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pant Windham went for ordeu, and returned.. Immo.
diately afterwards, I was wounded in the thigh by a
musket ball : two horses were wounded : I passed to
the rear. Colonel Quentin was in front at the moment
when Brigade Major Jones told us to halt, as the in-
fantry were there. I did not seeColonelQuentin come
again to the front. We were ten minutes under the
Ere."
Crots-exastiosed.—ti Was not Colonel Quentin close
to. you when you were wounded r—Answer. ,a 'l'
did not see him."—Question. se Are you certain that
he did not tell you to go and get your wound dres-
sed ?"--,!‘ -Answer. ".I might have seen him as I was
going. down the hill for that purpose, but I do not re-,
:member : I was in great pain at the time, and was
'Braid I should lose my leg. Had Colonel Quentin
been with the regiment, I could not have recommen-
ded the sending :to Lord E. Somerset : no queition
would have been put to me on the subject. Lord'
Edward Somerset was in front of the division when 'it
went up towards the enemy : I believe he was after-
wards in the rear."
Lieutenant Windham." I was with the regiment
when it was ordered to charge : we did not charge,
being stopped by • the French infantry. Colonel
Quentin was in front when the firing began : I then.
missed him.' Major Howard was in front : I heard
him say to Captain Fiesclarence, I what shall we do
now ?' Captain Fitzciarence replied, 4we are in an
awkward situation,' or something to that effect. I was
ordered by Major Howard to go to-Lord Edward
Somerset for orders : I found Lord Edward on the
road about 60 yards from the head of the column :
I received orders, and returned with them. I did not
see Colonel Quentin when I returned : nor did I see
him on my way to Lord Edward Somerset. I re-
member Captain Fitzclarence being wounded. Ido
not recollect seeing Colonel Quenon any more that
day till we marched off at night to quarters. Lord
Edward Somerset's orders were, that we should re-
main where we were, as the 6th division Was coming
round to us. I delivered the orders to Major Howard,
who executed them."
Lieutenant Seymour deposed, 'that the regiment,
on the day described, became exposed to the fire of a
line of French infantry. He was induced, in conse-
quence, to proceed to the front. On his way, he met
Colonel Quentin going to the rear-
Here the evidence in support of the third charge
closed, and the Court adjourned.
THE FOURTH RAlrs,--rOURTH CHARGE.
Colonel Palmer Ciimmenced the proceedings this
diy, by putting in the Cavalry Orders cif Sir Staple-
ton Cotton (Lord C.ombermere) ; in which it.was
stated, that there was a great relaxation of discipline
in the Hussar Regiments; that if a change of con-
duet did not immediately take place, the regiments ,
and officers most be minted. 'This was ordered to be
read twice a *eeka,t bead 'Of the regiments. It
was signed by the Assistant Adjitant-General,
Elley. •
Lord Combermere was then called into Ctiurt.—
He deposed, is follows ::=44 X coManded the Cavalry
under the Duke of. Wellington. That (the Order
being shown to'hisLerdship) it a Copy dl Order '
issued by me : Ott Order was issued in consequence
of the irrlpdarity- of the lOtli Hussars, commanded
.by Colonel Quentin. I had frequent occasion to.talk
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with theMajor=Oettlireltif-thit-frgaile, Lord Edward
Somerset, on the state of Indiscipline in that regiment..
I had seen'the iegiiiierit previous• td' the period whcn' L
it- was joined by Cblortel Qtrerrtin RObarts.
then commanded it. idu not recollect any teat of
discipline at that title. -ItipoktitrbielfEdwardSo-
imerset on the subject of that letter.-s-EThis was the
:letter which has been tdready pcifilisfred the STAR,
in whirl the irregularities of• thi regiment Were re-
proved, and Colonel-Quernin was said to be unfit.
to command a reement of' such pretetisions.]---•
I desired Lnrd Edwirtf•Sisineriet.td assertible the Offi-
cers, and read that letter oiditsfr'l stated, this I.
"should write home an the subjtiat ; that Col. Quentin,
from ill-health or some othertaote, *it not fit to
command a regiment of light cavalry OR active ser-
vice. War being soon over, I did not write home.
