sense;, an amazingly well r'
balanced character; his advice, i
his a#iity to- reduce any prob-
lem .`
to. its Simplest terms Wyk
become well nigh legendary. By
the highest standards of his day,
h was 'typical of the. best in
4 fish character.
The Goya Portraits
The Duke of Wellington's
name and ;face have been much
in the presa of late. Iitsa portrait
•by -•the --Spanish -a-r-t-isiL--Goya- ,as
stolen from the National clallery
after being purchased by the
treasury for $420,000. A month'
or so ago it was "returned,"
being found in a left-luggage!
office. Now that it is- back- con-
troversy has broken alit as to
its genuineness and while the
National Gallery calls it a per-
fectly splendid Goya, the presi-
dent of the Royal Academy says:
"the thing is a fake. If that's a
Goya, I'm. a virgin."
Now there are four portraits
all yery similar, in fact the face,
enlarged to the same scale,
shows that proportions, features
and expression are identical -in
_all.lour_ Ther.c..l . Lt -reel .chalk.
drawing in the 13ritish Museum;
the.Washington National Gallery
portrait; the Apsley House
equestrian portrait and the
"stolen" Goya, foundwhile dig-
ging in the floor of his garage
by the late Duke of Leeds.
Both Wellington and Goya
were in Madrid in 1812, while
the Apsley House version went
on exhibition there at that date.
But examination of the stolen
Goya, which had been also dated
1812, shows, medals which were
not struck 4intil 1816 and I817.
The art pundits are ,going to
have an acrimonious summer.
1 see I have not made it clear
that the French government
was .invited to send representa-
tives to all the recent 'Waterloo
celebrations and it is interest-
ing to note that the reason was
General de . Gaulk? found hist
officials too busy with next
year's F..i encli comineniorat on 1.
of the 900th anniversary of the
Norman Conquest • of Britain.
Thismay or may not explain a
recent "In Memoriam" notice
in the "Times":
`"Ilarold of England ---Killed
in .action •defending his .country
frons the invader, 14th October,
1066."
iGoderich Highland Pipe Band is becoming a major touri'.t given by the band on the Square are attracting a large
attraction for the Goderich area. Sunday night concerts turnout for the incomparable ound of the pipes.
EDMONTON—J: Louis Mc-
enna, pu i 1 r 51-t iii I
(N.B.) Kings County Record,
'has been named president "of
of the Canadian Weekly News-
•apers Association.
,Elected closing session o
the CWNA's annual convention,
Mr. McKenna, 54, succeeds Ken
fPatrige, publisher, of the Cam;
lose (Alta.) Canadian. Mr. Mc-
Kenna was CWNA first vice-
president for 1964-65. -
Ile began his news career
with the Saint John Telegraph -
Journal and Evening Times-
Glob'e in 1927 and later became
sports editor and city editor. '
In 1936, Mr. McKenna became
a sports writer with the Lon-
don (England) Daily. Express.
Two years later " dome, . e
Associated Press in London...
During the Second World War
he served in Sicily and Italy
and became editor of the Maple
Leaf, the Canadian forces mag-
azine, He became publisher of
the Kings County Record in
1949.
The band, which in 1964 had a spectacular year in B elms
competitive ,hanks of A class competition. They will be tray-
, competition, has this year been promoted to the highly. welling to the U.S. this weekend to' take part in a competition.
AUBURN—Miss Elma Mitch
spent last week -end in Toronto
attending the weddi=ng .of her
niece, Miss Ferne Mutch, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Norman Mutch or
Calgary, and the late Mr. Mutch,
to Mr. Robert Glover of Oshawa.
Plans are being made to hold
the annual Hope Chapel service
on Sunday, September 5th, at
3 p.m. Rev. William Maines
of Londesboro is to be the
special speaker.
Misses Mary and Margaret
Wilkin of Goderich, and
Bruce and Brenton Craig of
Clinton were recent visitors
with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Craig.
Mr, Peter Brown of Riverside
spent Iast week -end with Mr. and
Mrs. Maitland Alien.
Master Jimmy Mohring of
Goderich visited Iast week with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Beadle.
Misses Jane Doran and Nancy
(Anderson --ata& spending -this -wee!
at a cottage at Port Albert with
friends,
. 91st Birthday
Many friends called on Mrs.
George Hamilton to wish her a
Happy Birthday Last week. She
was .91 years of age last week
and celebrated by a visit to her
sister in Seaforth. She also invent
to Huronview to see many of her
friends. We congratulate this
lady who has lived the longest
in this community_ and. is ,still
very active and loves friends
for a game of cards,
Just what the .secret of .their . success . i9 can. be found in,_ br�ing�'them up to their -high standard.' His secret? Thhs ex.
Pipe Major Bill Millar wiry has coached his young band to pert tri Sdattish piping' W hi fact' . beim in Ireland: ...--
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