Chapter XXV: Appendix: No. I (2)

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+------------+--------+-----------+-------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS KILLED. |
| | 18th. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 7th | 362 | 46 | 150 |_Major_ E Hodge. _Lieutenant_ |
| Hussars. | | | |A. Meyers. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 10th | 452 | ” | 94 |_Major_ Hon. F. Howard. |
| Hussars. | | | |_Lieutenant_ G. Gunning. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 11th Light | 435 | 3 | 73 |_Lieutenant_ E. Phelips. |
| Dragoons. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 12th Light | 427 | ” | 111 |_Captain_ E. Sandys. _Lieutenant_ |
| Dragoons. | | | |L. J. Bertie. _Cornet_ E. Lockhart. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 13th Light | 448 | 1 | 105 |_Captain_ J. Gubbins. |
| Dragoons. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 15th | 417 | ” | 70 |_Major_ E. Griffith. |
| Hussars. | | | |_Lieutenants_: J. Sherwood, |
| | | | |H. Buckley. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 13th Light | 434 | ” | 32 |_Captain_ J. Buchanan. |
| Dragoons. | | | |_Cornet_ A. Hay. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 18th | 442 | 2 | 102 | ” |
| Hussars. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 23rd Light | | | | |
| Dragoons. | 341 | 6 | 72 |_Lieutenant_ S. Coxen. |

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+------------+--------+-----------+---------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS WOUNDED. |
| | 18th. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-general_ the earl of |
| | | | |Uxbridge. _Major_ W. Thornhill. |
| 7th | 362 | 46 | 150 |_Captains_: W. Verner, T. W. |
| Hussars. | | | |Robbins, P. A. Heyliger, T. Wildman, |
| | | | |J. J. Frazer, J. D. Elphistone. |
| | | | |_Lieutenants_: R. Douglas, J. R. |
| | | | |Gordon, E. J. Peters, F. Beatty. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ G. Quentin. |
| 10th | 452 | ” | 94 |_Captains_: J. Grey, Gurwood, C. Wood. |
| Hussars. | | | |_Lieutenants_: H. Arnold, A. Bacon. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 11th Light | 435 | 3 | 73 |_Lieutenants_: F. Wood, R. Coles, |
| Dragoons. | | | |J. T. Moore, R. Milligan. _Cornet_ |
| | | | |J. A. Schreiber. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 12th Light | 427 | ” | 111 |_Lieutenant-colonel_ Hon. F. Ponsonby. |
| Dragoons. | | | |_Lieutenant_ W. H. Dowbiggen. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ Boyse. _Captain_ |
| 13th Light | 448 | 1 | 105 |J. Doherty. _Lieutenant_: G. Doherty, |
| Dragoons. | | | |C. R. Bowers, J. Geale, G. Pym, |
| | | | |J. Mill, G. H. Packe, J. E. Irving. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ L. Dalrymple. |
| 15th | 417 | ” | 70 |_Captains_: J. Thuckwell, J. Whiteford,|
| Hussars. | | | |J. Buckley._Lieutenants_: W. Byam, |
| | | | |E. Byam, G. F. Dawkens, R. Mansfield. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 18th Light | 434 | ” | 32 |_Lieutenant-colonel_ J. Hay. _Captain_ |
| Dragoons. | | | |R. Weyland. _Lieutenants_: W. Osten, |
| | | | |N. D. Crichton. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 18th | 442 | 2 | 102 |_Lieutenant_ C. Hesse. |
| Hussars. | | | |H. Duperier, _adjutant_. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 23rd Light | | | |_Major_ J. M. Cutcliffe. _Captains_: |
| Dragoons. | 341 | 6 | 72 |C. W. Dance, T. Gerrard. |
| | | | |_Lieutenants_: T. B. Wall, B. Disney. |

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+------------+--------+-----------+-------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS KILLED. |
| | 18th. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonels_: Sir |
| 1st Foot- | | | |F. D’Oyley, W. H. Milnes, Thomas |
| Guards, | 781 | 285 | 153 |Miller. _Captains_: T. Brown, Robert |
| 2d Bat. | | | |Adair. _Lieutenant_ Hon. |
| | | | |T. Barrington. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 1st Foot- | | | |_Colonels_: E. Stables, C. Thomas. |
| Guards, | 860 | 262 | 342 |_Captains_: E. Grose, N. Chambers. |
| 3d Bat. | | | |_Ensigns_: E. Pardoe, James, |
| | | | |Lord Hay. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| Coldstream | | | |_Captains_: J. L. Blackman, |
| Guards, | 1,045 | ” | 308 |E. Sumner, G. R. Buckley, |
| 2d Bat. | | | |G. H. Percival. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonels_: Hon. Sir |
| 3d Foot- | 1,056 | 7 | 239 |Alexander Gordon, C. F. Canning. |
| Guards | | | |_Captains_: S. W. Stothert, |
| 2d Bat. | | | |T. Crawford, J. Ashton, Hon. H. |
| | | | |Forbes. _Ensign_ C. Simpson. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Captain_ W. Buckley. _Lieutenants_: |
| 1st Royal | | | |J. Armstrong, J. E. O’Neill, |
| Scots, | 453 | 218 | 144 |W. Young. _Ensigns_: Robertson, |
| 3d Bat. | | | |Kennedy, Anderson. |