I had frequent opportunities of observing the other
-officers of the, regiment, both in quarters and in the
lekl. ',Sever saw a finer body of officers, better dis-.
posed, more zealous or more attentive to their duties,'
or whom I should have been more happy to com-
mand.- Ido not recollect any complaint of them
being made so ore either by Lord Edward Somerset
or by Colonel Quentin.- I recollect that Colonel Pal-
mer waited upon me after the sendi-ng.of the last
letter, to justity himself and his brother'efficers. I
recollect his ?eying that he could tot came fotivind
in die way he *odd have done bad he been in' any
other regiment. I stated to Colonel Palmer, that it
the irregularities ofthe regiment continued, I must
write home. Colonel' Palmer made no other com-
plaint of Colonel- Quentia, eicept as far as related to
the discipline of the reginr.:nt.'•
Crospexamida—e The letter to Lord Edward go.'
metres was public. I desired the letter to be retorto
• the Officers assembled. • I recollect having spoken
frequently to Colonel Quentin about not turning eat
his regiment with suffieient quickness, or getting his-
baggage together. I spoke to him whenever I saw
him ; at other times I comniurticatedmy sentiments
through Lord E. Somerset, the Major-General of the
brigade. Colonel Quentin was never reported to me
as ill, but I thought he-looked ill, and 1 had heard
that his health was bad. - I attributed his conduct to
want of energy arising from ill health. / recollect
(since Colonel Quentin puts the questiorl to me) one
particular instance where I expressed' my displeasure
'to hint very strongly t he muse recollect it too.—
Colonel
-Quentin made' an excbsa which I did not
;hints sufficient ;• inlked, I 'saw 'that no previous
arrangements were inade for 'the conveyance of the
baggage." • •
The Court questioned his Lordship *as td the con-,
duct of Colonel Quentin in the affairs mentioned in
the 2d ands 3t charges: Ansvier—g4 I knciw nothing
personally of the conduct of Colonel Quentin on
those darys but Lord Edward Somerset, who cons-
enanded theobtigade,ornade. no report if any misbe-
twsiour of Colonel Qtsentih.P'
Lord Edward Somerset was next examined. (The
-Utter which has been already mentioned, and in
which at•the beginning e crime alleged tohaVe been
aomisitteit be Serjeaat4lajor Robinson was ordered
to be ese iriitteiltlar a Court Martial, was read to his
tordShip).-: ss4 Cetblkict bating assembled the offi-
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Vueetian I spoke to the offieera at laraet 'wed the' Min. dficer'iiiitteel-cak -at his servant had
points adverted to. 1 recollect Colehierlielmer +Mt: bong eta. Hi YiPtirfed'eltis ease in Writing, and
ing upon. me after the parade:- I Wahine I wai'per- if-towards pressed it 'IIY, perional representation.
fecdy satisfied with his conduct;' I ' emit* eiti t 6 Colonel odeinin). wint 'wits' u, if on **Men for
to mind any reason mentioned by Colonel Palmer triffing offentet, *hat will.s64lOlivldi the greater ?"
for not addressing me on parade. Colonel QUendrei The am was Soon release&. 'Thelbievi no instance
when I shewed him the letter, expressed his regiel 4 his being left ensitptiorfea by the preceding corn-
et having incurred the displeasure of the Field-Mad. mantling officer of the regiment. At Lisbon, and
shah and his anxiety to maintain the discipline of tile up to the' arrival Of 'Colonel Quentin, the conduct
regiment. Ido not recollect that he complainetlof and discipline nf the ceips was good. There wetep
any want of support from his officers. I recollect at firat, some insiaecer of drunkenness, but they were
Captain Gordon 'waiting upon me on the same sub- punished; `they occurred just after their landing in a
ject, and expressing how much he and other officers wine conntrye‘ He remembered the commanding
had• been hurt at what I said on parade. Having it officer, Colonel Palmer, declaring on parade, that
high opinion of Captain Gordon, I told him that I he would.bring etieff Ilan tet trial who'should be re.
