Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-01-03

me BRUSH army, 10 beat UAel fseta;l 20 De 1
Joined 81 the discop,ented, and with very cdasi-i
dorabie expectations oF having the Hell, an army
declared for them. Bonsparte still trusted lhat
the slippery goddess, Fortune, would follow his
footsteps, and, ATTEST, she appeared inclined to
protect her old f,yomie
On tiel6.h Napoleon pushed forward to gain
an important past caued "Lcs Qsarire Bras"--
fiad ne succeeded. le might either have separated
the two arm es, ~, 1T lcasi, lave furced them To-
ErotTe. The preceding evening, Information oS
his advance was brought 10 the dua of Weliing
ton Orders were immediately gNen f.r the II
nay to move, the Eii,shland divs,on in ii.,lsssls
matched At dsy-bfesiS on ,c road TO Niveiles Ge-
nappc, &c. which is the same rs sie Qua,re Bras,
the bylnsfick troops, iew Dutch ard Bcgc-
m lor Rogen and captain Lothberg'5 brigade OF
artillery followed; while the Remainder of the ar
my. winch had been good deal dispersed, was
ordered 70 march By forced marches, on the same
POINT Upon the Highladers gaining Qua;re
Bras, they found The French IN force IN an adioin.
inB wood L'ttic time To- refresh themselves was
gwen beto they were 4 tack Il by immense CO.
dmns, boih OF infantry and cavalFy Our fine fell
lows We're infinitely inferior in numbers but they
behaved IN The most noble manner, frequently
eharge,l, and sometimes upon three sides Of their
squares Ye, under these circumstances they
stood firm ard nohly maintained their national
character n length oue OF ;he regiments the
4~h believe, almost oye:poWered by numbers,
was obliged 1, open right aud left-tHe cuiras.ies
went through, but they never returned. The
French troops Tough with fairy, cniagcdi to iad
themselves thus successfully resisted jv h,,,;i,i
OF tfOnps The conduct Of each reg n,cnt would
wen deserve mention. The 23th, 42d, 7g,h and
va, are highiy extolled While tIns ATTACK was
gouig forward, the l5t division oi ot arn,y ca,I,s
up The French tried 20 separate tic two div
SONS, bat without success. The Guard IN .,atea
me heroic conduct ofthe 5th DIVISION htlenglh
Tue French retired. The d;Ike of Brunswick was
Killed wi,h about two-thirds of the HirbIan.Jei.s
ionaparte, in person had attacked. on ,be s,r,e
day, the Prussan army, aad gained some success
re took about ten or twelve thousand men and
fourteen pieces of Cannon. In he evening, the
Fruss'ans feli back. Our army, which was now
more concentrated, was obliged to make a cor.
responding movement. This was executed, on
the lTth, without loss.
{" The Duke took up position in front Of III e
forest Of So,gn.eG, the held quarte,,s at Nster-
100, about Two and hati leagues from Brussels
the position was beautiful. without be,o. ve,y
strong The ground rose IN ridges ii WAS in
waves, wave beaud wave; the high read to Qua
ire Bras, GenaPpe and Niyeles running THROUGH
'he position The French army was posted IN
nearly SIMILAR ground IN 'front.' and all appeared 20
prove decisive battle must soon be fought A.
bout hafPast ~ on the afternoon ofthe lS,h. the
F'inpe' Sounded the troops turned out, tile ar
"A
Inc french threw forward their LIGHT artiilery--
then masses OF infantry with arr ilcrv Our troops
were IN three Lines, some few light infantry in front
Line or Surs on ne brow of thehli the iirsi i'm
OF infantry bShm dthem under the lee OF he hiI in
squares, enlargement forming its own, and be
hlnd more infantry, cavalry, guns, &c with 2 re-
serve OF dutch troops. Ispeal1 Ofthe right wing
ne only part where could see distinctly Hsy
ne come on the lield early on the 18Th, was di
Tected 10 attend lord HILL isc ,se l,,. might hav,
orders 10 send 10 the Sth DIVISION at Halle Will.
"'h IN, French officer cairassi ers came ov e.
u ntorIne'i h'm that Bonnparte was about TO ms Ike
charge of cayalIy on our right This apoear
cd very probable rom an immense column Of
SulfaSsieFS and larcers whch we bad observed the
Woodworking on the left of her line Lord GIin
sent The officer to the duke; immediately afterI
lomed our commanding officer, sir Geo. Wood.
and remained with h,n throughout the ,lay For
ieW minutes we halted aud were with ,naior
famfsy, talking about The Frenchman's inforn,a
son when we obseryed our troops in great conf
81 n on the top of thehll, the first guns abanlo =
ed and The Belgic cavalry falling back very fast
MAJOR Ramsay ordered hiss guns TO open, though
IN the second line, calling ont 10 give II Ia
them' Our brigade under captain Bolton. took
n up and the clirassers were driven back.
hey' however, made m.ny repeated subsequent
charges, always with the same success On the
extreme right, there was small village defend.
cd by the guards, who behaved we'll nothing
could move them The csnnonade was terrible
our Sunners stood as long they could, and
ulen retired under The bayonets ofthe infantry
As soon as the French cavalry were driven back
they returned to their guns and gave them 4
parting salute. The conduct of tie infantry. nj
TINS trying moment, was most truly Britis5.-E
Not one square, elthoush many Of them were We
~ small ever wavered-the loss of the cuirass;.rs
"as dreadini They gaiioped along the hill look,
ing Tor AN opening 70 reak through ,hc infantry
as ihey pas ed tive squares They fell Ike ripe
grass cut down by tie scytile. All The rooms al
uiiS moment were firm Hlnoveran, Dutch
WSrc quite as solid IS our own troops Perha,s
thIs was he most magnificent sight ever seen.-l
me lltic squares open n4--thc charge of the
ca r3ss eTs--the blaze Of the cannon-and The
srn aud determined countenanc cs Of ths d li.,.ent
comJatantS. THE battle a. this par,ol sas NOR.
ih'h doubtful. 1t wssa most dreadful moment.
The Duke was IN the advance 10 see the
movement Of The enemy it was absolut civ nsce4-
ary tor ihc nature Of tie ground, To expose h,
'iarson. Sir George was of course one OF his
s1fte saw hn pull out hs watch with n,r,b
'nz'etY. no doubt c. Cu.atinE when the Prust.
ans might arrive TINS was about half past SIX
o clock. Inc few guns tliat had been abandon
ed were ordered to tie rear THIS NAV shev
how uncertain thc business was The FIRE a
this moment, Of eve,y description was trerne..
deus il appears almost = miracle how one e,,,l1
escape About z, tie Duke brought fJrward hi,
Inc OF infantry, and ordered them to orive f,a
= iench down the hill Or noble fetlo vs. rusne