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+------------+--------+-----------+---------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS WOUNDED. |
| | 18th. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Colonels_: Askew, R. H. Cooke. |
| 1st Foot- | | | |_Lieutenant-colonels_: Sir H. Bradford,|
| Guards, | 781 | 285 | 153 |sir Henry Hardinge*, sir T. N. Hill, |
| 2d Bat. | | | |lord Fitzroy Somerset. _Captains_: |
| | | | |Hon. O. Bridgeman, J. Simpson, |
| | | | |S. Burgess. _Lieutenants_: G. Fludyer, |
| | | | |T. C. Croft, F. Luttrell, C. P. Ellis,|
| | | | |Hon. H. Lascelles. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 1st Foot- | | | |_Colonels_: Hon. W. Stewart, Hon. H. |
| Guards, | 860 | 262 | 342 |Townshend, H. D’Oyley, G. Fead. |
| 3d Bat. | | | |_Captains_: R. Adair, T. Streatfield, |
| | | | |Hon. R. Clements. _Lieutenants_: |
| | | | |R. Batty, R.Bruce, W. Barton. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| Coldstream | | | |_Lieutenant-colonels_: J. M^cDonell, |
| Guards, | 1,045 | ” | 308 |D. M^cKinnon, Hon. A. Abercromby, C. H.|
| 2d Bat. | | | |Wyndham. _Captains_: Hon. R. Moore, |
| | | | |Hon. E. Lascelles. _Lieutenants_: |
| | | | |H. Griffiths, J. Montague, H. Vane. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonels_: C. Dashwood, |
| 3d Foot- | 1,056 | 7 | 239 |E. Bowater, C. West. _Captains_: R. B. |
| Guards | | | |Hesketh, G. Evelyn, H. Montgomery. |
| 2d Bat. | | | |_Lieutenants_: C. Lake, D. Baird. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_: C. Campbell. |
| | | | |_Majors_: L. Arguimbau, R. M^cDonald, |
| 1st Royal | | | |H. Massey. _Captain_ R. Dudgeon. |
| Scots, | 453 | 218 | 144 |_Lieutenants_: A. Morrison, W. J. Rea, |
| 3d Bat. | | | |J. Ingram, W. Clarke, A. Cameron, |
| | | | |_adjutant_; J. Stoyte, R. Scott, |
| | | | |G. Lane, J. Symes, J. Alstone, J. Mann,|
| | | | |W. Dobbs, J. F. W. Millar, G. Stewart, |
| | | | |J. L. Black. _Ensigns_: C. Graham, |
| | | | |T. Stephens, J. M^cKay, L. M. Cooper. |
| | | | |_Quarter-master_ T. Griffiths. |

* Wounded at Ligny.

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+------------+--------+-----------+-------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS KILLED. |
| | 18th. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 4th Reg. | | | | |
| Foot, | 670 | ” | 134 |_Lieutenant_ W. Squire. |
| 1st Bat. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 14th Reg. | | | | |
| Foot, | 630 | ” | 36 | ” |
| 3d Bat. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ sir H. W. Ellis.|
| 23d Royal | 741 | ” | 478 |_Captains_: Hawtyn, C. Jolliffe, |
| Welsh | | | |T. Farmer. _Lieutenants_: |
| Fuzileers | | | |G. Fensham, J. Clyde, |
| 1st Bat. | | | |W. Leebody (24th). |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
|27th (Innis-| | | | |
| killing) | 750 | ” | 104 |_Captain_ G. Holmes. _Ensign_ |
| Reg. Foot. | | | |J. Ireland. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 28th Reg. | 556 | 75 | 177 |_Major_ W. P. Meacham. |
| Foot. | | | |_Lieutenants_: J. Clarke, C. Ingram. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Major_ T. Chambers. _Captain_ |
| 30th Reg. | | | |A. M. Nabb. _Lieutenants_: H. Beere, |
| Foot. | 635 | 51 | 228 |E. Prendergast. _Ensigns_: J. James, |
| | | | |J. Bullen. |

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+------------+--------+-----------+---------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS WOUNDED. |
| | 18th. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 4th Reg. | | | |_Captains_: G. D. Wilson, C. J. Edgell.|
| Foot, | 670 | ” | 134 |_Lieutenants_: J. Browne, G. Smith, |
| 1st Bat. | | | |H. Boyd, A. Gerard. _Ensigns_: W. M. |
| | | | |Mathews, B. Collins, G. Richardson. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 14th Reg. | | | | |
| Foot, | 630 | ” | 36 |_Ensigns_: A. Cooper, A. Ormsby (24th).|
| 3d Bat. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 23d Royal | 741 | ” | 478 |_Captains_: H. Johnson, J. H. Hill. |
| Welsh | | | |_Lieutenants_: A. Griffiths, Fielding. |
| Fuzileers | | | | _Quarter-master_ A. Sidley. |
| 1st Bat. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
|27th (Innis-| | | |_Captains_: J. Hare, J. Tucker, |
| killing) | 750 | ” | 104 |_Lieutenants_: G. M^cDonnell, |
| Reg. Foot. | | | |W. Henderson, R. Handcock, E. Drewe, |
| | | | |W. Fortescue, J. Millar, C. Manley, |
| | | | |T. Craddock. _Ensigns_: T. Handcock, |
| | | | | T. Smith, J. Ditmas. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ Nixon. _Captains_:|
| 28th Reg. | 556 | 75 | 177 |R. Llewellyn, R. Kelly, J. Bowles, |
| Foot. | | | |T. English, C. Teulon. _Lieutenants_: |
| | | | |J. Wilkinson, R. Gilbert, R. P. Eason, |
| | | | |W. Irwin, H. Hilliard, J. Coen, |
| | | | |C. Carrothers, J. Shelton, J. Deares. |
| | | | |_Ensign_: Mountsteven, H. Bridgeland, |
| | | | |_adjutant_. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ Hamilton._Majors_:|
| 30th Reg. | | | |W. Bailey, C. A. Vigoureux. _Captain_ |
| Foot. | 635 | 51 | 228 |A. Gore. _Lieutenants_: R. C. Elliott, |
| | | | |J. Rumley, R. Daniell, J. Roe, R. |
| | | | |Hugues, P. Lockwood, J. Pratt, |
| | | | |W. O. Warren, T. Monypenny. M. Andrews,|
| | | | |_adjutant_. |

