Chapter V

Battle of Nivelle--Fight at Arcangues--Good feeling between the
Riflemen and the French outposts--Battle of the Nive--Outpost
courtesies and discourtesies--Gave d’Oleron--March to Orthez--
Battle of Orthez--Battle of Tarbes--Fight at Tournefeuille--
Battle of Toulouse--Suspension of arms--Embarkation for England
and arrival there--Expedition to Holland--Investment of
Bergen-op-Zoom--Skirmishes before Antwerp; at Donk--Fight at
Merxem--Failure of Graham’s attempts on Antwerp--Bergen-op-Zoom
--Sorties from Antwerp and alarms--The companies in this
expedition occupy Belgium, and eventually join the Battalions
in the Waterloo campaign--Expedition to New Orleans--
Disembarkation--James Travers captures an American picquet--
Attack on the bivouack of the Riflemen--Hallen’s picquet--
Advance towards New Orleans--Attacks on the American lines--
Truce to remove dead and wounded--Dishonourable conduct of the
Americans during the truce--Difficult march to the shore--
Re-embarkation--Arrival at Île Dauphine--Sergeant Fukes turns
the tables on a Yankee officer--Fort Boyer surrenders--Return
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CHAPTER VI.

Embarkation for the Netherlands--Advance of the 1st Battalion to
Brussels--March to Quatre Bras--Battle of Quatre Bras--Riflemen
the first English engaged; under the eye of the Duke of
Wellington--Retreat through Genappe to Waterloo--Battle of
Waterloo--Casualties; and Anecdotes--Charles Beckwith--March
to Paris--Army of occupation--The 95th made ‘the Rifle Brigade’
--Return to England--Death of Amphlett--The 3rd Battalion
disbanded 195