The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-08-09
JyoL. 1a.---No. N.

Ne"es q nFuXeiess ~ith htlr ot~hcr's pea.
ton =
In the mean time I HAD directed ths Whole
army 20 march upon Les Qusrf. R,as, ard
the .5th division under 1t. Gen. Sir 4 hog Pic
tor, arrived at abous hiiFp two ia The day,
followed oy the corps OF tr6opy-uuier the duke
OF Brunswick, and afterwards by the ooutin.
gent from Nassau
At this time the enemy commenced On A.
tack on Prince Butcher with hie whole force,
excepting the first &, second CORPS and 4
corps u cavalry under gen. Kclern,an, with
whlch he attacked ctr post at hcs Quartrc
Bras.
TIE Prussian army maintained their H-y:-
ton with their usual galiantry and peiac'verz
ance against greet disparity cf numbers, as
the fth corpso of their ARMY m,der General
Bulow'haa not joine>l, & I>wss not able 70 as
sist them as wished, as was attacked lny-
self, and the troops, tue cavalry in pSrticular
which had a lnng distance to match. had not
arrived.
We maihtainet orr position also, and CONF
p'etely defeated and repulsed all the eusmy's
attempts to get possession Of it. The enemv
repeatedly attacked ms with largo bo,y Of
infantry and cavalry supported by 1 nuner-
aus and powerful artillery he u.ade several
charges with the cavalry upon our infantry,
but al we're repulsed IN the s'eadicst manner.
IN THIS affair his royal highusas the rrince sof
Orange, the pulIs Of BrunsWick, and 1t Gen.
Sir L Fiction, aud Maj; Cen Sir Jas. Kempt,
and SIR Dennis Pack, Who were engaged from
the commencement of the enemy's attace,
highly distinguished themselves, as well as IL
gen. Chas. 3 sron A.;cn, me-. Gen. Sir c. Hall
Set, 1t. gen. Cooks, and rnat gems. Maitland
and Byng, as they successively arrived.-Tbc
troops OF the 5th division, and those of tho
Brunswick corps, were long and severely en-
gased, and conducted themselves with the ut4
most saNantry. mast particularly mention
the 2sth, 42ti, 18th & e2d REGIS and the batt.'
Of Hanoverians. ~
Our loss was great, as ylTr Lordship VIII
perceive by tue ipelosed reo m and have
particularly to regret his serene hghness tie
duke Of Brunswick who fell lighting CALAMITY
at the head of his troops.
Although Marshal Butcher had maintainei
his positiGn at Sambref. ne still found himself
much weakened by the seYerityaf the Contest
IN which nc had been engaged, and as the eth
corps had not arrived, he determined 20 fail
back and concentrate his army npon Wsvres
ard ne marched in the night after the action
was over.
This movement of the Marshal's rendered
necessary corresponding on my part : and
retired trorn tne farm of Quartz Bras upoa
eTenappe, and thence upon Waterloo the mex.
morning, the 17th, as>10 O'Clock.
Ihe enemy made no effort to pursue Mar
Blucher--Gn the coptrary, a parole which I
sent TO Samoref IN the morning, found all quiz
ct, and the enennys viIlettes fell back as The
patrole advanced--Ne did ne attempt to
modest OUT march TO the rear, although made
N thc middle of the day. excepting by FOL.
lowing with large body Of cavalry brouehf
from his right, the caiyalry under the Earl os
U5bridge.
This gave Losd Uxbrdge an opportunity
81 charging them with tie 1si lite (iuaits,
upon their debouchcs fron the village of re.
nappe, upon which occasion his lordship mas
declared himself to BE well satisfied with that
Ieg't
The position which toos up in front ae
Waterloo, crossed the high roads from Char-
leroy and Niveile, and hiss its right thrown
back to a ravine near Merks Br4ire, which
was occupied, s IT'S lett extended to a heiehe
above the hamlet Ter la Iiaye, vhfch was
likewise occupied-in front of the right Gems
TIE and ar the Nivelle road, we occupied
the house and garden of Hougcunont, ,yhicN
covered the return Of that hank land in frone
OF the left centre, we occupied the farm os
Ia Faye SaInte-By our left we comu,unica.
ted With MARSHAL Prince Bucher, at Vavre
! tiTlu&h Oham +; and the Marshal hal prora-
ised me, is-et,in case we should be attacked
he wonld support Tcse with one OF more corps,
as might be necessary
The enemy collected his arTs9 ssyiriI5 tirr --,'
| ception Of the 81 CORPS which I'D hcen SEE.
| toSbseTve Marshal liucher, Oh a range o.
| heights within L4r front inthe course OF tbs,
/ 18th and yesterday morning and at abouE1e
! O'Clock he cnnmSnced furious attack upon
| our post At AOugour emit ! had occupied
! that post With d detac hnent from zen. Byne's
! brigade q lnmtls which was in position m
its rear aud It f'as for some tune under the
| Command OF 1t. Col. Macdonei, & forwards
| OF Col HOME and ] am happy to add. sha,
| II was maintainsd throughout tire day w u Inc
utmost gallantry by these brave troops, rot.
\ outstanding the reTeatcd Efforts 6 iar2e boo
lies of the eremysto obtain possession Of IT.
/ This attack upon the right OF on. centre
was accompanied by a ve-y heavy cannonade
| upon orr whole linz, wbish was destined n
supl'or the repeated attacks Of cavalry and
infantry Occasionally mixed, but son rtinses
separate, wlich were nade upon it. In enc
otshese, the enemy caired the farmhouse 81
u Haye baintet' as the detscbnept Of a..
| light battalion Of ne legion Which occupied
it had expended al its ammunition, AID N,
enemy occupied the onlg Communication tier,
was with them.
The enemy repeatedly CHARGED our infa T.
| ny Win the cavalry, BIZ tfeae attack, et
uniformly unsuccessful, adl they asfoldc,fr en-
| portumties 10 our cavslry 20 charge. IN one ~
which lord r. Somerset brigade, cons. i'm
Of the Life Guards, royal Horse Gtnr9e sn.