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+------------+--------+-----------+-------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS KILLED. |
| | 18TH. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 32d Reg. | 503 | 196 | 174 |_Captains_: J. Boyce, T. Cassan, |
| Foot. | | | |E. Whitty. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 33d Reg. | 576 | 106 | 185 |_Captains_: J. Haigh, H. R. Buck. |
| Foot, | | | |_Lieutenants_: J. Boyce, A. Gore, |
| 2d Bat. | | | |T. D. Haigh, J. Cameron, J. Hart. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 40th Reg. | 862 | ” | 219 |_Major_ R. Heyland. _Captain_ |
| Foot. | | | |W. Fisher. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 42d | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ sir R. M^c Ara. |
|Highlanders,| 329 | 288 | 49 |_Captain_ G. Davidson. |
| 2d Bat. | | | |_Lieutenant_ R. Gordon. |
| | | | |_Ensign_ G. Gerard. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 44th Reg. | | | |_Lieutenant_ W. Tomkins. |
| Foot, | 480 | 138 | 64 |_Ensign_ P. Cooke. |
| 2d Bat. | | | | |

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+------------+--------+-----------+---------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS WOUNDED. |
| | 18TH. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Captains_: W. H. Toole, J. Crowe, |
| | | | |H. Harrison, C. Wallett. _Lieutenants_:|
| 32d Reg. | 503 | 196 | 174 |H. W. Brookes, G. Barr, M. Meighan, D. |
| Foot. | | | |Davies, _adjutant_; J Boase, T. R. |
| | | | |Lewin, H. Butterworth, J. Colthurst, |
| | | | |J. Robinson, J. Fitzgerald, T. Horan, |
| | | | |E. Stephen, H. Quill, J. Jagoe, S. H. |
| | | | |Lawrence. _Ensigns_: H. Metcalfe, |
| | | | |J. Birtwhistle, A. Stewart, W. Bennett,|
| | | | |C. Dallas, J. M. Conchy. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 33d Reg. | 576 | 106 | 185 |_Major_ E. Parkinson. _Captains_: M^c |
| Foot, | | | |Intyre, C. Knight, Harty._Lieutenants_:|
| 2d Bat. | | | |T. Reid, J. Murkland, R. Westmore, J. |
| | | | |Ogle, S. Pagan, J. Furlong. _Ensigns_: |
| | | | |H. Bain, J. Alderson, J. A. Howard, |
| | | | |G. Drury. W. Thain, _adjutant_. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Captains_: C. Ellis, J. Barnett. |
| 40th Reg. | 862 | ” | 219 |_Lieutenants_: R. Moore, J. Anthony, |
| Foot. | | | |J. Mill, T. Campbell, Hon. H. Browne. |
| | | | |_Ensigns_: J. Robb, F. Ford, A. Clerke.|
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ R. Dick. _Major_ |
| 42d | | | |A. Menzies. _Captains_: M. M^c Pherson,|
|Highlanders,| 329 | 288 | 49 |D. M^c Donald, D. M^c Intosh, R. Boyle.|
| 2d Bat. | | | |_Lieutenants_: D. Chisholm, D. Stewart,|
| | | | |D. M^c Kenzie, H. A. Fraser, J. |
| | | | |Malcolm, A. Dunbar, J. Brander, J. Orr,|
| | | | |G. G. Munro. _Ensigns_: W. Fraser, |
| | | | |A. L. Fraser. J. Young, _adjutant_. |
| | | | |_Quarter-master_ M^cIntosh. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonels_: Hamerton, G. |
| 44th Reg. | | | |O’Malley. _Captains_: A. Brugh, D. |
| Foot, | | | |Power, W. Burney, M. Fane, J. Jessop. |
| 2d Bat. | 480 | 138 | 64 |_Lieutenants_: R. Russell, R. Grier, |
| | | | |W. B. Strong, J. Campbell, J Burke, |
| | | | |W. Hern. _Ensigns_: C. Christie, B. |
| | | | |Whitney, T. M^cCann. _adjutants_: J. C.|
| | | | |Webster, A. Wilson. |

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+------------+--------+-----------+-------------------------------------+-
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS KILLED. |
| | 18TH. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 51st Light | | | | |
| Infantry. | 619 | ” | 42 | ” |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 52d Light | 1,148 | ” | 199 |_Ensign_ W. Nettles. |
| Infantry. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 69th Reg. | | | | _Colonel_ C. Morice. _Captains_: |
| Foot, | 541 | 155 | 85 | B. Hobhouse, Hon. W. Curzon, |
| 2d Bat. | | | | P. Blackwood. _Lieutenant_ |
| | | | | M. Wightwick. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| 71st | | | | |
| (Highland) | | | |_Captain_ E. L’Estrange. |
| Light | 929 | ” | 202 |_Lieutenants_: J. R. Elwes, J. Todd. |
| Infantry. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Captains_: A. Robertson, |
| 73d Reg. | | | |J. M. Kennedy. _Lieutenants_: |
| Foot, | 498 | 56 | 280 |J. Strachan, W. Hollis, J. Acres, |
| 2d Bat. | | | |Brown. _Ensigns_: W. S. Lowe, |
| | | | |C. Page. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Captains_: M^cKay, M^cRa, Neil |
| | | | |Campbell, J. Cameron, J. Sinclair. |
| 79th | 440 | 304 | 175 |_Lieutenants_: D. Cameron, |
|Highlanders.| | | |D. M^cPherson, E. Kennedy, |
| | | | |J. Kynock. _adjutant_, J. Rowling. |

