Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-08-03

All was now hushed in he Stiffness ~
a long line Of graves, the ad consumna
tion which the wounded mplored No
one who has not seen it, can imagine hon.
touching it is to see, st ewed aron,s
their graves, fragments of what the br. u
men wore or carried when they fen i've
Among the straw of the trodden co.
which still covered the field, lay csna
shoes, pieces of uniforms, 4 shirts. tul. '
cockades, feathers, orna nental bor''
hair red and black, and what most ct,ns
US, great quantities Of letters and lssu
OF books. The latter were too much d.
faced with rain and mud to make # wo u['
while to pick up any of them. In I nna
letter, we could just make out tie vo SJ'
so affecting in the circumstances. 6 NJ.
dear husband" we brought awav COY Wy
leaves OF German hymn book: and n-o
badly, had we had time, lisht have fo r,n
something curious in a department. i !,
which the peasants seem d not at al -
have anticipated US.
! We were now on thr station of u,
prince of Orange. and where he ycce;raS
! his wound. The Dutch I'd Beiaians ~
der his immediate comm nd behaved 70
ry CALAMITY. The prin is said. in
moment of chivahous filling, vhen an
! plauding their valor, to have torn tba
star from his breast, and thrown il I'M,
their column: adding, that he did ne,
know who best deserve II, & theielo,s
he gave it among them.
1 A very gay regiment Of serheme,
light horse volunteers, w re in The bat,la
of Waterloo, all inhabit,nts Of conf.
J mental city, which | shall not name, A,
opportunity occurred tor them to chscs
, the French cavalry, and an aid de cam,
: came to them with an order or reuues.
: to that effect from Lord " eIIinetoa-.
. Their colonel in great surprise objected
: the enemy's strength-tbeir cuirasses.-.
I and the consideration, which had uum.
. countabIy, he said, escaped The CON.
manderi in chief. that his regiment wei.
all gentlemen This diyertiDg responss
! was carried back to lord Netineton:
who despatched the messenger again 10
. say, that if the gentlemen would take gost
upon an e,ninence. which he rointed 10
,lin the rear, they would have an ea,celslt
'rieaC Of the battle aud he would leave
!, the choice of q proper time to charge. en-.
tItirely to their own sagacity aid discp.
ition. in which he had the fullest conf.
.ldence! The colonel actually thanked
pithe aid de camp. for this distinguished
d post of honor, and followed by bis gallant
train with their very high pIumes, die
. present great point of continental militia
ry foppery) was eut of darser IL a NC
| ment.
q A regiment of light dragons of a very
: different stamp, the 18th, was posted
8! near the prince of Orange. Their charges
, were of the most spirited kind; ( No.
] thing but the cuirasses enabled the French
q dragons to resist them. In The accuuht
: of SO much pure vaIor without Tick or
cover, against so much iron. il Is moi dIt.
lifjcult to decide where honor won award
| the balance. Many brave men were a.
cr;fced to the iron cases ard taHeta Oag,
(which frightened their horses. A gallant
.iyoung friend Of my e"a, lay near tie
lSpot we had now reached. lie lad just
tiioined the 18th Dragons: and IN tie inst
||,charge Of his reriment, in which he boz;
= a distinguished pat, received a 1cuaa
j mich vas instantly fatal. There vas
Melancholy satisfaction IN bfhoid.ns tie
,Ispot of his honorable grave 4 Prou!dcf
+. epuIcbre, the turf on which the scIClcr
tails. than the proudcst naasoieum III
plconsecrated ground -,
! No part Of tie fed vas more Iern's
lin impressive associations than the grruia
iof the 5Oth. and believe, tie sd reg
II .nent. brigaded under ca gallant coul'
Iirvmaa. severely wouudej in tie ha'ae,
,isir Colin flaIket. | Lad already fed'a
l,nuch o. The frmress Of these b,ave to0iS'
Iapd was to lear still more. 10 no square
pl,lid The artillery, and particularly 'Ds
cuirassiers pay mere frequent a"0 I 'n,
.lnendous visits: and never were WY
!,haken for moment Their almost az
d'in,acy With these deatD Diils'Ns ' ID.
,|fants. encreased SO much as tie oa.g a.
!, vanced, that they began to reSrsa .,o.
'.Itheir faces. Their holiness much pc" .,
/, voked the soldiers. They gallobeu gP,,
sI!he bayonet p its, where Of couIs+ :, , J'..
Ihorses made a iull stop, to the great a+a'
,ger OF pitching theirriders into The ,2al he
They tl:rn rode 'ound asa .vr I :, "A
.Ifeal less bulwark oil bayonet' ""o ."oIly
;, The confidence of psnfi y, oi'en spo 70
!, walked their horscs to have n'o' mLc,s