Dashwood (Lieutenant-Colonel), severely; Captains Thirty-second Foot-Captain Hugh Harrison, se- First Foot, third battalion-Major Colin Campbell (Lieutenant-Colonel), severely; Captain L. Arquimbeau (Major), slightly; Captains Robert M'Donald and Hugh Massey (Majors), severely; Lieutenants Archibald Morrison, George Lane, J. F. Miller, and William Dobbs, severely; Lieutenants Robert H. Scott and J. L. Black, slightly; Ensigns Thomas Stevens and Joseph M'Kay, slightly; Ensign Leond. M. Cooper, severely; Quarter-Master Thomas Griffiths, slightly. Fourth Foot, first battalion-Captains G. D. Wilson and James C. Edgill, slightly; Lieutenants John Brown, George Smith, Halkett Boyd, and William Squires, severely; Lieutenant Robert Gerrard, slightly; Ensign W. M. Matthews, slightly; Adjutant W. M. Richardson, severely. Thirty-third Foot-Captains Charles Knight and J. Harty, slightly; Lieutenants Thomas Reid, R. Westmore, and Samuel Pagan severely; Lieutenants Thomas Haight and John Cameron, severely (since dead); Ensigns W. Bain and — Drury, severely; Adjutant W. Thain, slightly. Fortieth Foot-Captains C. Ellis and J. H. Barnett, severely; Lieutenants R. Moore, J. Mill, and J. Anthony, severely; Lieutenant J. Campbell, slightly; Honourable M. Brown, severely; Lieutenant J. Robb, slightly; Ensigns F. Ford and J. Clarke, severely. Forty-second Foot-Captain Mungo M'Pherson, slightly; Lieutenants John Orr and John Gunn Munro, severely; Lieutenants Hugh A. Fraser and James Brander, slightly; Quarter-master Donald M'Intosh, slightly. Forty-fourth Foot-Major George O'Mealy (Lieu Fourteenth Foot, third battalion-Ensign Alfred tenant-Colonel), slightly; Lieutenant James Burke, seCooper, slightly. verely; Adjutant Thomas M'Can, severely. Fifty-first Foot-Captain Samuel Beardesley, severely; Lieutenant Charles W. Tyndale, slightly. Fifty-second Foot-Major Charles Rowan (Lieutenant-Colonel), slightly; Captain Charles Diggle, se Twenty-third Foot, first battalion-Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. W. Ellis, K. C. B. (Colonel), severely (since dead); Major J. H. E. Hill (Lieutenant-Colonel), severely; Captain Henry Johnson, slightly; Lieutenants W. A. Griffiths, severely; John Clyde, and R. D. Sid-verely; Captain James Frederic Love (Major), severely; ley, slightly. Twenty-seventh Foot, first battalion-Captain John Hare (Major), slightly; Captain John Tucker, severely; Lieutenants G. M'Donald, W. Henderson, R. Handcock, W. F. Fortescue, T. Craddock, E. W. Drew, C. Manly, and John Millar, severely; Ensign Thomas Smith, severely; Ensign John Ditmas, slightly; Ensign T. Handcock, severely. Lieutenant Charles Dawson, severely; Lieutenant Matthew Anderson, severely (left leg amputated); Lieutenants George Campbell and Thomas Cottingham, severely; Adjutant John Winterbottom, severely. Sixty-ninth Foot-Captain Lewis Watson (Major), severely; Ensigns Henry Anderson and Edward Hodder, severely. Seventy-first Foot, first battalion-Lieutenant-CoTwenty-eighth Foot-Major R. Nixon (Lieutenant-lonel Thomas Reynell (Colonel), slightly; Major Arthur Colonel), severely; Captain Richard Llewellyn (Major), Jones (Lieutenant-Colonel), severely; Captain Donald severely; Captain Richard Kelly, slightly; Captains Campbell, slightly; Captains William A. Grant and T. English, W. F. Wilkinson, Roger P. Gilbert, Henry James Henderson, severely; Captain Chas. Johnson, Hillyard, Charles B. Carruthers, John T. Clarke, se- (Major), slightly; Lieutenant Joseph Barralier, slightly; verely; Captains John Willington Shelton, and John Lieutenant John Raleigh Elwes, severely (since dead); Dares, slightly; Captain G. Ingram, severely (since Lieutenants Robert Lind and Robert Lawe, severely dead); Ensign J. Mountsteven, severely; Adjutant Lieutenants Carique Lewin, John Roberts, and John Thomas Bridgland, slightly. Coote, slightly; Adjutant W. Anderson, slightly. Thirtieth Foot-Majors William Bailey (LieutenantColonel), and C. A. Vigoureux (Lieutenant-Colonel), severely; Captain A. Gore, slightly; Lieutenant R. C. Elliot, slightly; Lieutenants John Numby and John Pratt, severely; Lieutenants R. Hughes, T. Moneypenny, R. Daniel, John Roe (second), slightly; Lieutenant W. O. Warren, severely; Adjutant M. Andrews, slightly. Seventy-third Foot-Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Harris (Colonel), severely; Major Archibald M'Lean, severely; Captains Henry Coane, William Wharton and John Garland, severely; Lieutenants John M'Connel and Thomas