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+------------+--------+-----------+---------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS WOUNDED. |
| | 18TH. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 51st Light | | | |_Captain_ S. Beardsley. _Lieutenant_ |
| Infantry. | 619 | ” | 42 |C. W. Tyndale. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ J. Rowan. |
| 52d Light | 1,148 | ” | 199 |_Captains_: W. Rowan, J. F. Love, C. |
| Infantry. | | | |Diggle. _Lieutenants_: C. Dawson, M. |
| | | | |Anderson, G. Campbell, F. Cottingham. |
| | | | |J. Winterbottom, _adjutant_. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 69th Reg. | | | |_Captains_: J. L. Watson, H. Lindsay. |
| Foot, | 541 | 155 | 85 |_Lieutenants_: H. Anderson, J. Stewart,|
| 2d Bat. | | | |B. Pigot, C. Busteed. _Ensign_ E. |
| | | | |Hodder. _Volunteer_ Clarke. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| 71st | | | |_Colonel_ T. Reyneel. _Major_ A. Jones.|
| (Highland) | | | |_Captains_: D. Campbell, A. Grant, J. |
| Light | 929 | ” | 202 |Henderson, C. Johnstone. _Lieutenants_:|
| Infantry. | | | |J. Barralier, R. Lind, J. Roberts, C. |
| | | | |Lewin, R. Law, J. Coote, W. Hanson. |
| | | | |W. Anderson, _adjutant_. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Colonel_ G. Harris. _Major_ A. J. |
| 73d Reg. | | | |M^cLean. _Captains_: A. Coane, E. T. |
| Foot, | 498 | 56 | 280 |Pirch, W. Wharton, J. Garland. |
| 2d Bat. | | | |_Lieutenants_: J. M^cConnell, T. |
| | | | |Reynolds, D. Browne, J. Lloyd. |
| | | | |_Ensigns_: R. Hesilrige, T. Deacon, |
| | | | |W. M^cBean, C. B. Eastwood, G. D. |
| | | | |Bridge. P. Hay, _adjutant_. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonels_: N. Douglas, |
| | | | |A. Brown, D. Cameron. _Captains_: |
| | | | |T. Mylne, J. Campbell, N. Campbell, |
| 79th | 440 | 304 | 175 |W. Marshall, M. Fraser, W. Bruce. _ |
|Highlanders.| | | |Lieutenants_: A. Cameron, T. Brown, |
| | | | |W. Maddocks, W. Leaper, J. Fraser, |
| | | | |D. M^cPhee, E. Cameron, A. Forbes, |
| | | | |C. M^cArthur, J. Powling, W. A. Riach. |
| | | | |_Ensigns_: J. Nash, J. Robertson, |
| | | | |A. S. Crawford. _Volunteer_ Cameron. |

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+------------+--------+-----------+-------------------------------------+
| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS KILLED. |
| | 18TH. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ Cameron. |
| 92d | | | |_Captains_: W. C. Grant, gu. Little. |
|Highlanders.| 422 | 286 | 116 |_Lieutenants_: J. Chisholm, |
| | | | |G. Mackie, _Ensigns_: A. Beecher, |
| | | | |R. M^cPherson. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
|95th Rifles,| 418 | 64 | 156 |_Majors_: C. Smith, C. Ecles. |
| 1st Bat. | | | |_Lieutenants_: J. Stilwell, |
| | | | |E. D. Johnston. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
|95th Rifles,| 655 | ” | 246 |_Lieutenant_ Backhouse. |
| 2d Bat. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
|95th Rifles,| | | | |
|two companies| 202 | ” | 50 |_Lieutenant_ W. Lister. |
| 3d Bat. | | | | |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------+
| Royal | 4,944 | 28 | 476 |_Majors_: Lloyd, N. Ramsay, |
| Artillery. | | | |Cairnes, Beane, Bolton. |
| | | | |_Lieutenants_: W. L. Robe, |
| | | | |M. Cromie, C. Spearman, |
| | | | |F. Manners, F. Troughton. |
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| | |LOSS ON THE| |
| |STRENGTH|-----+-----| |
| REGIMENTS. | on the |16th | | OFFICERS WOUNDED. |
| | 18TH. | and |18th.| |
| | |17th.| | |
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| | | | |_Colonel_ J. Mitchell. _Captains_: |
| 92d | | | |G. W. Holmes, D. Campbell, P. Wilkie, |
|Highlanders.| 422 | 286 | 116 |A. Ferrier. _Lieutenants_: R. |
| | | | |Winchester, T. Hobbs, T. M^cIntosh, D. |
| | | | |M^cDonald, J. Ross, R. M^cDonald, H. |
| | | | |Innes, G. Logan, J. M^cInlay, A. |
| | | | |M^cPherson, J. Hope. _Ensigns_: J. |
| | | | |Branwell, R. Logan, A. M^cDonald, R. |
| | | | |Hewit._Assistant surgeon_ J. Stewart. |
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| | | | |_Lieutenant-colonel_ sir A. Barnard. |
|95th Rifles,| 418 | 64 | 156 |_Majors_: A. Cameron, Beckwith. |
| 1st Bat. | | | |_Captains_: E. Chawner, W. Johnston. |
| | | | |_Lieutenants_: J. P. Gardner, J. |
| | | | |Fitzmaurice, W. Shenley, J. Molloy, |
| | | | |J. Gardner, G. Simmons, A. Stewart, |
| | | | |J. Wright, J. Church. |
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| | | | |_Majors_: A. Norcott, G. Wilkins. |
|95th Rifles,| 655 | ” | 246 |_Captains_: G. Miller,J. G. M^cCulloch.|
| 2d Bat. | | | |_Lieutenants_: Humbley, D. Cameron, E. |
| | | | |Coxon, R. Cochran, J. Fry, J. Ridgeway,|
| | | | |J. Lynam, R. Eyre, J. Walsh, P. Webb. |
+------------+--------+-----+-----+---------------------------------------+
|95th Rifles,| | | |_Major_ J. Ross. Captain J. Fullerton. |
|two companies| 202 | ” | 50 |_Lieutenants_: T. Worsley, |
| 3d Bat. | | | | G. W. Shenly. |
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| | | | |_Captains_: Napier, J. Parker, Bull, |
| Royal | 4,944 | 28 | 476 |Winyates, Dansey, R. M^cDonald, Webber,|
| Artillery. | | | |W. Strangeway, D. Crawford, A. |
| | | | |M^cDonald. _Lieutenants_: W. Brereton, |
| | | | |W. Smith, Barnes, Bloomfield, Barton, |
| | | | |Forbes, W. Harvey, Foster, D. Crawford,|
| | | | |J. Day, W. Poole, C. H. Baines, T. |
| | | | |Harvey, J. W. Pringle. _Captain_ Robt. |
| | | | |Thomson, _Royal Engineers_. |
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No. V.

