The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-05
From Hogan's Letters
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We visited the field of the memorable Waterioo,
about II miles from Brussels and spent about houi
inspecting the positions of the armies, aud the no
ments erected on the ground to commemorate 81.
of the officers who fell ia thai most uniortuha'o
The most striking object is an immense ,hounu oa'
the ntye of the field surmounted by Belgian brass
cannon taken at the battle erected on inc
the Prince of Orange was wounded ms 'o1
stands TO the right of the road as YOU Pioo0'" '
the village of Waterloo which Is III reality neai iou
miles distant. Mount 81 lean' "here ule
bringing yisiters from Brussels always stop 10 iced
and pes1 ,he horses Is upwards of mile from the
6eId Tvyo monuments on the II OF the road near
Nv paraIle with the great mound, are lrst examiner
NV yisiters One was raised for Sir Alexander Cor
don one of Wellingtons aids the other TO the Hano-
ver;,n Officers who fell in the battle. The four sides
Of tbe latter are covered with the of the fallen
Dutcbmen who fought for British and European legi
innate despotism. At the battle OF Waterloo, Bona
parte had to contend single handed against the En-
slish, lrsh and Scotch (and there would have been
but a poor show but for the two latter the Prus-
sians the Hanoverians, the Belgans, the Mas
sau troops and the Brunswickers; and had
il not been for the detection the non-arrrival
of Grouchy, he would have defeated and
destroyed the whole band of allied robbers by
the grace of God From Gordons monument we
went to the great mound, which is 300 feet high 1t
an elevation of "a degrees, and Of is very
diff ut OF ascent in direct line. Ii affords full
view OF the entire ground occupied by the whole
troops, and guide pointed all parts Of the field
The hollow square was formed not far from where
the mound and monuments stand.
The English and allies had decidedly the best
position, as the French had to pass hollow and
cend the hill on which the allies were posted 10 make
all their attacks. This hill has Teen considerably
duced by carrying OFT the soil to build the mound to
commemorate the Prince Of Oranges flesh wound
We did not visit the grave of Ford Angesea's leg,
nor the Farm house of La Haye Saint, which afford
ed the British such timely protection. The spot
where Bonapar e's tent stood, and the house OF the
d farmer Coste, who remained with him during the
battle, were pointed out. Grape shot, bullets, but
TONS and various other relics said to be found the
field are for sale by thousands by the numerous guides
ces One absolutely necessary to point out the places
and his price is from to francs, or IRON w Genus
to dollar. The country from Brussels 10 Water
loo is ra her unduatng, but in high state OF
cultivation. The crop OF oats which grew IN the
midst of the battle-ground was just being cut down
the day visited 1t; and instead OF the rich and
abundant crops which had anticipated from SO we'll
MANFRED field, found the poorest crop had seen
in all Belgium. This easily accounted Tor by
the guide, who pointed to the mound which had ia
ken from 10 20 eet of the surrounding helds to
make it up. The base of the mound Is about !, 700
feet and the earth for the first portion was drawn by
horses, then by whe lbarrows, and the upper portion
was said by guide to have been carried up on the
backs of women, because t cir labor was cheaper
than that of men. Ii is by such inhuman degrade
ton Of the iai portion Of mankind that the crown
ed cut-throats, robbers, and abotioniss OF Europe
hope to hand down their names TO posterity