THE SCOTS MAGAZINE, AND Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, FOR SEPTEMBER 1815: New Works published in Edinburgh,... 694 ib. -Anecdotes of Bonaparte,......... Monthly Memoranda in Nat. History, 652 with an Inquiry into the security it affords against Bonaparte's Escape,.. 653 Account of the neat Revenue collected in England and Scotland, severally, during each of the fourteen years ending the 5th January 1815,....... 657 Seventh Report of the Commissioners appointed for superintending the making of Roads, and Building of Bridges in the Highlands of Scotland, (continued from page 588.). On the Interpretation of Old Scottish Words,....... 651 Commercial Intelligence, 659 -Official Declaration of the Settlement 664 On the Architectural Improvements of Edinburgh,. Extracts from the Caledonian Mercury, 1660-61,........ -British operations in Nepaulese, 703 704 670 galese, stating the Substance of a Convention, by which the sovereign- ty of the Kandian Territory is ceded to Great Britain, ib. West Indies.-Capture of Guadaloupe, 706 Spanish America, France, ib. ib. 707 708 ib. 711 712 of ib. 685 THE Scots Magazine, AND EDINBURGH LITERARY MISCELLANY, For SEPTEMBER 1815. Description of the Plan of the Battle of every thing witnessed even in the WATERLOO ; with some additional dreadful annals of the revolutionary war. The French, with numbers greatly superior, and with a valour more furious than ever, made a series of desperate charges on the English line. It was in vain, however; the British troops maintained their ground immoveable against this fearful odds. The combat, however, was murderous; whole regiments were swept away; and it seemed at length impossible that they should continue to resist the succession of fresh troops poured in by the enemy. At that moment, the Prussian artillery was heard on the enemy's flank; and they had just been driven back from their last charge in some confusion. The commander, with the eye of genius, saw the propitious moment-seized it-and a general charge of the whole British army produced a rout, which has no parallel in history. That evening terminated the Empire of Napoleon. E this month present our readers with a plan of the battle of Waterloo-an event destined to hold so illustrious a place in the British annals. We can pledge ourselves for its authenticity, as it is engraved from an official plan, drawn up in the engineers' department. The inspection of it will best illustrate the position of the respective armies on that memorable day. The British were drawn up along a range of heights crossing the high road from Charleroi to Brussels. The farm-house of La Haye Sainte, situated upon this road, formed nearly the centre of their line. The object of Bonaparte was plainly to drive this army beyond Brussels, which would not only have placed him in possession of that capital, but by finally separating the British and the Prussian armies, would have made him undisputed master of the field. With this view, he commenced in the morning an attack upon the British right, posted at the Chateau Gomont, or Hougoumont, and the wood adjoin-A-British Troops in Position. ing. Finding this point very strong, and that his troops were repulsed with great loss, he from that time directed his grand efforts against the left cen The following references to the plan will illustrate the different operations of this eventful day : REFERENCES, B-The Infantry which formed Squares, and were repeatedly charged by the Enemy's Cavalry. C-The French Cuirassiers before and after their charge. tre, in the vicinity of La Haye Sainte. DWood which the Enemy obstinatly The horror of the ensuing conflict is universally allowed to have surpassed endeavoured to obtain, but without |