, Meant no imputation on him; and 'recommended the ported by the CiPtitin'of his troop.
best support to be 4iven to the Commanding 0141ce4 Captain Harding deposed that he had not been sup-
as he could not otherwise maintain discipline. I eer, ported by Colonel Quentin. He'recollected several
tainly intended to impress, that when troops are scan mistances in which he had reported drunkenness and
tered in cantontue6ts, a great deal depended' on the neglect of duty, and in which no punishment was in-
exertion of the troop officers. I had several conver- flitted. At Cambo he reported two men, named Ast.
sations with Colonel Quentin on the discipline of the let and Charlton for sheep-stealing. Colonel Quen.
regiment. I had every reason to be satisfied with tin said, Ig if you can find sufficient proof you may
the conduct of the officers ; they were zealous and try the men -;" to which he answered that he thought
' attentiveto their duty." • he had enough to convict them. The men were not
Crespocandned.—g6 I did not think the letter one to brought to trial. He was always supported by the
'be made public in the brigade orders. •I do not recol- Officer previously in command. He 'felt on several
lect that Colonel Quentin asked me for the letter. I occasions the uselessness of applying to Colonel Quen-
told Colonel. Quentin to enquire into the circumstances' tin, and once remarked to .him the weal siilieciPline
-of Serjeant Robinson's ease. I sent his report* to Sir and good order in his troop.
E. Pakenham ; the report purported that Serjeant Captain Turner said, the men, at their Set ling
Robinson was not guilty, and, from circumstances, I on the '23d of February, and subsequently on their
had reason to acquiesce in that statement." march up the country, were in very good order.
To a question from Colonel Palmer.—" I do not rerol. There was a manifest change in their conduct 110011
lect that Colonel Palmer made any complaint of Co- after Colonel Quentin's arrival. The change consisted
lonel
;Quentin, except as to the want of discipline. in drunkenness, thieving, and various irregularities.—
The Indiscipline appeared to me attributable to a He made several reports, which were not attended to:
want of system and arrangement in conducting the one was the case of a man, named Miles, but he could
business of the regiment." not immediately recollect the names of the others.-
7', questions from the Court.—" I witnessed the ope. His troop joined the regiment about the 21st of
rations of the 10th Hussars on the days mentioned in March. About a week after their landing, there were
the 2d and 3d charges, and did not observe any mis- some cases of drunkenness, but the men were brought
behaviour on the part of Colonel Quentin. Colonel to a court-martial and punished.- On one occasion
Quentin was never inattentive to any orders which I of punishment he saw the men laugh, and beard them
gave him, but I conceived at times that there was a say—" If Colonel Quentin was here, there would
want of activity on his part. I did not communicate have been no punishment." He recollected that at
to the officers the part of the letter relative to Colonel Tournefeure, Colonel Palmer commanded two squa.
Quentin." • drons, the picquets of which were driven in, and the
Major-General Grant was next called.—oc I com- men were quartered in a large chateau. In the mor-
mended the hussar brigade till July, 1813. I was ning Colonel Palmer stopped his troop, and examined
satisfied with the appearance and conduct of the 10th the men's kits, on suspicion of their having plundered
regiment. I inspected it before it left Lisbon : the the chsteau. Several of the stolen articles were
men were physically good subjects, well appointed, found, and Colonel Palmer addressed the men, when
, strong, and healthy : the horses were in remarkably Colonel Quentin came up, and the subject was stated
fine condition. There were some instances of intoxi- to him. He sat three or four minutes cn his horse
cation among the men, but their general 'conduct was without speaking; and then rode away. The articles
, remarkably good. I expressed my high satisfaction found on the men were a fowl and some linen.
rto the officer in command." Captain Smith joined the regiment. on the'224 of
PRESIDENT (General Vyse).l4 Was not Colonel March. The conduct of his troop became worse
Palmer that officer ?" Answer ~.44 Yes." after their junction with the regiment. Some of his
,‘ General VYSE•••••44 It was delicate in Colonel Pal- men were, punished' on the march. He reported a
user not to put that question, but it was right to be scrjeant who had opened a letter, and taken money
piked." . belonging to one of the privates. It was first ve-
Major General Grant (in continuation).—" Every ported to Major Howard, who, two or three days
officer was attentive to his duty as long as I had the after, sent a Seijeant-Major to him; to inquire if he
command of the brigade. During the first part of this (witness) had sufficient evidence of the fact ? He
time, the regiment was commanded by Col. Palmer; answered that he had, and represented the case to
terly it was under the orders of Major Roberts." culone Witentin. The man teat at length tried.
