Young Folks' History of EnglandYonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary)
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Young Folks' History of England
Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary)
Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile literature
The war time was a hard one at home in England, for everything was
very dear and the taxes were high; but everyone felt that the only
way to keep the French away was to go on fighting with them, and
trying to help the people in the countries they seized upon. So the
whole country stood up bravely against them.
Sad trouble came on the good old king in his later years. He lost his
sight, and, about the same time, died his youngest child, the Princess
Amelia, of whom he was very fond. His grief clouded his mind again,
and there was no recovery this time. He was shut up in some rooms at
Windsor Castle, where he had music to amuse him, and his good wife,
Queen Charlotte, watched over him carefully as long as she lived.
CHAPTER XLV.
GEORGE III.--THE REGENCY. A.D. 1810--1820.
When George III. lost his senses, the government was given to his son,
the Prince of Wales--the Prince Regent as he was called. Regent means
a person ruling instead of the king. Everyone expected that, as he
had always quarreled with his father, he would change everything and
have different ministers; but instead of that, he went on just as had
been done before, fighting with the French, and helping every country
that tried to lift up its head against Bonaparte.
Spain was one of these countries. Napoleon had managed to get the
king, and queen, and eldest son, all into his hands together, shut
them up as prisoners in France, and made his own brother king. But
the Spaniards were too brave to bear this, and they rose up against
him, calling the English to help them. Sir John Moore was sent first,
and he marched an army into Spain; but, though the Spaniards were
brave, they were not steady, and when Napoleon sent more troops he
was obliged to march back over the steep hills, covered with snow,
to Corunna, where he had left the ships. The French followed him,
and he had to fight a battle to drive them back, that his soldiers
might embark in quiet. It was a great victory; but in the midst of
it Sir John Moore was wounded by a cannon shot, and only live long
enough to hear that the battle was won. He was buried at the dead
of night on the ramparts of Corunna, wrapped in his cloak.
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