Reynolds, severely; Lieutenant Donald Browne, severely, (left arm amputated); Ensign William M'Bean, severely; Ensign Charles Eastwood, slightly; Ensign George Bridge, severely; Adjutant | Captain F. Purgold, severely; Lieutenant Clare Decken, Patrick Hay, severely. severely. Seventy-ninth Foot-Captains James Campbell, Neil Campbell, severely; Captain John Cameron, severely (since dead); Lieutenants John Powling, D. Cameron, and Ewen Cameron, severely; Lieutenants A. Cameron, C. M'Arthur, and A. Forbes; Ensigns John Nash and A. S. Crawford, slightly. Ninety-second Foot-Captains Peter Wilkie and Archibald Ferrier, slightly; Lieutenants Robert Winchester and Donald McDonald, severely; Lieutenant James Kerr Ross, slightly; Lieutenant James Hope, severely. Ninety-fifth Foot, first battalion-Lieutenant-Colonel Sir A. F. Bernard, K. C. B. (Colonel), slightly; Major Alexander Cameron (Lieutenant-Colonel), severely; Captains Edward Chawner and William Johnstone; First Lieutenants John Malloy, John Gardiner, George Simmons, and John Stillwell, severely (since dead); Second Lieutenants Allen Stewart, James Wright, and James Church, severely. Ninety-fifth Foot, second battalion-Majors Amos Godsoll Norcott (Lieutenant-Colonel), and George Wilkins (Lieutenant-Colonel), severely; Captain George Miller (Major), severely; Captain John M'Culloch, severely (left arm amputated); Lieutenants William Humble and Edward Coxon, severely; Lieutenants Donald Cameron, Robert Cochrane, John Fry, slightly; Lieutenants John Ridgway, Joseph Lynam, Richard Eyre, Joseph Walsh, severely; Lieutenant Vera Webb, slightly. Ninety-fifth Foot, third battalion-Major John Ross (Lieutenant-Colonel), severely; Captain James Fullerton (Major), severely; First Lieutenants J. T. Worsley and G. H. Shenley, severely. First Light Battalion, King's German Legion-Major Hans Bussche, severely (right arm amputated); Captain Fred. Gilsa, severely; Lieutenants Christian Heise and Ker Wolrabe, severely; Lieutenant Adolphus Koster, slightly; Lieutenant H. Leonhart, severely; Ensign A. Gentzkoow, slightly; Ensigns Charles Behne and A. Heise, severely. Second Light Battalion, King's German LegionLieutenant F. Kessler, severely; Lieutenant G. Meyer, slightly; Lieutenants O. Luidam and B. Riefkugel, severely; Lieutenants M. Jobin and T. Carrey, slightly; Lieutenant G. D. Grame, Ensign George Franck, Adjutant D. Timmann, severely. First Line Battalion, King's German Legion-Major William Robertson, severely; Captains Gerlach and Schlutter, severely; Lieutenants A. Muller and H. Wilding, severely; Ensign H. Lucken, severely; Adjutant F. Schnath, severely. Third Line Battalion, King's German Legion-Major Anthony Boden, severely; Lieutenants Frederick Jansen and F. Leschen, severely; Lieutenants A. Kuckuck and E. Kuckuck, slightly. Fourth Line Battalion, King's German Legion-Major G. Chuden, severely (since dead); Captain F. Heise, slightly; Lieutenants C. Both and A. Langworth, slightly; Lieutenant W. L. De la Farque, severely; Ensign Arnold Oppuhn, slightly; Adjutant A. Hartwig, severely. Fifth Line Battalion, King's German Legion-Captain F. Sander, severely; Lieutenant C. Berger, severely; Lieutenant G. Klingsohr, severely. Eighth Line Battalion, King's German LegionCaptain C. Rougemont, severely; Lieutenant C. Sadler, slightly; Ensign W. Mareau, severely; Adjutant T. Brinmann, severely. Third Battalion, Royal Scots-Volunteer Richard Blacklin, slightly. Ninety-fifth Foot, first battalion-Volunteer Charles Smith, slightly. MISSING. Staff, King's German Legion-Captain C. D. Boberts, Br. Major. General Staff-Lieutenant E. Gerstlacher, third bussars, King's German Legion, D. A. A. G. wounded. Second Life-Guards-Lieutenant Samuel Weymouth. Royal Horse-Guards (Blue)—Captain John Thoyst. First Dragoon Guards-Lieutenant-Colonel William Fuller (Colonel), severely wounded; Captain Henry Graham, Lieutenant Francis Brooke, severely wounded; Cornet Honourable H. B. Bernard. First Dragoons-Cornet Richard Magniac. Sixth Dragoons-Lieutenant P. Ruffo. Twenty-third Light Dragoons-Lieutenant Stephen Coxen. Second Light Battalion, King's German LegionCaptain Ernest Holzermann, wounded. HANOVERIAN OFFICERS. KILLED. General Staff-Captain M. Hanbury (Brigade Major). Second Battalion Duke of York-Lieutenant Uffel; Ensign Berghoff. Field Battalion Grunbenhagen-Lieutenant-Colonel Baron Wurmb. First Lunenburgh Battalion-Captain Bobart; En Second Line Battalion, King's German Legion- sign de Plato. Bremenvorde Battalion-Ensign