. Captain Gardner, of the horse artillery, deposed The serjeaut was convicted, but was set at liberty at
that he was attached to the brigade from the Ist of the general amnesty for the peace. A private, named
June till alter the battle of 'Toulouse, arid had during Pearce, was reported for dirtiness and intoxication,
that period dailyopportunities of seeing and observing and only coi.fined two days. He had not the sup-
theconduct of the 10th Hussars. He remembered port he thought he 'ought to have received from the
the arrival of Colonel Quentin, previous to which the officer in command.
discipline of.the regiment was exemplary and the ad- Lieutenant Eversfield, on the march to Ronces-
miranon of the army. A change certainly took place valles, saw a private, named Abbots, in a state of in-
soon after Colonel Quentin assumed the command. tretication, get oft his horse arid run after the sheep.
He was in the same cantonments with the regiment The man was tried by a court martial, and when pa-
from the 12th of August to the Ist of N 'vember.— aided for punishment, Colonel Quentin remitted the
From his first acquaintance with the officers he uni- whole.
formly witnessed their 'zeal in the service. With the Captain Fitzelarence corrected his former evidence.
addition of a few who came oat subsequently, the of- Here the case' for the prosecution was closed, and
fibers under Colonel Quentin were the same who were at Colonel Quentin's request the Court adjourned.
.in the regiment previous to his arrival. The change FIFTH DAY.—OCTOBER 25.
for the worse in the appearance and•cliscipliee of the The Court Martial; which was adjourned from last
corps, which he, had mentionedeconsisted ni the entire Thursday, met again this morning at ten o'clock.
loss of condition in the horses, the slovenly equipment The proceedings were opened by the JUDGE An-
of the men, their irregularities upon the mat ch, and omen, who stated that he had received a letter from
their failure in attending punctually at the places of Sir E. Pakenham, in which that officer accounted for
rendezvous. The brigade had sometimes waited three his absence, by shewing that he had had an unusually
times a week, after the other corps had assembled, for long passage from Ireland, which had prevented his
the 10th hussars. .He remembered, in particular, an attendance on the 20th, the day on which it had been
instance of this kind of delay, two days after the battle intimated to him that his presence would be necessary.
of Orthes. He had known the brigade detained an. The JUDGE ADVOCATE then informed the Court,
hour from this cause, and, the .infantry having in the that Colonel Quentin had put in his defence, and
.mean time passed, the brigade was obliged to ton, to begged it might be read by him (the Judge Advo-
the injury and exhaustion of the horses, in order to re- rate.) This he had no objection to. He then read
gain the line of march. to the following purport :
.• Major Jones was again called.—Whilst with the bri. e General Vyse, and Gentlemen of the Courtonartiaa—Before
glide, he had constantly occasion to observe the disci. I proceed to answer
w the Teml chatherges allesgeederagai me,
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One arid conduct of the 10th hussars. From the pe- advert
aritsotonotallekeoar Colonmele
fecoprelitnntsinaulry observations hi explanation: i
nod of the regiment landing at Lisbon, to that of its had acquired in the campaign under Sir John Moore, the good
joining the army, it was in good order ; although the opinion of tke officers on serviet, both for my own personal con-
conduct of the Men after disembarkation was for some duct, and for the discipline of the regiment. When the regiment
was again ordered on (twerp service, I was In abed scam of health,
time- very indifferent. It grew better during their stay having ruptured a blood-vessel. Still I was anxious to go, till iv?
