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From NE London Pilot Jan, 9
WA TERLOO.

7be officer, bis qujGe, andtbe baggage -ayS
The following interefting anecdote is
taken from" n viGt to Flanders, and will
give fome idea of the kind of fcenes that
we're pafling during the memorable battle
Of Waterloo
/" had the good fortune" fays the ins
telligent writer, 10 travel from brufiels
to Paris with young Iriih officer and
his wife, an Antwerp Lady Of only fix
teen, of great beauty and matchlefs in
nocence and naivetc The husband was
in the battle of Qua, tire Bras as we'll as of
Waterloo, and to him owe much of my
minutef and mott in,ereiting informa-
ton.
!" He was living in the cantonments
at Nivelles, his wifi, with him. The un.
expected advance Of the French called
him off at moment's notice to Quartre
Bras but he left with bis wife, his fer.
want. one horfe, ard the family baggage,
which was packed npon large ass. Re-
treat at the time was not anticipated, but
being fuddeaiy ordered on the saturday
morning he contrived to get mefage to
his wife to make the beft of her way, at
tended by the fervant and baggage. to
BruHels. The fervant, foreigner, had
availed hinfelf of the opportunity to take
leave of both matter and miitress, and
make OFF with the horfe, leaving the
helpless young Lady alone with the bag.
gage ats - With 6rmnefs becoming the
wife of Britifh Officer, fhe boldly COM
mencei on foot, her retreat of twenty FIVE
miles, leading the ais by the bride, and
carefully preterving the baggage. no vic.
lcnce was dared by anv Que to 70 inno-
cen pilgrim, bu, no one would venture
to ailiA her. She was foon in the midft
of the columns of the retreatine Britiih
army, and much retarded and endauger-
ed BY the artillery her fatigue was great;
it rained in water trouts, and the thun
der and tightening were dreadful in the
extreme. She continued to advance, and
got upon the great road from Charleroi,
to Brufels at Waterloo, when the army
on the Saturday evening were taking up
their line for the awful conflict. In 70
extenfive field, and among $4,000 men
It was in vain to feek her husband fhe
knew that the fight of her there would
only cmbarrafs and dittrsss him fhe
kept lowly advancing to Bruf1els all the
Saturday night the road choaked with
all forts of conveyances, wagons and
horfes multitudes of native fugitivcs on
the road and Aving into the great wood,
and many Of the wounded walking their
painful way, dropping every tep and
breathing their lait ; every few fteps lay
corpse or a limb ; particularly, fhe faid,
t<vsysd hands Many perfons were actu.
ally killed BY others, if by chance they
FOOD in the way of their endeavosrs to
fave themfelves. And to the horrors, the
gain continued undated. and the thunder
and liehtnlng IT'LL ragged as if the heavens
were torn to pieces Full twelve miles
further in the night this young woman
marched up to her knees in mud, her
boots worn entirely of. 70 thar fhe was
basefoo,ed but fiIl snhurr. fhs led her
ais and although thoufands loft their
baggage, and many their lives fhe calmly
entesed Brufels On the morning in fafety,
wi,hout the lofs Of an article. In few
hours after her arrival commenced the
cannon's roar Of the tremendous Sunday
cxpofed to which for ten hours lhe knew
her husband TO be /; and after day and
night IN agony fhe was rewarded by find
ing heffelfin her husbands arms. he un-
hur. and Che nothing the worfe, on the
Monday. The officer told me the tale
himfelf with resrs in his eyes. With a
flight Irifh accent, he called her his dare
little womaE,' and faid The became more
valuable to him every day. Inever faw
a'nuIe elegant gcntiemAnsikc young man;
and aauredly his pretty Belgian feemcd
almotf to adore him. II gave additional
value to the anecdote, that had it from
the actors in the fcene delcribed. When
Iremarkrd that it was quite in the fpirit
Of ELizAskTH Of SIBERIA, the Lady ex.
claimed, iii ma mere ma dit Ia meme
cbes - My mother made the fame re-
mark"
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