Thomas Holt. WOUNDED. Field Jagers-Captain de Reden, slightly; Lieutenant Grote, slightly; Lieutenant Schultze, severely. Second Battalion Duke of York-Major Baron Gudirig Munster; Captain F. Gotthard, severely; Captain C. Quentin, slightly; Lieutenants G. Winkler and W. Roichers, slightly; Ensigns Ludewig Nieuheuke and George Meyer, severely. Field Battalion Grubenhagen-Captain de Bauer, slightly. Field Battalion Bremen-Lieutenant-Colonel Langrehre, severely (since dead); Major Muller, slightly; Lieutenants De Quistorff (1st), and De Quistorff (2d), slightly; Adjutant Wehuer, slightly. Field Battalion Lunenburgh-Lieutenant-Colonel Klencke, severely. Field Battalion Verden-Major Schopp, slightly; Captain Jacoby, slightly; Lieutenant Selig, slightly; Lieutenant Brandis (2d), severely; Lieutenants Brandis (1st), and Suffeuplan, slightly; Ensign Planz, slightly; Adjutant Gerhard, slightly. Militia Battalion Bremenvorde-Lieutenant Leoper, severely (since dead); Lieutenants Wencke and Edward Meyer, severely; Ensigns Edward Wilhew and Ernest Holthausen, slightly. First Battalion Duke of York-Captain de Pavel, severely; Lieutenant Shol, severely; Ensign Muller, slightly. Munder Battalion-Captain Harstein; Lieutenants Brisberg, Brennieg, and Schwencke; Ensigns Murray and Oppermann. MISSING. Field Battalion Lunenburg-Major Dackenhausen, wounded:-Staff Surgeon Karster, Assistant-Surgeon Schmutser. Bremenvorde-Second Quarter-Master Rees; First Quarter-Master W. Ehlers. Saltzgitter-Ensign Schrader Assistant - Surgeons John Deneske and Rhomeyer. JOHN WATERS, Lieutenant-Colonel and A. A. G. A VIEW OF THE FIELD OF WATERLOO, A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT. In the month of July, 1815, three English gentlemen set out from Brussels, to explore the celebrated field of Waterloo. The distance from Brussels to this village is about ten miles, and the prospect on leaving the city is very pleasing. The forest of Soignies soon appears in view, and it has a deep gloomy aspect, which adds considerably to the interest of the landscape. This forest occupies an immense tract of country from east to west, but is only about seven miles broad, where the road passes through it to Waterloo. The visitors naturally contrasted the quiet of their journey,—a few Flemish peasants going to their labour, with its terrific Third Battalion Duke of York-Major Clamor Buscke, appearance on the day of the retreat of the baggage severely. and wounded of the army; the numbers who fell Salzgitter-Captain Charles Hammerstein, slightly; through weakness or loss of blood; the hundreds who Lieutenant Charles Spangenberg, severely. Militia Battalion Handelu-Major Strube, slightly; Captain Blankhart, slightly; Lieutenant Kohle, severely; Lieutenant Kistner, slightly. were crushed to death; the hurry, the noise, the confusion, the shrieks, and agonizing groans, of that heartrending scene. The carriage kept the paved centre of the road; the Militia Battalion Hildesham-Major Reden, severely. two sides being deep and muddy, as they were on the Militia Battalion Peina-Captain Bertram, severely; day of battle. The whole breadth of the road, includEnsign Kohler, slightly; Lieutenant Helmrick: Se-ing the sides, appeared to be about fifty feet. The venth Line Battalion King's German Legion attached, severely. trees by which it is bounded on both sides are tall, and kept trimmed like a high hedge; and beyond these comGriffhorn Battalion-Major Hammerstein; Major mences the wood, in all the irregularity of nature. Leue, Fourth Battalion King's German Legion at- Here the wounded had crawled, to find a last restingtached, severely (since dead); Captain Wredenfield, place, and hither the entire population of the country slightly; Lieutenant Schmidt, severely. had fled for safety. Several mounds marked the spots Lunenburg-Captain Kampt; Ensigns Dornaur and where men and horses had been buried. These were ren dered peculiarly affecting by the frequent appearance Meyer. Osterode Battalion-Major Reden; Captains Papet and Ingersleben; Lieutenants Groebe and Sambrecht. been sufficiently covered; and the sides of the road presented innumerable shoes, caps, and fragments of cloth, which were now hardly distinguishable from the mud. The village and church of Waterloo were now in | of a continued line of gentle eminences, confronted by sight, embosomed in a recess of the wood. The road similar heights, distant from half to three quarters of a was quite out of the forest; which, however, covered