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LONDON' .GA2El"irt EXTRAORDINARY,

TaUkStlAlt. JUgE 22; 1813.

nou;ning-Strut, J-ne.52, 1815.

Major the rionom-abit IL. Percy arrived late
east night with a Dispatch from Field-Marshal the
bake of Wellington, h. G. to Earl Battutrst, his
'Majesty's Principal Secretary af State for the War
Department, of which the following is a copy

Waterlow, June 19, 1815.

of tonn,--Buonaparte having collected the
Ist, `2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th corps of the -French
army and the Imperial Guards, and nearly all the
icavalry on the Sambre, and between that river
and the Meuse, between the 10th and 14th of the
Month, advanced on the ltith and attacked the
Prussian posts at Thuin and Lobez, on the Sambre,
at daylight in the morning.

I did not hear of these events till the evening of
the 150, and I immediately ordered the troops to
prepare to mare"); and afterwards to march to
their left, as soon as I had intelligence from other
quarters to prove that the enemy's movement upon
Charleroy was the real attack.
The enemy drove the• Prussian posts from the
Sambre qn that day; and General Zieten, who
commanded the corps which had been at Charle-
roy, retired upon pleuras ; and Marshal Prince
Blucher concentrated the Prussian army upon
Sombref, holding the villages in front of his posh
tion of St. Amand and Ligny.
The enemy continued his march along the road
from Charleroy towards Bruxelles, and on, the
same evening, the 15th, attacked a brigade of
the army of the Netherlands, under the Prince de
Weimar, posted at 'rasne, and forced it back
to the farm-house on the same road, called Les

Quatre Bras.
The Prince of Orange immediately reinforced
this brigade with another of the same division,
under General PerpOncher, and in the morning
early regained part of the ground which had been
lost, so as to have the command of the communi-
cation leading from Nivelles and Bruxelles, with
Marshal Blucher's position.
In the mean time I had directed the whole army
to march upon Les Quatre Bras, and the sth divi-
Sion under Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Victor),
arrived at about half past two in the day, foilowtd
by the corps of troops under the Duke of Bruns-
wick, and afterwards by the contingent of Nassau.
At this time the enemy commenced an attack
upon Prince Ilittelier with his whole force, ex-
cepting the Ist and 2d corps ; and a corps of ca-
valry tinder General Icellerman, with which he
attacked our post at Les Quatre Bras.
The Prussian army maintained their position
with their usual gallantry and perseverance, against
a great disparity of numbers,' as the 4th corps of
their army, under General Billow, bad not joined,
anti I was not able to asist them as I wished, as
1 was attacked myself, and the troops, the cavalry
in particular, I's•hich had a long distance to march,
had not arrived.

We maintained our position also, and com-
pletely defeated and repulsed all the enemy's at-
tempts to get possession of it. The enemy re-
peatedly attacked us with a large body of infan-
try and cavalry, supported by a numerous and
powerful artillery he made several charges with
the cavalry upon our infantry, but all were
repulsed in the steadiest manner. In this af-
fair his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange,
Cle Duke of Brunswick, and Lieutenant Ge-
neral Sir Thomas Pieta!), and Major-Gene-
ral Sir James Kempt, and.. Sir Denis Pack, who
were engaged from the commencement of the
eaemy's attack, highly distinguished themselves,
as well as Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Baron
Alten, Major-General Sir C. Flalket, Lieutenant-
General Cooke, and Major-Generals Maitland
and Byng, as they successively arrived. The
troops of the sth Division, and those of the Bruns-
wick corps were long and severely engaged, and
conducted themselves with the utmost gallantry.
I must particularly mention the 28th, 42d, 79th,
and 92d regiments, and the battalion of Hano.
verians.

Our loss was great, as your Lordship will per-
ceive by the inclosed return, and I hale nartien-
!Aviv to regret his Serene Highness the Duke of
Brunswick, who fell, -figliaing gallantly at the heat!
of Lis troops.

Although Marshal Mueller had maintained his
poitinn at Sambret, he stilt found himself much
Weakuned by the severity of the contest in which
he had been engaged, and as the fourth corps had
riot arrived; be determined to fail back, and con-
eentrate his army upon Wavre ; and he marched
in the night after the action ,vas over,
movement of the Marshal's rendered nc-

cesary a correspondiog one ou my part; and 1
tctired from the farm of Quatrc Bras upon Cie—
mul thence upon Waterloo the next worn-
in;;, the 17th, at ten o'clock.