On the 16th, this regiment had killed and wounded 284, on the 18th, 49." The plan is mostly intended to illustrate the following letter, which relates chiefly to the glorious part which the 92d took in the contest; knapsacks and other luggage. The day was uncommonly warm, and no water to be had on the road; however, we were brought up in order of battle. The French being strongly posted in a thick wood, to the number of 40,000 men, including cavalry and lancers, gave us very little time to look around us ere the it however gives detail, and will serve to explain the movements of other Highland regiments, who came thus early into the contest. The 92d Regiment is designated by its number, in three different positions. The dotted line indicates the course of its advance against the enemy, The horizontal road is that leading from Brussels, by which our troops came up. The small circle in front of the second position of the 92d in the ditch, is the spot where the Duke of Wellington was so exposed. The road from the house, No. 2, to the village of Quatre Bras, No. 6, is that by which the French cavalry made the desperate charges recounted below. No. 5 is the garden referred to in the letter as the scene of a dreadful resistance. No. 7 is the Brunswick cavalry, which were routed. The third position of the 92d, in the right-hand corner, close to the wood, is the spot to which their gallant remnant had reached, when they were relieved by the Guards. Here they were exposed to a flank fire from a column and a battery, besides a fire from the body which they had so nobly driven back. The cavalry columns are indicated, on both sides, by a half circle extending from the parallelogram. The guns will be easily distinguished. 92d Regiment, written 21st of June, from Brussels, by a "The 9th Brigade consisted of 1st, or Royal Scots, 42d, 44th, and 92d regiments. The 8th brigade, the 32d, 28th, 79th, and 95th. We marched 30 miles that night, and came up with the fight commenced on both sides, in an awful and destructive manner, they having every advantage of us, both as to position and numbers, particularly in cavalry, and the British dragoons had not yet come up. The French cavalry charged the British line of infantry three different times, and did much execution, until we were obliged to form squares of battalions, in order to turn them, which was executed in a most gallant manner, and many hundreds of them never returned. Still they sent up fresh forces, and as often we beat them back. The battle lasted until it was quite dark, when the enemy began to give way; our poor fellows who were left alive following them as long as they could see, when night put an end to the fatigues of a well-fought day. Thousands on both sides lay killed and wounded on the field of battle: and as the greater part of the action lay in corn-fields along a vast tract of country, many hundreds must have died for want of assistance through the night, who were not able of themselves to crawl away. I was wounded by a musket-ball, which passed through my right arm and breast, and lodged in my back, from whence it was extracted by a surgeon in the hospital of this place. Captain M. is most severely wounded, having several shots through his body, and the regiment, in general, are mostly cut off. We have heard, since we came here, that our fine brigade, which entered the field on that eventful day, consisting of the 3d battalion Royal Scots, 42d, 44th, and 92d regiments, are now formed into one battalion, not exceeding in the whole 400 men. Lord Wellington retired in the night to wait for reinforcements, and next day our cavalry and the rest of the army arrived. Thus I have given you as full an account of affairs, principally what I witnessed on the 16th. Nothing can exceed the kindness and attention of the inhabitants of this city to our wounded men; the hospital is constantly filled with ladies and gentlemen, who, although speaking a different language, personally administer to our wants with the kindest attention, distributing clean shirts, bread, wine, coffee, tea, milk, and fruit of all sorts, with every requisite for our comfort and accommodation." - enemy about 2 or 3 o'clock next day, viz. the 16th. We were immediately marched into the field, as there were only one British division and some Brunswickers there before we came up. The 92d took the position in a ditch to cover the guns and the cavalry, being the junior regiment, while the rest of the division went a little to the left to check the French infantry that were passing on there. We lay in a most disagreeable situation for upwards of an hour, having an excellent view, however, of the fight, but exposed to a most tremendous fire, from their great guns, of shot, shells, grape, &c., which we found great difficulty in keeping clear of. I say keeping clear of, because you can very often see the round shot coming. This heavy fire was maintained against us in consequence of the Duke and his staff being only