mile, along which the French army was posted to an the whole country to the east and west as far as the eye extent of nearly three miles. The intervening plain, could reach. Our travellers proceeded a mile forward and the ascent of the ridge of St. Jean, form the field to the hamlet of Mont St. Jean, by a gradual ascent of of battle. the road; on the right and left of which, the British army bivouacked on the night preceding the battle. The inhabitants of this hamlet issued from their houses, at every fresh arrival of visitors, and offered for sale some relics of the battle. Entire cuirasses, elegant carbines, costly sabres, and beautiful pistols, were shewn in succession; together with letters, bibles, pamphlets, songs, remnants of military habiliments, and even the buttons torn from the jackets of the dead. Here, as the strangers looked around, and contemplated the numerous graves that presented themselves on every side, they felt that these mounds of earth were more awfully impressive than the view of thousands of lifeless bodies. "These hillocks, which frequently tripped the step on crossing a hedge-row, clearing a fence, or winding along among the grass that overhung a secluded path," generally lay in thick clusters and long ranks; betwixt which a black circle demonstrated that fire had been employed to consume as worthless refuse, what had been cherished by parents, esteemed by friends, and fondly loved by angelic woman. The tree, already noticed, as overhanging the bank above the high road from Brussels to Charleroi, marks the centre of the British position; and, the Duke of Wellington having remained near it the greater part of the day, it has obtained the appellation of " Wellington tree." Its branches and trunk were much splintered by balls; yet its vitality seems uninjured, and it will probably remain for many years a standing monument of the victory of Waterloo. At a short distance from this tree, near the road, our travellers saw the farm of La Haye Sainte. The garden exhibited an awful scene of devastation: the hedges were levelled, and the walls broken down. The door was perforated with all sorts of shot, and furnished a dreadful proof of the fury of the attack, and the determination of the defence. This post, after a most heroic resistance by the party to whom it was entrusted, was forced by the French, and every person within the building was put to death. On entering into the courtyard, the appearance was still more wretched and fearful. The roofs of the dwelling-house and offices were knocked into large holes by bombs and cannon-balls; the windows were dreadful wrecks, the glass shattered to pieces, the frames broken, and the fragments hang The passing gale that shook the branches of the trees, brought with it a dreadful stench; and the foot that startled the bird from its repose amidst the clover, disturbed at the same time some poor remnant of a human being.ing in a most forlorn state. "Some marks of wreck were seatter'd all around, SOUTHEY. From St. Jean, the road ascends up the back of the ridge, on the height and in the front of which, the Duke of Wellington's infantry was formed in line. The cavalry, at the commencement of the battle, were posted on the St. Jean side of the eminence. The ascent is easy; and, on reaching the summit, the whole field of battle is at once before the eye. The point whence this complete view of the scene first presents itself, is truly interesting. It is the summit of the ridge close to the road, overhung by an old picturesque tree, with a few straggling branches projecting from its venerable trunk. The British position extended on the right and left of the road, for the extent of two miles, along the summit The visitors next proceeded to the memorable post of Hougoumont, so gallantly defended by the first, second, and third, regiments of British foot-guards, with a detachment of Brunswickers, against the desperate and persevering attacks of thirty thousand of the enemy. Hougoumont was a country-seat, with gardens neatly laid out in the Dutch taste, and extensive offices. A small wood was on the outside, a short distance from the garden-wall, which is of brick, perforated in two tiers for musketry, and much shattered with the enemy's cannon-balls. The light companies of the three regiments of guards were stationed in this wood, and were thence driven into the house. When walking in the garden, where the fruit-trees and shrubberies appeared blighted, and the neat