LETTERS

CONCERNING THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

_Marshal Blücher to Baron Müffling._

“WAVRE, June 18th, 1815.

“Your Excellency will assure the duke of Wellington from me, that, ill as I am, I shall place myself at the head of my troops, and attack the right of the French, in case they undertake anything against his Grace. If, on the other hand, the day should pass over without their making any attack, it is then my opinion that we should jointly attack them to-morrow.

“I beg your Excellency to convey to the Duke my full and firm conviction, that this is the best measure to be adopted in our present situation.

“BLÜCHER.”

General count Gneisenau, the chief of the staff, felt alarmed at the tenor of the above letter, which told plainly the decided manner it was to be carried out. Fearing the Prussian army might be placed in a dangerous situation, should the allies be forced to retire before they could arrive, he wrote the following note:

“General count Gneisenau concurs with the views expressed in the enclosed letter, but entreats your Excellency to ascertain most particularly, whether the duke of Wellington _has really adopted the decided resolution of fighting in his present position_; or whether he only intends some demonstration, which might become very dangerous to our army.

“Your Excellency will be so good as to acquaint us with the result of your observations on this point, as it is of the greatest consequence that we should be informed of the Duke’s real intention.”

_The Prince de la Moskowa to the Duc d’Otrante._

“MONSIEUR LE DUC,

“The most false and defamatory reports have been spreading for some days over the public mind, upon the conduct which I have pursued during this short and unfortunate campaign. The newspapers have reported those odious calumnies, and appear to lend them credit. After having fought for twenty-five years for my country, after having shed my blood for its glory and independence, an attempt is made to accuse me of treason; an attempt is made to mark me out to the people, and to the army itself, as the author of the disaster it has just experienced.

“Forced to break silence, while it is always painful to speak of one’s self, and, above all, to answer calumnies, I address myself to you, sir, as the President of the Provisional Government, for the purpose of laying before you a faithful statement of the events I have witnessed.

“On the 11th of June, I received an order from the minister of war to repair to the Imperial presence. I had no command, and no information upon the composition and strength of the army. Neither the Emperor nor his minister had given me any previous hint, from which I could anticipate that I should be employed in the present campaign; I was consequently taken by surprise, without horses, without accoutrements, and without money, and I was obliged to borrow the necessary expenses of my journey. Having arrived on the 12th at Laon, on the 13th at Avesnes, and on the 14th at Beaumont, I purchased, in this last town, two horses from the duc de Trévise, with which I repaired, on the 15th, to Charleroi, accompanied by my first aide-de-camp, the only officer who attended me. I arrived at the moment when the enemy, attacked by our troops, was retreating upon Fleurus and Gosselies.

“The Emperor ordered me immediately to put myself at the head of the 1st and 2d corps of infantry, commanded by lieutenant-generals d’Erlon and Reille, of the division of light cavalry of lieutenant-general Piré, of the division of light cavalry of the guard under the command of lieutenant-general Lefebvre-Desnouettes and Colbert, and of two divisions of cavalry of count de Valmy; forming, in all, eight divisions of infantry, and four of cavalry. With these troops, a part of which only I had as yet under my immediate command, I pursued the enemy, and forced him to evacuate Gosselies, Frasnes, Mellet, Heppignies. There they took up a position for the night, with the exception of the first corps, which was still at Marchiennes, and which did not join me till the following day.

“On the 16th, I received orders to attack the English in their position at Quatre-Bras. We advanced towards the enemy with an enthusiasm difficult to be described. Nothing resisted our impetuosity. The battle became general, and victory was no longer doubtful, when, at the moment that I intended to order up the first corps of infantry, which had been left by me in reserve at Frasnes, I learned that the Emperor had disposed of it without adverting me of the circumstance, as well as of the division of Girard of the second corps, on purpose to direct them upon St.-Amand, and to strengthen his left wing, which was vigorously engaged with the Prussians. The shock which this intelligence gave me, confounded me. Having no longer under me more than three divisions, instead of the eight upon which I calculated, I was obliged to renounce the hopes of victory; and, in spite of all my efforts, in spite of the intrepidity and devotion of my troops, my utmost efforts after that could only maintain me in my position till the close of the day. About nine o’clock, the first corps was sent me by the Emperor, to whom it had been of no service. Thus twenty-five or thirty thousand men were, I may say, paralyzed, and were idly paraded during the whole of the battle from the right to the left, and the left to the right, without firing a shot.

“It is impossible for me, sir, not to arrest your attention for a moment upon these details, in order to bring before your view all the consequences of this false movement, and, in general, of the bad arrangements during the whole of the day. By what fatality, for example, did the Emperor, instead of leading all his forces against lord Wellington, who would have been attacked unawares, and could not have resisted, consider this attack as secondary? How did the Emperor, after the passage of the Sambre, conceive it possible to fight two battles on the same day? It was to oppose forces double ours, and to do what military men who were witnesses of it can scarcely yet comprehend. Instead of this, had he left a corps of observation to watch the Prussians, and marched with his most powerful masses to support me, the English army had undoubtedly been destroyed between Quatre-Bras and Genappe; and this position, which separated the two allied armies, being once in our power, would have opened for the Emperor an opportunity of advancing to the right of the Prussians, and of crushing them in their turn. The general opinion in France, and especially in the army, was, that the Emperor would have bent his whole efforts to annihilate first the English army; and circumstances were favourable for the accomplishment of such a project: but fate ordered otherwise.

“On the 17th, the army marched in the direction of Mont-St.-Jean.

