An historical account of the battle of Waterloo |
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afternoon Allied Army attack battalions batteries BATTLE OF WATERLOO Belle Alliance brave brigade of light British brigade Captain centre charged Charleroi Charleroi road Chasseurs chateau of Gomont Colin Halkett Colonel column command of Lieutenant-General commanded by Major composed cuirassiers d'Erlon defended Duchy of Brunswick Duke of Wellington enemy fire flank formed four regiments fourth corps French army front gallant Genappe guns Haie-Sainte heavy cavalry heights intrepidity Island of Elba King's German King's German Legion kingdom Knight Grand Cross La Belle Alliance left wing Lieutenant General Count Lieutenant-General light cavalry light infantry Ligny Major-General Sir mand Marshal Blucher Marshal Ney Merbe-Braine Netherlands night notwithstanding occupied Officers Old Guard pieces of cannon Plancenois plateau position Prussian army Quatre-Bras rear retire retreat right wing Royal Highness second brigade second corps second division Sir Thomas Picton sixth corps soldier squadrons squares supported third division troops village Wavre wood wounded Young Guard
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Page 51 - William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath...
Page 52 - Order of St. George of Russia, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia, Knight Grand Cross of the Portuguese Royal...
Page 14 - ... unpaid, and refused to pay the same ; and stated that they did so on account of the said cancellation, and that it would be impossible for them to recover the amount of the said bill from the prior indorsers or drawers, in consequence of such cancellation as aforesaid. On the said 26th of January 1836, between the hours of two and three o'clock in the afternoon, the said RJ wishing to pay back to a correspondent a sum of 500/. which that correspondent had remitted to him a few...
Page 30 - ... to transport the division of Italian infantry, and several divisions of dragoons, mounted and dismounted. • The first four grand divisions only had a regular organization : each was separated into two portions, called " escadrilles ;" and each of the latter was to embark a division of the army, composed of four regiments of the line, and one of light infantry, with its cavalry, artillery, and baggage.
Page 51 - Affairs ; and the Most Illustrious and Most Noble Lord Arthur, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Wellington, Marquess of Douro, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, and Baron Douro of Wellesley, a Member of His said Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Field Marshal of His Armies, Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo.
Page xi - Army, under the command of Field Marshal his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, gloriously maintained the important position of Quatre-Brae, after a most sanguinary and well disputed contest.
Page vi - Our division being too small to occupy the plain, both our flanks were exposed, and soon after a furious attack was made on the left by a heavy column of infantry. This advance was made under cover of a terrific artillery fire, and was gallantly met and driven back with great slaughter, and over two hundred prisoners taken. The "Bucktails...
Page 52 - Cross of the most honorable order of the Bath, prince of Waterloo, duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, and a grandee of Spain of the first class, duke of Vittoria...