Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-10-25
From the Tendon Star Of Avg IS.
VISIT TO WATERLOO.
ORNATE LsTTER
OSTEND, AUG. K

offend, AUG. IS.
al wonder more London yiltors do
not Come to Waterloo the barges take
you from hence 20 Client for about los
che Diligence from thence to Bruxelles,
IS % ]; a 6acre for the day, to Waterloo
and back, aos. Oppo6te rhs inn, at
cottage where the Earl of Uxbridgc was
carried, you are new neat garden. IN
the Centre Of four paths, a little hiilock,
with flower planted thereon, ihcws the
sepulturr Of his lordihip's leg in an in
rlofurc, further behind this cottage, are
inferred ieyeral Eng.iih officers one on
ly, Colonel Fitzgerald, Of the Life
Guards, has ftone with an interruption
over him: many have been taken up
and tran(mitted to England you then
proceed TO Waterloo, the houie OF Jean
Baptiifs La Cote. called Belle Alliance,
from WHOM. obtained the following par
tieulars
" About FIVE in the morning he was
taken priioner, to ferye as guide, and
conducted with his hands tied behind
him THAT he might not efcape as form
er lad had done) TO another houfe, be-
longing to him, oppofite to which Bona
parte had Aept -O0fervins The French
folders plundering and deEroying the
honic he cried Bonaparte afkcd what
H. csied for I he replied. " becaufe your
folders are deitroying all my property,
and my family have no where to pur
their heads" Bonaparte faid, "Do
yfu not know that am Emperor, and
Gan fecompenfe you an hundred times
as much :" He was placed on horfe
Immediately between Bonaparte and his
krf Aid dc Camp, hi PADDLE being tied
to the fadde of trooper behind him,
that he might not eicape.- They pro-
ceeded htile beyond Belle Alliance,
and Bonaparte took the ground on
foaall eminence on the oppo6te iide,
fer Of bsdy guard of twelve pieces of
artillery, very light, surrounding them
From this fpot he could command both
lines, He frtt obfcrved. . how lteadi-
~ .bofe troops take the ground how
Beautifully thofe cavalry form, regardtz
Cos cs paur Cris* Qm Jont ees beanx ca
vales Ger /0nf de- braces troupss, naais
dans "a 4fml heure je les csuperai en- pieces /"
Obiersi ing low the chains in the Briti.h
fquadrons we're filled up, the Infant they
were made by his artillery, be exclaimed,
"Qufl2s5 braves troupss I CONNIE ibje ira
vailenf, lis tyaUaiilent tres bien tres bien."
He aiked La Cote the particulars of
svery houft, tree, wood, riEng ground,
&c with which he feemsd well informed,
holding a map in his left hand, and in I
tent upon the action all the day. inces-
family taking fnuff from his waiacoat
pocket, in large pinches, of which he
violen y fnufFrd up about half, throw
ing the other half from him with itropg
exertion Of the arm and thumb and hng
CT. as if from vexation this was all the
re'refhment he took for fourteen hours
he frequently placed his left hand upon
the neck Of La Coite's horle, 10 fpeak to
the aid d. Camp on the other fide Of
him. Seeing La Cote finch at the iho~-
er Of fhot. he + id-"D Do not Fir, my
friend, fhot will Kill you equally in the
back as the front, or wound you more
diigraccfuIlv
About half pat 5, hearing the fire
Of /, PilHiAns On the ight of his rear
A nk leaning his hand on the neck Of
La Cofte's horfe, and feeling the Bl sifh
cavalry firm their ght and lef, fanks,
making tremendous charge that YOU
hive escirced his petition he exclaimed
-" II faut que nous az Eavm." Re
treating wlth all his taft. absut forty
yards along the foad, an within about 10
yards of the houle, Belle Alliance he
halted, and putting the giafs to hi. eye,
fsw the Brilhh cavalry intsrmingled 1ef<
mel, and furioufy cutting the Ere ch
troops in pieces. He exclaimed /" quelfs
feryible5 ces Cbsvanx Girls !! I'm aiming the
Scotch Grcys which had particularly dur
ing thar day, and at that moment, attract
ed his attcntis n. al fapf nous ebecbsy,
meas depecbsr." They and all he cavalry
commenced gallop Till they got about 3
league beyond Charleroy, where they
halted, and pitched a tent upon grafs
plat about 9 at night. A FIRE was kind
led. and refrefhment placed upon chair,