“On the 18th, the battle began at one o’clock, and though the bulletin, which details it, makes no mention of me, it is not necessary for me to mention that I was engaged in it. Lieutenant-general count Drouot has already spoken of that battle, in the House of Peers. His narration is accurate, with the exception of some important facts which he has passed over in silence, or of which he was ignorant, and which it is now my duty to declare. About seven o’clock in the evening, after the most frightful carnage which I have ever witnessed, general Labédoyère came to me with a message from the Emperor, that marshal Grouchy had arrived on our right, and attacked the left of the English and Prussians united. This general officer, in riding along the lines, spread this intelligence among the soldiers, whose courage and devotion remained unshaken, and who gave new proofs of them at that moment, in spite of the fatigue which they experienced. Immediately after, what was my astonishment, I should rather say indignation, when I learned, that so far from marshal Grouchy having arrived to support us, as the whole army had been assured, between forty and fifty thousand Prussians attacked our extreme right, and forced it to retire!

“Whether the Emperor was deceived with regard to the time when the marshal could support him, or whether the march of the marshal was retarded by the efforts of the enemy longer than was calculated upon, the fact is, that at the moment when his arrival was announced to us, he was only at Wavre upon the Dyle, which to us was the same as if he had been a hundred leagues from the field of battle.

“A short time afterwards, I saw four regiments of the middle guard, conducted by the Emperor, arriving. With these troops, he wished to renew the attack, and to penetrate the centre of the enemy. He ordered me to lead them on: generals, officers, and soldiers, all displayed the greatest intrepidity; but this body of troops was too weak to resist, for a long time, the forces opposed to it by the enemy, and it was soon necessary to renounce the hope which this attack had, for a few moments, inspired. General Friant had been struck with a ball by my side; and I myself had my horse killed, and fell under it. The brave men who will return from this terrible battle will, I hope, do me the justice to say, that they saw me on foot with sword in hand during the whole of the evening, and that I only quitted the scene of carnage among the last, and at the moment when retreat could no longer be prevented. At the same time, the Prussians continued their offensive movements, and our right sensibly retired; the English advanced in their turn. There remained to us still four squares of the old guard to protect the retreat. These brave grenadiers, the choice of the army, forced successively to retire, yielded ground foot by foot, till, overwhelmed by numbers, they were almost entirely annihilated. From that moment, a retrograde movement was declared, and the army formed nothing but a confused mass. There was not, however, a total rout, nor the cry of _Sauve qui peut_, as has been calumniously stated in the bulletin. As for myself, constantly in the rear-guard, which I followed on foot, having all my horses killed, worn out with fatigue, covered with contusions, and having no longer strength to march, I owe my life to a corporal who supported me on the road, and did not abandon me during the retreat. At eleven at night, I found lieutenant-general Lefebvre-Desnouettes; and one of his officers, major Schmidt, had the generosity to give me the only horse that remained to him. In this manner I arrived at Marchiennes-au-Pont at four o’clock in the morning, alone, without any officers of my staff, ignorant of what had become of the Emperor, who, before the end of the battle, had entirely disappeared, and who, I was allowed to believe, might be either killed or taken prisoner. General Pamphile Lacroix, chief of the staff of the second corps, whom I found in this town, having told me that the Emperor was at Charleroi, I was led to suppose that his Majesty was going to put himself at the head of marshal Grouchy’s corps, to cover the Sambre, and to facilitate to the troops the means of rallying towards Avesnes, and, with this persuasion, I went to Beaumont; but parties of cavalry following on too near, and having already intercepted the roads of Maubeuge and Philippeville, I became sensible of the total impossibility of arresting a single soldier on that point, to oppose the progress of the victorious enemy. I continued my march upon Avesnes, where I could obtain no intelligence of what had become of the Emperor.

“In this state of matters, having no knowledge of his Majesty nor of the Major-General, confusion increasing every moment, and, with the exception of some fragments of regiments of the guard and of the line, every one following his own inclination, I determined immediately to go to Paris by St.-Quentin, to disclose, as quickly as possible, the true state of affairs to the minister of war, that he might send to the army some fresh troops, and take the measures which circumstances rendered necessary. At my arrival at Bourget, (two leagues from Paris,) I learned that the Emperor had passed there at nine o’clock in the morning.

“Such, _M. le duc_, is the history of this calamitous campaign.

“Now I ask those who have survived this fine and numerous army, how I can be accused of the disasters of which it has been the victim, and of which our military annals furnish no example. I have, it is said, betrayed my country, I who, to serve it, have shown a zeal which I perhaps have carried to an extravagant height: but this calumny is supported by no fact, by no circumstance. But how can these odious reports, which spread with frightful rapidity, be arrested? If, in the researches which I could make on this subject, I did not fear almost as much to discover as to be ignorant of the truth, I would say, that all was a tendency to convince that I have been unworthily deceived, and that it is attempted to cover, with the pretence of treason, the faults and extravagancies of this campaign; faults which have not been avowed in the bulletins that have appeared, and against which I in vain raised that voice of truth which I will yet cause to resound in the House of Peers.

“I expect, from the candour of your Excellency, and from your indulgence to me, that you will cause this letter to be inserted in the _Journal_, and give it the greatest possible publicity.

“MARSHAL PRINCE DE LA MOSKOWA.

“PARIS, June 26th, 1815.”

No. VI.

ANECDOTES

RELATIVE TO THE CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO.

At a period of the battle, when the Duke was surrounded by his staff, it was evident they had become the object of the fire from a French battery. The shot fell fast around them. Their horses became restive, and Copenhagen himself (the Duke’s horse,) so fidgety, that the Duke became impatient, and having reasons for remaining on the spot, said, “Gentlemen, we are rather too close together: better divide a little.”

On one occasion Wellington rode up to Picton’s division, just as a hot fire of musketry opened upon the 92d. The staff expected every instant to see him drop, as he sat coolly watching the effect of the enemy’s fire: but he remained untouched; as did also lord Arthur Hill, who was the only officer that had accompanied him to the crest of the ground.