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at Lisbon, and on the march their general behaviour niedical advisers stated the complete impossibility of such a step,
was good. Shortly previous to Colonel Quentin taking and Colonel Palmer took the command of the regiment. He was
the command, the regiment was in excellent order ; very solicitous
d about the settlement of some private business in
England, and the command then de-
but a great change in its discipline took place soon volnved uponian
Major ltobarts ts. Soon afterwards I felt my health
afterwards. The regiment became slovenly in its much better, and determined to go abroad. In my exertions to
appearances the conduct of, the men very bad and prepare myself for the campaign, I again broke a blood vessel;
garbed by. drinking, irregularities,. and inattentiox but as the accident was not so serious as before, I went. I pro-
ceeded i o Lisbon, and quickly as the nature o`. the roads would
webeir duty. He had season to believe that this min. joined the regiment on the itsth of July, and remained
.conduct was not checked or punished by Colonel with it till Its embarkation for England.
Quentin to the extent it should have been. He re' et am induced to enter into thii detail on 'account of the alin-
membered the case•Of an ordetlywhorn he found druhk 'ion made to my state of health by lord Combermere; and
it his post, and whont he delivered into the acting
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Adjutant's custody.. Lie was.informed subsequently severely loth the privations and the *fatigues of a campigy,—.
that this man was not punished nor brought to trial. Soon after my junction with the regiment, I had occasion to ola
He had reported other men on similar occasions, and serve some irregularities in the men, but such irregularities were
that no punishment was inflicted, he repre- not
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learning th
seated the case to Load 'Edward Somerset, who. de- the 10th : had Iso understood them, Ishould . atapthe time lave
sired him if it shouldoccur again to make an additio- endeavoured to clear myself. I do notieesume to call in ques-
, nal report. He attributed the relaxation and want of don the opinion of Lord Combermere, but I cannot but express
Idisciline in the torps at this time to Colonel Quentin's my surprise at a charge which was so unexpected. I had endea-
p voured with all my axe stition to maintain the discipline of she
not taking the steps necessary to maintain it. regiment, though I had wished as far as possible to avoid the hp:
Captain Lloyd recollected several instances. in /fiction of corporal punishinent. i returned to London without
which the applications of officers were not support. the least knowledge that my conduct before the enemy had been
04 by the Colonel of the regiment. He reported
liable
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cerin person one man, named Fortune, for making con duct of :he regimentwonnithe two udar yalsytoCelllllhiCh -hewitd and ade
away with some corn sacks, and another of the name charges refer. I was content with the honour of such st,proba,
of Main who died at last of habitual drunkenness, lion, and emulous(' to enjoy the satisfaction which such praishi
neither of whom was . tried. There was a third case corner 1 said with one of the officers, Captain Lloyd, who bas
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the men's necessaries. He saw a Poi tugueee officer .surprise, when as Ives attar as lit of August last, Coloo

Painter showed me theletterecontainingails he saldetfiCillargra4
to be preferred what me to the Prince, as Colonel of the rine
client f I refused to see the letter, add beard no more of it till
the lath, when It was delivered to the Prince • but Id, Royal
Highness would set read it privately. It scatdint 4by all the
Officers except Colonel Palmer, Major Howard, Lieutenant
Bremmell, eat one Or two others.
" By looking at the signatures It will appear, that there are
among them the names of officers, some of whom were but a
very short time with the regiment; some of whom were not on
the Continent at all; and others of whom lave joined it since the
peace. I mention this: to shew the sort of spirit which must exist
in the regiment, when officers so situated could he induced to
sign an instrument of that description; for it is not probable, that
the signatures of subalterns were obtained withoat solicitation,
when the letter related to conduct of, which they could them-
selves know nothing. I immediately applied to some °relic ot-
ficers to know what charges were to be brought against me; da:y
said none; but on the SOth of August I received a letter, In which
the officers, with much consistency of delicacy, inserted charges
injurious to my personal honour. Here, however, the high post
which I enjoyed in the Prince's regiment is mentioned as the rea-
son of delicacy which had induced them so long to delay prefer..