alleys of holly and yew were sadly lacerated and deranged, our travellers saw the gardener, who had remained in his garden the whole time of the battle; because, as he candidly confessed, after hostilities had commenced, he could not venture out of it. We have already stated, in our account of the battle, 1 110 DESCRIPTION OF THE FIELD OF BATTLE that it was an object of importance to the enemy to gain | etor has painted in large and rude black letters, on a this post, as, from its situation, it commanded a con-white-wash ground, "Hotel de la Belle Alliance." siderable part of the British position; and accordingly Near this spot Wellington and Blucher met; and the it was furiously and incessantly assailed, but gallantly people show a straw-bottomed chair, on which it is said and successfully defended to the last. Buonaparte the former sat down:-at all events it was the headhimself directed the charge of the French imperial quarters of Buonaparte during the battle. guards against it; but even though fighting under the eye of their chief, they were broken and repulsed by the British guards. Thirty pieces of artillery played continually over this wood, to assist its defence, while the French directed against it their hottest fire. All the trees in the wood of Hougoumont were pierced with balls, and, in some instances, upwards of twenty had lodged in a single trunk. The strokes, however, which were so fatal to human life, had done but little injury here. Though the trunks were filled with balls, and the branches broken and destroyed, their verdure still remained. Wild flowers were still blooming, and wild raspberries ripening beneath their shade; while huge offensive piles of human ashes were all that now remained of the heroes who fought and fell upon this fatal spot. The chateau, upon which the attack was first made by the French, is immediately behind the wood, by the road leading to Nivelles. It was the country-seat of a Belgic gentleman, and was set on fire by shells, during the battle, which completed the destruction occasioned by the cannonade. In the garden behind the house, the orange-trees, roses, and geraniums in full flower, presented a striking contrast to the mouldering piles of the ruined house, and the surrounding scene of desolation. Our poet-laureate, who visited the field of battle in the autumn of 1815, has thus described the garden of Hougoumont, "The pears had ripen'd on the garden-wall; Those leaves which on the autumnal earth were spread, The walls of the front rooms in this public-house were completely scribbled over with names, inscriptions, poetry, and drawings: and the whimsical bumour that distinguishes the public character of the English, had not been repressed by the awful circumstances of the situation. A variety of persons had recorded that they "came to the field of battle at Waterloo," in the month of "July, 1815." A Mr. Thomas Jackson had merely left his name for the admiration of posterity: but some other person had appended the remark, that "he was hanged at the last assizes for sheep-stealing!" The portrait of one of the life-guards had been delineated by some friendly hand, in coaloutline: immediately beneath which some fastidious critic in the fine arts, jealous probably of the honour thus paid, had written the words "ugly theef!" A considerable breadth along the road was pointed out as the station of the reserve of the cavalry of Napoleon's old guard; with which a final effort was inade to retrieve the battle. The marks of the horses' feet in the miry ground, hardened again at the time of this visit, afforded a tolerably correct idea of the immensity of the force which had stood there. "Aye, look again-that line so black And close beside, the harden'd mud W. SCOTT. Returning by Belle Alliance, the visitors advanced about a hundred and fifty yards to the rising ground, on the left side of the road looking to the British army, from which Buonaparte had a complete view of the field of battle. The spot on which the old guard were finally defeated, was said to be the burial-place of a thousand Frenchmen: and the holsters, standard-holders, pieces of bridles, straps, girths, &c., which still lay scattered about, denoted a tremendous conflict of cavalry. The well-known caps of the grenadiers of the French guard, lay yet in considerable numbers; with rags of their uniforms. There were also some more affecting remains, pieces of tartan and of ostrich feathers, the plaids and plumes of Scotland. |