two or three yards in front of the 92d (vide small circle in plan), perfectly seen by the French, and because all the reinforcements which were coming up passed along the road in which we were. Here I had a remarkable opportunity of witnessing the sang-froid of the Duke, who, unconcerned at the showers of shot falling on every side of him, and killing and wounding a number of his staff, stood watching the enemy and giving orders with as much composed calmness as if he were at a review. The French cavalry were now beginning to advance in front of the 92d, to take the village, and the Brunswick cavalry that were also in our front went on to meet them; but the French putting spurs to their horses to charge, the Brunswickers wheeled about and galloped upon the 92d in the greatest confusion. The French were soon up with their rear men, cutting them down most horribly. The enemy also dismounted the two guns I have marked. We did not allow the flying Brunswickers to break through our regiment, but they passed round our right flank, close to the men's bayonets, having the French mingled with them, cutting away. We, of course, could not fire to help them till they had cleared us. At the same instant, the road from the French lines towards the village was covered with cavalry at full speed charging. When the Brunswickers cleared our right, we wheeled our grenadiers back on the road, the ditch of which we lined, that they might fire when the first of the French should pass No. 2; the rest were to fire obliquely on the road and on the remains of those that followed the Brunswickers. The volley was decisive. The front of the French charge was completely separated from the rear by the gap which we made, and nothing was seen but men and horses tumbling on each other. Their rear retreated, and the front dashed through the village, cutting down all stragglers. Our assistant-surgeon dressing a man behind a house, No. 4, had his bonnet cut in two, and a lance run into his side. Three of them came down the road through the grenadiers at full speed, brandishing their swords, and our rear rank firing at them all the way. Two were brought down, but the third (his horse gushing blood from all parts) had just cleared the regiment, when Colonel Mitchell made a cut at him with his sabre, which he dexterously parried, but an officer of the staff cut with his sword the hamstrings of the fellow's horse, and he was taken. The rest were likewise taken, and they tell me that eight pursued the Duke a good way. I wonder how he got off, for I saw him in front not five minutes before the charge. The enemy's charge being repelled, it was now our turn to have our share of charging. The French formed their cavalry again to charge, supported by infantry, and advanced past house No. 2, when Adjutant-general Barnes, our old brigadier in Spain and France, who is dotingly fond of the regiment, came down to the front, and calling out, Come on, my old 92d,' the men jumped from the ditch and charged in the finest style, up to the house No. 2. He was then obliged to leave us, as it was not his duty to charge, although he could not resist the impulse. We were then moved forward from behind the house, with our brave Colonel Cameron at our head. When we jumped from the ditch, the officer with the regimental colour was shot through the heart. The staff of the colour was shattered in six pieces with three balls, and the staff of the King's colour with one. I got the remains of the regimental. When we moved from behind the house, and had passed the corner of the garden parallel to the road, No. 5, we received a volley from a column on the right, which was retreating towards the wood. This fire killed Colonel Cameron and Mr. Becher, and wounded a great many. This column of the enemy kept us five minutes before we could clear the garden in advance to the wood. The fire here was dreadful. There was an immense slaughter among us at this time, but the French began at last to give way, and retreated up the side of the wood, keeping up, however, a tremendous fire, and killing a great many of our regiment. We had advanced so far that we were now completely separated from the rest of the line, and scarcely fifty men of those of us who went into action were remaining. A regiment of Guards was afterwards sent up to relieve us, but not before thirty of that fifty were hit. "We formed behind the houses after we left the field, with the loss, which you will see by the Gazette, of 23 officers and 270 men. "Our regiment has again attracted the notice of all the staff. On the 18th, when the cavalry charged in such desperation, and the line formed squares, none stood but the 92d, and they charged with the Scots Greys at the time they took the eagles. "In the afternoon of the 18th, the regiment, which was then reduced to about 200 men, found it necessary to charge a column of the enemy which came down on them, from two to three thousand men: they broke into the centre of the column with the |