During the battle, a British artillery officer rode up to the duke of Wellington and said, “Your Grace, I have a distinct view of Napoleon, attended by his staff: my guns are well pointed in that direction, shall I open fire?” The Duke replied, “Certainly not, I will not allow it; it is not the business of commanders to fire upon each other.”

From this it is evident that circumstances alter cases, as may be seen by the following expression of the Duke: “I cannot discover the policy of not hitting one’s enemy as hard as one can, and in the most vulnerable place.” (_Dispatches_, vol. XI, page 547.)

Whilst the Duke was occupied intently in observing with his telescope a movement in the enemy’s line, some of their skirmishers were pressing on, and the musket-balls began to whistle round his Grace in such profusion, that colonel Gordon was induced to take the bridle of the Duke’s charger, and lead him forward to a hollow, where he was in shelter; and so intent was his Grace in observing the enemy, that it was accomplished without his noticing it. Throughout this long and trying day, the Duke was always to be seen where danger threatened, or difficulties arose, fearlessly passing from point to point, and constantly exposed to the fire of the enemy, protected doubtlessly by a merciful and all-wise Providence, to add still further lustre to his name by his continued services to his country.

During the heat of the battle, the Duke was about to pass in front of a Nassau square, the troops composing which had served Napoleon, when several of his staff requested his Grace to pass by its rear: had he rode along the front, the simple process of pulling a single trigger might have blasted all our expectations, and injured the cause of Europe more than did the whole efforts of Napoleon and his army.

The arms, clothing, and general bearing of the Nassau-men were truly French: their splendid rifle-green uniform, broad buff cross-belts, handsome white cased cap and tall black plume, produced a martial and imposing appearance.

A hussar and a cuirassier had got entangled in the _mêlée_, and met in the plain, in full view of our line; the hussar was without a cap, and bleeding from a wound in the head, but that did not hinder him from attacking his steel-clad adversary. He soon proved that the strength of cavalry consist in good horsemanship, and the skilful use of the sword, and not in being clad in heavy defensive armour. The superiority of the hussar was visible the moment the swords crossed: after a few wheels a tremendous facer made the Frenchman reel in his saddle, and all his attempts to escape his more active foe became unavailing; a second blow stretched him on the ground, amidst the cheers of the light horseman’s comrades, the 3d German hussars, who were ardent spectators of the combat.

During the cavalry charges, a man, named Gilmore, of captain Elphinstone’s troop, and belonging to my regiment, was lying under his wounded grey horse, about two hundred yards in our front. The cuirassiers were advancing; and as I was aware they spared none who fell into their hands, I sprang from my saddle, soon reached the spot, and seizing the bridle raised the horse’s head; when the animal making a struggle, Gilmore was enabled to extricate himself, and to reach our line just before the enemy’s cavalry came up. The pleasure I felt on this occasion will be understood by any one who has had the opportunity of saving life.—Two other human beings, one, a lad, David Bale, at Clapham, in Surrey; another, a boy, named Tannis, in the village of Mont-St.-Jean, I was providentially enabled to rescue from drowning.

I witnessed an encounter during the battle, between an artillery-man and a cuirassier: the former was under his gun; the latter dodging round, endeavouring to run his sword through him. At length the cuirassier’s horse was shot, and the gunner, getting from his place of shelter, dealt a blow with his ramrod upon the head of his antagonist, which felled him to the ground: he then seized upon the cuirassier’s sword, and collaring him, proceeded towards the rear. On passing us, the gunner gave his prisoner a kick on the hind part of his person, saying, “Be off to the rear.”

On the morning of the 18th, colonel Ellis, of the 23d Royal Welsh fuzileers, issued an order that no man was to fall out of the ranks to assist the wounded. Upon the colonel being severely wounded, captain Brown ordered two men to follow and assist him to the rear; but the gallant colonel declined their services, observing, “There are not too many bayonets in the Royal Welsh, return to your post.” This strict adherence to discipline, and disinterestedness, no doubt cost him his life, and deprived the service of one of its brightest ornaments. (See _Dispatches_, vol. XII, p. 610-611.)

The day before the battle of Waterloo, captain Elphinstone, of the 7th hussars, was grievously wounded and taken prisoner. His condition was noticed by Napoleon, who immediately sent one of his surgeons to dress his wounds; and perceiving that, from loss of blood, Elphinstone had swooned away, he sent a silver goblet full of wine from his own store. On the arrival of the Bellerophon in England, lord Keith presented his grateful thanks to Napoleon, for having saved the life of his nephew.

On the 29th of May, (prior to the battle,) we had a grand review of the cavalry and horse artillery. After the review most of the superior officers breakfasted with lord Uxbridge, at Ninove. Old Blücher was amongst them, and openly declared, he had not given the world credit for containing so many fine men as he had seen that day. Our infantry, although not such fine-looking fellows, still bore away the foremost laurels of the day of battle. On parting, Blücher wished all a good day, exclaiming, “We shall soon meet again in Paris.”

In 1818, Blücher was one of a large party at Berlin, where much merriment and jesting went on from the proposal and solution of enigmas. Blücher at once absorbed the attention of all the guests, by saying, “I will do what none of you can, I will kiss my own head;” and while all were wondering how that was to be done, the old man added with the utmost assurance, “This is the way;” when rising, he approached his friend Gneisenau, whom he kissed and embraced most heartily.

Blücher, when at dinner with the ministers of several different states of Europe, gave as a toast, “May the diplomatists not again spoil with their pens, that which the armies have with so much cost won with their swords!”

Happening to meet the Prussian minister, prince Hardenberg, he thus boldly addressed him, “I only wish I had you gentlemen of the pen, exposed for once to a pretty smart skirmishing fire, that you might learn what it is when the soldier is obliged to repair with his life’s blood the errors which you so thoughtlessly commit on paper.”