lring any accusation, and to endure the misfortune of serving under
i me. I believe that I need make no observation on such a reason
for a disgraceful compromise of the character of the regiment, If
Indeed it had been injured under my command. This letter,
dated the 30th of August, instead of containing the whole letter
Of the Seth of March, which has been referred to, contanted
Merely what belonged to me. By the favour, however, of the
Prince Regent, I am enabled to lay before this Court o:her ez-
ph:lateen documents. 1 imptoren his Royal Highness to have
my.character investigated by a Court Martial, and the Conoinn.
der-In-Chief could not do o herwise than appoint Colonel Palmer
to conduct the prosecution, both because he was the senior Offi-
cer, and because, though he had not signed the letter, Le hat
stated that he concurred in all its charges. The case was one in
which an Inquiry was absolutely necessary, and yet Colonel Pal.
met has talked of the delicacy of delay. Do my prOO'clitors mean
that 1 had sullied the char..cter of the regiment, and yet that they
did not wish to bring the matter forward? Such delicacy I caa.
not understand, nor can I feel any gratitude for it.
• " I come now to the charges. On the first charge I cannot t 5 ink
, that I need trouble the Court at any length. I can prove that I
did not receive the order till atter dark, and It was impessitee to
send that night to General Murillo : I, however, isrnered a sateen
tern to go at day.break. I concluded from the words of toe or.
der, that General Murillo had been commlinicatiel with on the
subject of the forage, and was acquainted with the circumstance
of the 10th being seat the next morning for that purpose to the
valley of Macoy. I therefore expected a covert% party (roan
him, and seat Captain Lloyd to him on that business. I that
sent the men to forage. Neither man nor horse was lost t the
Spanish piquet repulsed the French: a fog came on, and l led the
.remainder of the regime:it up the hall. I truet this is an answer
as to any want of previous arrangement. As to not supporting
the foragers, I always conceived that an a country so inclosed and
intersected, a troop must if attacked by infantry, retreat, and
every officer of a troop must not look beyond his own troop for
support, for if all the troops were dispersed tonging, there could
obviously be no support from the regiment.
" There was no making a 'sand againet infantry, and so ca-
valry could act; and, iudeed, one of the witnesses has sworn,
that the cavalry of rile enemy Were probably no more than the
mounted officers of the infantry. No place of rendezvous could
be appointed: the country was such that none was 'accessary:
the only course was to noreat as quack as possible to head-quar-
ters, and by as many roads as poseiole, tor, as it appeared, wan-
try could move in such a country nearly as tau ascavatry. I ,lid not
' conceive it to be my duty to go to the troops in the vagen, acid
fresh troops would merely have encumbered the road. As to ariy
leading the regiment pp the hill, and not being In the rear, II the
insinuation here meant warranted by the occasion? lhe art.rok
had been nothing but an affair between the French .ititi ;wield'
piquets, in which the former was repulsed; and yet a gentian is
put as if there had been an engagement with our truer.. If .1 •
was wrong in my conceptions of my duty, the Ceurt will so
pronounce: I can only say, that the delay has caused mealy cir-
4ensestalices which might have been useful to my detence co slap
from my memory, tier will I deny, that hi telt affair, as In every
other transaction of every other man, it it were to occur apen,
it might perhaps be better managed.
" The second charge is more serious. Though the language
is covert, it ['impossible not to see that it is aimed at my persoe
tool honour befurt the enemy. Firs:, 80 40 the keeping back •tipe
port : the regiment was pressing on in diainoes t die skirneniers
as usual were in front : Colonel Palmer went forward an the
front file. It is then rated, that I reined in my horse, sad diet
the division, in trout of which Lwas said to be, npenod and passed
use. The divitiou did uot.open for that purpuse, but, as I else*
prove, it separated to pass the falling horse. Colonel E icy le
then called to tell the proper place of a commanding ofte, r :.
his opinion I am Lot inclined to dispute, thutteth it dues net ape
pew. to have been necessary in this case. I was always wee the
leading squadron: I certainly did not think it proper to b . wan
the skirmishers ; and the supporting division, it appears, se.e so
near, that it came up at the very moneete of the ci so, ane it..
