Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-10-10
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The following is taken from Raliie's
Tour in France, Germany, SC.
g | ne morning after our arrival inl
Brussels, Lieut.. H.--------and myself
started in Cabr olet 5or NaterioI. = nj
leaving brussels, We turned to the right
and soon entered the forest of Soignies,
through which we continued 10 travel till
~e reached The village of Waterloo. The)
vlstas are extremely fine, and if there!
were no other attractio,.s W "terlp
this circumstance would rendet il a rid
well worthy the occhpation OF leisar>
morning. We reached mount St. JEAN,
which is about mile aud half froui,
Waterloo, (and at which place the battle
was iougnt,) about ten. We breaktastedl
lat a little auberge at the end oithe village
land having obtained the famous Jean,
Daptste La Cor,e. who wasN1naparlc s.
guide on the memorable occasion Of the
battle, as our Cicerone, we proceeded 10
view the ground
The high road through Waterloo to
Charleropasses directly aIongthe cen re
of the scene Of action. The first OBJECT
that arrested our attention was solitary
Tree, on the little elevation, and IN ris-
;. ing bank close OH The right hand side
lof the road This is called " ellington
ltree. from the circumstance that it was
the station occupied by Lord Wellington
lif he can be said TO have had any station
at all, for he was perpetuaIly riding
Il IN. t.sa
! the whole Of the day performed the ser.
vice of colonel to the respective reai
ments thai needed the inspiration OF hi,
!, Ipresence. But it was the rallying puiut
Tor his staff, and there he was frequently
: himself. Just behind that tree, a car
lpath over The farm, crosses the read Il
has bank of about three ftet in heigh
on each side of it, and here our troop
hid themselves from the fury ofthe cue
r.lmy's FIRE, by lying down upon the groun,
until they were wanted. One officer
e who was in this lane, was greatly alari e,
d ard extremely restless. His comrade
n lcried out to him, that if he was afraid tn
Z best thing he could do would be TO Ii
4 still bat he would Tilt up his head i
d see what was going on, and that instant
cannon ball carried it off. To the left Q
i, the road, little beyond Wellington ire
; are two other trees, the first about 20 O
!. 50 yards from the road, and the secon
-" labout the same distance from the hrs
- BY the first, Gen. Picton fell, and by III
s.. second, Lord Uxbridge los, his leg an
D. Ia little farther to the left, in the vale
I'd Colonel Ponsenby was killed. Far TO II
u. left in that direction, is the wood fro
8, which the iPrussians sailed out at fou
$ under Bulow, and at seven, under BlucA
erI when Lord Wellington perceiving the
y approach made his final charge, and
!, ten minutes, as our guide expressed hir
i, Iseli, the French were all in flight N
: many yards from Wellington tree, OIL Il
bank close by the road side, Col. Gordo
y" his aid-de-camp, received his NOR,
~ wound. A noble monument of bla
10 marble is now erecting on the spot,
ON perpetuate the memory OF the event,
al. his sister and FIVE brothers; from tt
"e monument you look down upon the far
tie house of La Nave Sainfe Il stands clio
- to the right side Of the road. There t
by Hanoverians of the German leei