FOOTNOTES:[29]Both those officers told me this on the field, in 1842.[30]I was told by an officer who accompanied this column, that seventeen men were killed by the first shot.[31]Why this attack was not made simultaneously with that upon Hougoumont, and at the same time a demonstration upon the allied centre, to prevent troops being drawn from it to support the points assailed, I am at a loss to say.[32]Soult, Ney, Napoleon and Wellington were all born in 1769.[33]Many females were found amongst the slain, although not of the same class as the heroine alluded to. As is common in the camp, the female followers wore male attire, with nearly as martial a bearing as the soldiers, and some even were mounted and rode astride.[34]Picton appears to have had a presentiment that this campaign would close his glorious career. What a pity he did not survive to see the effect of his charge![35]Ewart got a commission the following year. Like Shaw, the life-guardsman, he was a man of herculean strength, and of more than ordinary stature, being six feet four inches, and of consummate skill as a swordsman. He died in 1845, having attained the age of seventy-seven.[36]It was here, and at this period, that a gentleman in plain clothes called out to the dragoons, “Go along, my boys! now’s your time!” It was the late duke of Richmond, come out merely as an amateur, and to see how his ball-guests, and his sons, three of whom were on the field, were faring. He was not attached to the staff of this army: otherwise he would have been second in command, as, besides being colonel of the 35th, he was full general.[37]The Greys and Royal dragoons having each captured an eagle at Waterloo, they were both ordered to wear an eagle on their colours, accoutrements and buttons.[38]Styles received a commission; and captain Clarke, now colonel Kennedy, the order of the Bath and the Hanoverian Guelphic order.[39]I am quite at a loss to explain the most unaccountable remissness of the enemy’s cavalry in not supporting this attack; and why our light cavalry on the left, did not more promptly carry out the orders given by lord Uxbridge before the battle began, to vigorously support offensive operations in their front.[40]Personal intrepidity in a chief is no doubt important, and those under him acquire courage at times from the example of their leader. But be it said, without any disrespect to my high-spirited old commander, discretion may sometimes be outstripped, when personal intrepidity passes the bounds of prudence.[41]His Grace has said, he would rather carry a musket than be attached to the emperor of Russia. (Dispatches, vol. XII, page 268.)
[29]Both those officers told me this on the field, in 1842.
[29]Both those officers told me this on the field, in 1842.
[30]I was told by an officer who accompanied this column, that seventeen men were killed by the first shot.
[30]I was told by an officer who accompanied this column, that seventeen men were killed by the first shot.
[31]Why this attack was not made simultaneously with that upon Hougoumont, and at the same time a demonstration upon the allied centre, to prevent troops being drawn from it to support the points assailed, I am at a loss to say.
[31]Why this attack was not made simultaneously with that upon Hougoumont, and at the same time a demonstration upon the allied centre, to prevent troops being drawn from it to support the points assailed, I am at a loss to say.
[32]Soult, Ney, Napoleon and Wellington were all born in 1769.
[32]Soult, Ney, Napoleon and Wellington were all born in 1769.
[33]Many females were found amongst the slain, although not of the same class as the heroine alluded to. As is common in the camp, the female followers wore male attire, with nearly as martial a bearing as the soldiers, and some even were mounted and rode astride.
[33]Many females were found amongst the slain, although not of the same class as the heroine alluded to. As is common in the camp, the female followers wore male attire, with nearly as martial a bearing as the soldiers, and some even were mounted and rode astride.
[34]Picton appears to have had a presentiment that this campaign would close his glorious career. What a pity he did not survive to see the effect of his charge!
[34]Picton appears to have had a presentiment that this campaign would close his glorious career. What a pity he did not survive to see the effect of his charge!
[35]Ewart got a commission the following year. Like Shaw, the life-guardsman, he was a man of herculean strength, and of more than ordinary stature, being six feet four inches, and of consummate skill as a swordsman. He died in 1845, having attained the age of seventy-seven.
[35]Ewart got a commission the following year. Like Shaw, the life-guardsman, he was a man of herculean strength, and of more than ordinary stature, being six feet four inches, and of consummate skill as a swordsman. He died in 1845, having attained the age of seventy-seven.
[36]It was here, and at this period, that a gentleman in plain clothes called out to the dragoons, “Go along, my boys! now’s your time!” It was the late duke of Richmond, come out merely as an amateur, and to see how his ball-guests, and his sons, three of whom were on the field, were faring. He was not attached to the staff of this army: otherwise he would have been second in command, as, besides being colonel of the 35th, he was full general.
[36]It was here, and at this period, that a gentleman in plain clothes called out to the dragoons, “Go along, my boys! now’s your time!” It was the late duke of Richmond, come out merely as an amateur, and to see how his ball-guests, and his sons, three of whom were on the field, were faring. He was not attached to the staff of this army: otherwise he would have been second in command, as, besides being colonel of the 35th, he was full general.
[37]The Greys and Royal dragoons having each captured an eagle at Waterloo, they were both ordered to wear an eagle on their colours, accoutrements and buttons.
[37]The Greys and Royal dragoons having each captured an eagle at Waterloo, they were both ordered to wear an eagle on their colours, accoutrements and buttons.
[38]Styles received a commission; and captain Clarke, now colonel Kennedy, the order of the Bath and the Hanoverian Guelphic order.
[38]Styles received a commission; and captain Clarke, now colonel Kennedy, the order of the Bath and the Hanoverian Guelphic order.
[39]I am quite at a loss to explain the most unaccountable remissness of the enemy’s cavalry in not supporting this attack; and why our light cavalry on the left, did not more promptly carry out the orders given by lord Uxbridge before the battle began, to vigorously support offensive operations in their front.
[39]I am quite at a loss to explain the most unaccountable remissness of the enemy’s cavalry in not supporting this attack; and why our light cavalry on the left, did not more promptly carry out the orders given by lord Uxbridge before the battle began, to vigorously support offensive operations in their front.
[40]Personal intrepidity in a chief is no doubt important, and those under him acquire courage at times from the example of their leader. But be it said, without any disrespect to my high-spirited old commander, discretion may sometimes be outstripped, when personal intrepidity passes the bounds of prudence.
[40]Personal intrepidity in a chief is no doubt important, and those under him acquire courage at times from the example of their leader. But be it said, without any disrespect to my high-spirited old commander, discretion may sometimes be outstripped, when personal intrepidity passes the bounds of prudence.
[41]His Grace has said, he would rather carry a musket than be attached to the emperor of Russia. (Dispatches, vol. XII, page 268.)
[41]His Grace has said, he would rather carry a musket than be attached to the emperor of Russia. (Dispatches, vol. XII, page 268.)