Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-08-06

peared :! It is indeed time tba, N a.
mumery,, this serenity Oft umphsnt IN ,al'
aigacy, should be exposed in aIl;s pro- s
low worthlessness and naked defo,na;sa '
The Prussians appeared. From y
ground on which we stood, the W.. we
seemed about three mile of, from wS :0s
they began to debosche about 7 o, c el".s
in the evening. Lacoste witnessed ', y
information repeatedly brought TO Bs ss
parte, and heard his perseyeriing as,a' s'
ton that it was the corps Of MY,
Grouchy. This however, was NOT =
real belief for instead Of waiting fo, is
he Immediately resolved to throw l.,
last stake before the pos ible Prussi,aass
might arrive. The old aud m;d%s
guard were now ordered forward, =,
the last column Of attack. 1t was ~
by Ney, as he himself narrates;i in mOu'H
full silence, TO make las desperate !.
fort on the British centre and left \,
well knowing all the time that the BATH.
was already lost, and could not be retrs,.
ed by mere reserve, if the whole Arm,
had failed to make an impression on hs
British position. ~
The Picton warriors, with the ea],,.
Kempt at their head, { for Picton was rs
more) were to meet an confound tS'
last effort ofrage and d pair. D N'
We left the station Of ''onaparte, AND
in Imagination, aswe pro eded, ATTENDED
the sullen march Of this column 70 Ss
point of its destined defeat.
The whole French army had bss,
premonished Of the movement of the al
guard: and new and desperate efars
were called for. All ewes were 6vs5
on the cid guard, which had never h..
fore failed. New efforts were made. in
a surprising degree, by an inAammabIe
volatile soldiery. The fame Of honor
burned, however, much more steadily in
the British army. Great efforts in tbsr
enemies, as usual, productl still Greater
i'm them, and not an inch Ol ground va,
gained by the assailants. The track 0.
yer which the guard moved, and owe,
which they fed, was still, when we pass.
ed it covered by the spoil, and marked
Iby horses Ieet and cannon wheels, and
the deeper furrow Of balls and bombs,
Ponsonby fell here.
AS usual, the artillery of the guard
poured its iron shower, and the cavalry
followed with its desperate charge. Its
in vain for Bonaparte to say. that his
|old guard were not beaten, Or that the
|cry to which he attributes his defeat.
F" the old guard are driven back, :" was
not true. The bold movement of Pictm,
with his favorite Highlanders was tried
by his brave successor and the boast.
! ed cavalry ofthe old imperial guard ve;s
charged and routed by the Scottish bay.
onet. We stood with exquisite national
feelings here From this point, as Lord
w ellington's despatch states, cOmmenc'
led that final and fatal recoil, which De-
termined him to give the order for &C.
neral attack by the whole army, The
Infantry of kempt's division rushed
down the slope, in pursuitof their az
vantage. An immense mass of the gre
lnadiers Of the guard stood yet unOrosen
lin their front. The Greys once more
appeared /: and impatient to support
their countrymen, leapt heir horses al
most one by one, through the hedge hard
lily waited to form, but galloped down
Into the middle of the highiand.s,rI''
cheering /" Scotland for ever ias
watch word excited phrenzy Of a,d'r
and the old guard hed before them Ns'
by his own account. dismounted, estaP'
led on foot, from what he calls this 'eIr'pS
battle a worse fate than that the NO.'
Pictsn, whose s life-blocd stained a'l9''
ess shield" when he Tell :ahu l.,
:. With his back to the GROUND anu ~
feet to the foe,
Leaving in battle no blot on his na"", 4,
Looked proudly to Heaven, lFo'D ''
death he'd of fame'.
A thousand French dead, alone lay Oh
this spot: and even yet it ezhio ten 40. aoo
sters, one which we observed nao o,s;
filled with blood, standard aoldetss' p, ,;rr
of brides, straps, girts &C. all 0sl'% .oi
a tremendous conflict OF caYalry 90"
the ground seemed quite cut to PIs * d
with marks of the struggling eSe7los #
horses feet. The we'll known cap l,y
the grenadi.rs Of the French | gsa'd a.. !" q
vet in considerable numbers, WIN " ,i Ia, re-.
their uniforms. Some more afieclias I'D
mains were also there p,eces OF arr! .Is and
of black ostrich feathers, the P'ai''
plumes of Scotland p
A loud cheer, we were informed S y
officer, now ran along the whole s. n,",
line. He was much struck by OD'' ,(s2
4l,f romPHI. di'N'