Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-13

tack of the French cuirassiers, nearl,
swept away the whole Of them.
Shown where the Prince of Orange was
wounded, where " ellington came be
ween both armies in the hottest fire
iaIso, the three where he was reconnoiter
ilring, crushed With a hundred balls, bu,
Iae kept his place-where Eonaparte frs
Iuraea his back to fly about half way
between his station and English line
| also, where the English and Hanoyeriar
cavalry made their famous unprecedent.
Jed charges on French cavalry; they we've
! II two lines |; nine successive times the
advanced in rotation, the rear line charg
Ing as soon as the swords of the first
we're heard to clash, who retired to the
rear to reform and renew in their turn
| The same desperate charge they literal
liy cut the French to pieces
After tue battle the field was covered
with solid squares of the French literal! :
lied Oh each otter, ard with thousands
10 wounded crying in agony $ compassion
flor The soye Of God make me die !; this my
conductor repeated in French, in tone
|of horror which perfectly convinced me
It was the echo OF terrible reality forci-
oily impressed on his memory. Near the
termination Of the battle arose most Sc.
|rious false alarm, which redoubled the
Aliseries Of the engagement. A cry of
French victory. was caused by, a large
corps Of prisoners being marched to Brus-
seas with coloiiIs displayed, or as some
suppose by hired spis. OF the French.
lie COMM, saries stove their liquors and
destroyed provisions, and with the inhabi.
lants lied IN dislnay on the road to Brus-
sells, which was loaded with wrecks of car.
rlages AID horses crushed to death in the;
confusion. For this some Of the commits :.
,aries we're deserysdly shot. The wells
on the alarm were dismantled by the Bn.
.h, adding the misery Of thirst to agsra :.
yated suffering. Five days elapsed be-
ore tie wounded OF the allies, aud or 81
9efore those OF the French could be dres-
ed, duling this time all the latter andl
any of the former, were compelled forl
ant OF shelter, to lie uncovered and ex-
,psed on, the field of battle; they were)
owever, humanely supplied with as much
DIVISIONS and water as could be procur.
I'd.
| am very well informed, though sur
ri>ed to learn. from best informed Eng-l
sh officers, that lord Wellington, not.
outstanding his ueiform & unparalleled
access, is exceedingly unpopular in thel
army. both with officers and men. This
. attributed to his unbendins pride and
an! ieldiag severity. Their commissariatl
row the best in tie world, was extremely
aulty when they were in Spain. Four
cen French commssaries we're bribed toI
come over to them, but the detect was
found to exist moi 10 the system: which,
was superior to the French, but in its exc
cution. The soldiers were starving from.
the n, gligerce and speculation ct unPrin-
cipled commis-aries instead of hanyingl
them as they deserved, Lord Wellington
lad soldiers hung by dozens tor tcuchinsI
he slightest food of the inhabitants
/ his caused the greatest disccn;cnts, and
ord Hill openly pronunced his genera!
order against the Irregularities of the
roops, libel on the army. |,
He is charged also with employing r.
ew Scotch aud Irish divisions in ali ,htl
most bloody and desperate fighting, and
ayouring SOME English corps Offered byj
noblemen, which, from not fighting, are,
~ the soldier, very aptly teriaed invinci
bles.
The best opi,ion is that lord yelling
ton has been equalled, perhaps surpassed,
in genius and enterprise, but never iuE
grand scientific professional calculation.
INTERESTING EXTRACTS
Of a letter from sn officer at Fort Dosage,