of triumph, pity, sorrow, anxiety gratitude, and admiration, may be conceived, but cannot be described. A party of wounded Highlanders, who had found their way on foot from the field of battle, no sooner heard the news, than, regardless of their sufferings, they began to shout and huzza with the most vociferous demonstrations of joy; and those who had the use of their arms, threw their Highland bonnets into the air, calling out in broad Scotch, "Boney's beat! Boney's beat!-huzza!- huzza !— Boney's beat!" The ground on which the battle was fought cannot at most exceed two miles from north to south, including the whole from the rear of the British to the rear of the French position. From east to west, from the extremity of the left to that of the right wing of the contending armies, is scarcely a mile and a half in extent; the smallness of the space on which they fought, and the consequent intermixture of the two armies, might have occasioned in some degree the sanguinary result of the battle. The French position was decidedly the best; the eminence they occupied was higher, and the ascent steeper than ours, and better adapted both for attack and defence. The battle took place at some distance from the village of Waterloo, which is situated behind the skirts of the Forest of Soignies, and is not seen from the field. It was occupied on Saturday, the night preceding the battle, by the Duke of Wellington, the principal officers of his staff, the Prince of Orange, Lord Uxbridge, Sir Thomas Picton, Sir William De Lancey, and other general officers: their names, written in chalk, were yet visible on the doors of the cottages in which they slept. After the battle, those houses were filled with the most severely wounded of the British officers, many of whom died and are buried there. The following is an accurate statement of the combined British, Hanoverian, German, and Belgic army, under the command of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K. G. and K. G. C. B., upon the authority of returns made from the army serving in Flanders to the Adjutant-general's Office, dated May 25, 1816. Infantry, British Do. King's German Legion 17,616 Cavalry, British Do. King's German Legion 5,945 2,274 Do. Hanoverians, Estorff's Brigade 1,135 46.221 Total British, Germans, and Hanoverians * The ground had not been measured; this computation is merely intended to give an idea of its extent: it does not profess to be correct. Waterlee, & P.M._Centre of the British Sime The Marquis of Anglesey on the general advance directing the Brigadesoflavalry on the right of to Haye Sainte. In Belle Alliance, the road to Charterer, & the spires of Plancheners in the distance Total of Troops in the line of operation at Quatre Bras or Waterloo 68,221 The French Army amounted to 130,000; and after the losses of the 15th and 16th, and the detachment of two corps under Marshal Grouchy, there must have remained at least 90,000 men, with which Napoleon took the field on the 18th of June; while, after allowing for our own losses on the 16th, which were very serious, it must appear there was a great disparagement in regard to numbers, as it appears from the above statement, which is founded upon the latest returns to the Horse Guards, previous to the battles of the 16th and 18th, that our extreme force, British and German, was 46,221 men, under the Duke of Wellington, to which add 22,000 for Brunswickers and Dutch, together not exceeding 68,221 men. The English, Germans, and Hanoverians were divided into two corps d'armée. Divisions. 1st, Maj. Gen. George Cooke. 3d, Lt.-Gen. Baron Sir C. Alten, K.C.B. 2d, Lt.-Gen. Sir H. Clinton, K.G.C.B. 52d, 71st, 95th, 2617 1st, 2d,3d, & 4th K.G.L. 1979 2235 14th, 23d, 51st, 1761 35th ||,54th ||,59th||,91st|| 2153 2778 28th, 324, 79th, 95th, 2502 2275 2260 4th. Lt.-Gl. Sir C. Colville. 2d Corps.-LT.-GEN. LORD HILL, K.G.C.B. 5th, Lt. -Gl. Sir (8 Brit. Brig. M.-G. Sir J. Kempt Thos Picton, 7 Bt. Brig. M.-Gen. Mackenzie 25th, 37th, 78th, Total Infantry 13th v.B., 1st F.V.B. .. 36,140 *The 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th divisions were on the right, the 5th and 6th on the left of the Genappe road. + The effective force of each regiment will be given in a future part. This division was employed as a corps of observation, and was not therefore in action on the 18th of June, excepting Colonel Mitchell's brigade, which was on Not in the Battle of Waterloo. the left of this division. CAVALRY. Commanded by LT.-GEN. EARL of Uxbridge, K.G.C.B. 1. Maj. Gen. Lord Edward Somerset 7. Col. B. Sir F. de Arentschildt 1 & 2 Life Grds. Horse }1227 1183 1413 1187 7,15 Hus. 2 H. K.G.L. 1262 10, 18 Hus. 1 H. K.G.L. 1404 13 Lt.Drag. 3 H. K.G.L. 1030 Col. Estorff, Prince Regent, and Bremen Verdun, and Cumb. Hus.* 1135 Total of British, German, and Hanoverian Army in Flan- The ENGINEERS were under the command of Col. Smyth. 52,040 HORSE ARTILLERY, Commanded by Sir Augustus Frazer. Troops. With the Earl of Uxbridge British With the Infantry in Reserve, under the immediate (British direction of the Duke {German Artil. 2 "Never was the overthrow of a great army so complete. Of 40,000 cavalry, not 10,000 returned capable of service; and of an immense artillery, only 12 pieces were saved." The road from Brussels to Genappe passes through the little village of Mont St. Jean, from which the French have named the battle, and which was occupied by the British during the whole of the day; and repeatedly and furiously, though ineffectually, attacked by the enemy. Count D'Erlon headed a desperate attack against it, which was repulsed by the British army; and Napoleon Buonaparte, in his own account of the battle, declares he was on the point of leading a general charge of the whole French army *This regiment ran away. + The names of each officer of the several arms of service will be found in the Appendix. |