Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-01-27

Some English guardsmen who were in the hattie If
Waterloo, related to Hayden, the painter the follow
ing anecdotes OF the thckesl of the fight Thew pre
sent war IN all its horrors:
The description of the men was simnle character.
lstc ana poetcal. They said that when the life
guards and culrassiers met, it was like the ringing of
ten thousand blacksmh's anvis. One of them
knew my models, Shaw and Dakin He saw Dakin.
whi'e ngn'ng on loot with two curassiers, also on
toot' divide both their heads with cuts five and six
he SAID Dakln rode out, foaming at the mouth and
cheered on his troops In the evening he saw Dakin
lyng dead, cut in pieces Dakin sat to me for the
sleeping groom on his knees in Macbeth.
another saw Shaw lighting with two curassiers at
lime. Shaw, lie said always cleared his passage
He saw him take eagle, but LOST ii afterwards AS
when any man got an eagle, all the troops near him
on both sides left off fighting. and set On him who
had the eagle He went on himself very we'll but
riding too far was speared by lancer and tainted
away. Recovering he sat upright. when three or
four lancers saw him. rode at him, and speared him
till they thought him dead. He remembered nolbino
till revived by the shaking they carried him 20 the
yard OF La Haye Sainte. There he heard some one
gFoanIng and turning round, and saw Shaw who
said am dying, my side is torn off by SHE'LL
His comrades told how he had swooned away
and being revived by their taking him up TO be car
ned to Brussels al daybreak, he poor Shaw dead
with his cheek in his hand
Corporal Webster, of the second life guards, saw
Shaw give his first cut AS he was getting down the
rising ound in the hollow road, a cuirasser waited
and gave point at his belly Shaw parted the thrust
and before the Frenchman recovered, cut him right
through his brass helmet to the chin, and his face
fell off him like a lit of apple
Another, Hodgson, a model, and the finest of ALL
standing SIX feet four inches, perfect Achilles
charged up TO the French baggage. He saw artillery
driver boys of sixteen crying on their horses In
coming back whole French regiment opened and
let him pass at full gaIop and then closed and gave
him voIIey, and never hit him or horse
The first man who stopped him Irshman in
the French service. He dashed at him. and said
. DIN you, I'll stop your growing" Hodgson said
he was frightened, he had fought any body
with swords Watching the curassier, however, he
found he could not move his horse SO quickly as he
could so, letting go the rens and guiding his horse
with his knees as the cuirassier gave point AT hi
his sabre through his throat, cutting it round anc
= round The first cut he gave him the cuirass
which he thought was silver lace The shock nearly
broke his arm. "D-n me-" he added, now | have
found out the way, soon gave it them.' AS Hodg
son rode back, after being fired at, officer encoun
tered him. Hodgson cut his horse at ne maps and
as ii dropped dead the officers helmet rolled off ant
Hodgson bald head and white hairs. The
officer begged for mercy, but at that instant rool
of ancers was approaching at the gaIIop HodgSoI
f ceaved his head in two with blow, and escaped
The recollection of the white hairs he told us painet
him often. Before he got back 10 the British lines .
lancer officer charged him, and missing his thrus
came right on Hodgson and his horse. Hodgson go
clear, and cut his head off at the neck, at one blow
and the head dropped on his haversack, where hi
kept the blood stain.