The following fact shows that no personal considerations restrained him from indulging in his splenetic humour against the great diplomatist of the day:

Nearly everybody knows that, immediately after the convention of Paris, Blücher was desirous to destroy the bridge of Jena, and that he would undoubtedly have carried his intentions into effect, had it not been for the urgent representations of the duke of Wellington.

On that occasion, count von der Golz, formerly his aide-de-camp, and then Prussian ambassador in Paris, made a written application to him in behalf and in the name of prince Talleyrand, beseeching the preservation of the bridge. Blücher replied in his own hand-writing, “I have resolved upon blowing up the bridge, and I cannot conceal from your Excellency how much pleasure it would afford me, if Monsieur de Talleyrand would previously station himself upon it; and I beg you will make my wish known to him.”

When Blücher was at Oxford, in 1814, with the emperors and kings, the Prince Regent and the duke of Wellington, he received an intimation that the heads of the University intended to confer upon him the dignity of a Doctor. Blücher, who never dreamed of becoming one of the learned, could not refrain from laughter, and jocularly remarked, “Well, if I am to be a doctor, they cannot do less than make Gneisenau an apothecary: for we both work together; and it is he who has to make up the pills, which I am in the habit of administering[110].”

On the 15th of June, 1815, the French general Bourmont, colonels Clouet and Villoutreys, with three captains, deserted Napoleon, and came over to the Prussians. When Bourmont was presented to Blücher, the latter could not refrain from evincing his contempt for the faithless soldier. Some officers tried to impress him more favourably towards the general, by directing his attention to the white cockade which he wore in a conspicuous fashion: the Prince bluntly remarked, “It matters not what a man sticks in his hat for a mark; a mean-spirited scoundrel always remains the same.”

In a private letter from Blücher to sir Hudson Lowe, written many months anterior to Bonaparte’s quitting Elba, after disavowing all desire for future triumphs, he expressed a hope, that if again called upon to act, it might be in conjunction with the general and army that had immortalized themselves in the Peninsula, when Wellington and himself would go hand in hand to victory. It was truly a prophetic epistle.

“It has always occurred to me, however,” says the Duke, (upon the battle of Leipsick,) “that if Bonaparte had not placed himself in a position that every other officer would have avoided[111], and had not remained in it longer than was consistent with any notions of prudence, he would have retired in such a state, that the allies could not have ventured to approach the Rhine.” (_Dispatches_, vol. XI, page 435.)

It is always interesting to know what estimate great commanders have formed of one another. During the Peninsular campaign, marshal Marmont, with about sixty thousand men, approached Wellington’s position at Fuente-Guinaldo, when the iron Duke’s force did not exceed two thousand five hundred horse, and two weak divisions of infantry. Still he exhibited the same coolness and imperturbable self-possession, which, in emergency, invariably marked his distinguished and successful career. On this occasion, the Spanish general Alava, whose enlightened patriotism and high military qualities had endeared him to the Duke, thus accosted him, “Here you are with a couple of weak divisions in front of the whole French army; and you seem quite at your ease! Why, it is enough to put any man in a fever!”—“I have done according to the very best of my judgment all that can be done,” was the characteristic reply of the British commander, “and therefore I care not either for the enemy in front, or for anything which they may say at home.”

Upon Marmont’s being informed, that, for thirty-six hours, Wellington, with about fourteen thousand men, had lain within cannon range of him, his astonishment was unbounded; and he is said to have exclaimed, that, “Brilliant as was Napoleon’s star, Wellington’s was more brilliant still.” Marshal Marmont’s discrimination was amply proved at Waterloo.

Lieutenant-colonel Ponsonby, of the 12th light dragoons, gives the following account of himself on being wounded. He says,

“In the _mêlée_ (thick of the fight) I was almost instantly disabled in both my arms, losing first my sword, and then my rein; and, followed by a few of my men who were presently cut down, no quarter being asked or given, I was carried along by my horse, till, receiving a blow from a sabre, I fell senseless on my face to the ground. Recovering, I raised myself a little to look round, being at that time in a condition to get up and run away, when a lancer passing by, cried out, ‘_Tu n’es pas mort, coquin!_’ and struck his lance through my back. My head dropped, the blood gushed into my mouth, a difficulty of breathing came on, and I thought all was over. Not long after, a skirmisher stopped to plunder me, threatening my life: I directed him to a small side-pocket, in which he found three dollars, all I had; but he continued to threaten, tearing open my waistcoat, and leaving me in a very uneasy posture.

“But he was no sooner gone, than an officer bringing up some troops, and happening to halt where I lay, stooped down, and addressing me, said, he feared I was badly wounded. I answered that I was, and expressed a wish to be moved to the rear. He said it was against orders, to remove even their own men; but that, if they gained the day, (and he understood that the duke of Wellington was killed, and that six of our battalions had surrendered,) every attention in his power should be shown me. I complained of thirst, and he held his brandy bottle to my lips, directing one of his soldiers to lay me straight on my side, and place a knapsack under my head: they then passed on into action, soon perhaps to want, though not to receive, the same assistance; and I shall never know to whose generosity I was indebted, as I believe, for my life.

“By and by, another skirmisher came up, a fine young man, full of ardour, loading and firing: he knelt down and fired over me many times, conversing with me very gaily all the while: at last he ran off, saying, ‘_Vous serez bien aise d’apprendre que nous allons nous retirer. Bonjour, mon ami._’ (‘You will be pleased to learn that we are going to fall back. Good day, my friend.’) It was dusk, when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry crossed the valley in full trot, lifting me from the ground, and tumbling me about cruelly.

“The battle was now over, and the groans of the wounded all around me, became more and more audible: I thought the night never would end. About this time, I found a soldier lying across my legs, and his weight, his convulsive motions, his noises, and the air issuing through a wound in his side, distressed me greatly; the last circumstance most of all, as I had a wound of the same nature myself. It was not a dark night, and the Prussians were wandering about to plunder: many of them stopped to look at me as they passed; at last one of them stopped to examine me: I told him that I was a British officer, and had been already plundered. He did not however desist, and pulled me about roughly.