mediately joined in the pursuit. Col inel Palmer asked where
Colonel Rebuts was at the charge at.Morclesf
" I shall only observe, on this question, that at Morales the
charge was made on ground which admitted an exteitiled front :
two squadrons were then ha line ; and even General Grant I a 4
charged on that occasion. It was not pretended that Leel I.d.
ward Somerset had, or ought to have, charged in this second r.,44%
Had the regiment beendu different formation it anighehave h. .fin
proper for me to have charged . as it was, the squadron offir et
was the proper man. I should hive conceived, the , Lad I acted
differently, my eagerness would have betrayed a want of juaee-
meat, only pardonable is a young officer. the Court wad decade
this point; but I shall first have the benefit of the evidence of
those who have seen me before an enemy. Serjeant Lacy says
that my horse was blown on that day—others say if was not. I
do net rest any defence on this point; but I must :rouble the
Court with this observation, that it is hardly possible that the
horses, after the battle of Ortbes, fed as they had been, a long
time on furze, and having gone through a severe winter, cowl
beta as good a coaditiun as at the battle en Mouths. the Court
will also observe this inconsistency, that, for the purpose of the
second charge, the horses are said to be in excellent condition ;
while in the fourth charge, where I am said to have neglected the
cares of the regiment, it is attempted to be proved that the boron
had a good deal declined.
" As to the circumstance of Serjeant Lacy pisslog me, I have
no hesitation In admitting that he did, though I do not recollect
it. He is a light weight, and the horses of the troop are ire-
quently better than those of the officers As to the point whe-
ther 1 prevented the support from a wish not to be there .nyself.
I certainly was anxious that the men should not 13'.‹,:v th. it
horses; but I was equally anxious to encourage and spur on ell
who were capable of going forward. Fur this purpose I placed
'myself,
where I conceived was any proper stati us, on the ditik,
where I urged on the men. It is nut thely chat I 'humid have
chosen this post, pressing others to go forward and not advancing
myself, unless Iliad believed that it was the place most in tieg
for a Commander. !heard for the first ome i n Cour , that Cole .el
`Palmer had sent to me And that the crier was J. Levant in tt i
lotanner described by Mr. Fiteclarence. lam not certain that I
should have paid soy attention te it, Lad I beerel It r out I ;halo
.
a must have recollected a communisation made iii so esti aeries
miry a mode. Nor do I renaliect that Captain de Graentuout4
when I was by, gave orders fitroself to his squadron to adentice.
Had it been so, I should indeed have made allot suer for War
proceed.ng from the impetuosity of a Tom; *doter, It appear"
also that Captain Faxclarence had taken upon Mob to erect up.
(,:nkeel Gardaner's guus ; and this eh cunutaoce, as well ..i. some
others, may shew Ghat a vivacity for cowman' utast:a among
the young officers.
is In the third charge I am stated to have vanished as ,eon *a-
che tiring began; no one saw me uvr knew what o came of me
afterwards. I certainly did go to the rear for a perecu.ar object,
after Captain Fitsclarence was wounded. A little conetion ch..-
nay should have made an interior officer pause before he brought
such a charge, as misconduct before an enemV, ajwitst has vont.
mender, merely because when - a happened to leek round he did
not see him by his ode a he might in such case sue pose th..t he
was.perfuiming his duty elsewhere. if tech charity had existed
this charge would not have been brought. I can prove ihanalter
the fire irons the infantry, I went into the road to tecutiboitrs and
observe their numbers. I can prove, bi leer or five witnesses,
that l came back, and desired Captam Fosellirence to go Imo the
rear. I then re:caved an order from Lord i. oemeree, to Move
with two squadrons to the rear. These proofs with s .cw that I
did not quit my station to get out of the way ut the enemy It Is
difficult at this distance of time to account for every munteet of
my presence during a transaction that lasted any a new sows es;
,but to. woody for me, the circumstance co Captain titzclarn.eonl
wound marks the time, and enables me to bring panics ar proof
as to that portion of its [Arne Veen