...Garde (about 8000), led by Marshal Ney, were seen ascending the rise, au pas de charge, shouting " Vive I'Empereur!" They continued to advance till within...fire was most extraordinary. It seemed to force the bead of the column bodily back. In less than a minute, above 300 of them were down, and the column...

...advance till •within fiftr or sixty paces of the bank ; when the brigade had the order to stand np. Whether it was the sudden and unexpected appearance...stopped. Those who, from a distance saw the affair, gay that the effect of our fire was most extraordinary. It seemed to force the hearf of the column...

...fifty or sixty paces of our front, when the brigade'1 were ordered to stand up. Whether it was from the sudden and unexpected appearance of a corps so...or the tremendously heavy fire we threw into them, La Garde, who had never before failed in an attack, suddenly stopped. Those, who from a distance and...

...l'Empereur\ They continued to advance within fifty paces of our front when the Brigade was ordered to stand up. Whether it was the sudden and unexpected...or the tremendously heavy fire we threw into them, La Garde who had never before failed in an attack suddenly stopped. 13 Colborne's men of the 52nd rose,...

...from the sudden and unexpected appearance of a Corps so near to them, which must have seemed as if starting out of the ground, or the tremendously heavy fire we threw into them, La garde, who had never before failed in an attack, suddenly stopped. Those who from a distance and...

...within fifty or sixty paces of our front, when the Brigade was ordered to stand up. Whether it was from the sudden and unexpected appearance of a Corps so...have seemed as starting out of the ground, or the tremendous heavy fire we threw into them. La Garde, who had never before failed in an attack, suddeniy...