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and more against him, requested that | would 90
ana soiIclt the Duke for some assistance set out;
but had not proceeded far for the purpose when I
saw a party of horse coming towards me; and OBJ
serving that they had short tails, | knew at once
that they were English and soon distinguished the
luxe he was On his way to the Prussian head
quarters, thinking that they might want some as
slstance; and he instantly gave directions for sup
ply OF cavalry. How are they forming?' he inuui-
req In column, not in line,' | replied The
Prussian soldier says Blueher will not stand in line
will be beaten damnably.' So they were At the
last aterloo dinner, when my health was drunk as
usual and as usual rose to return thanks stated
brlefy this occurrence, and the Duke, when allu-
ded to it, cried Hear, Hear"
There is another anecdote of Waterloo which we
must cite:
Two days before the battle of Waterloo, the
Duke came in to Lady Mornington's room at Brus-
seis, saying: Napoleon has invaded Belgium: order
norses and wait at Antwerp for further instruc-
uons' When they were there lat Antwerp Alava
entered their room, waving a bloody handkerchief,
and informed her that a victory was gained and
that they must return forthwith to Brussels. She
and her daughter had not been there Td Brussels
halt-an-hour when the Duke arrived, and walking
up and down the apartment in a state of the great
estagltaton, he burst into tears and uttered these
memorable words: 'The next greatest misfortune
to losing battle is TO gain such victory az this
Note by Samuel Rogers"
10 go back to the Dukes talk on the war in
Spain. On some ofthe causes of his own great sue
eess eess IN that country, he spoke very freely. The
rst was ms stern protection of private property.
This respect won him the goodwill of high and low
We give from his conversation some striking
instances OF the help he got, and of its very great
cling and victorious army:
Everywhere | received intelligence from the
Peasants and the Priests. The French learnt no.
tnlng. At Vittoria they were hourly expecting
Clausel with renorcements, and was taking nv
measures accordingly, when Alava brought me an
inn-Keeper, who said Make yourself easv Sir; he
isnow quietly lodged TO: the night in my house six
leagues or SO saying, he returned to attend up
on MN, and lost no time. Gordon afterwards
Killed at Waterloo) passed the night in an Osteria
with some French Officers, and no sooner were they
asleep than a Spanish child in the room made ges-
lures to Gordon drawing the edge of his hand
aero across ms throat And why SOP said Gordon in
the morning when they were gone. Bee ause |
knew you to be an Englishman by your sword and
your spurs Don't drink of that WELL said a
spanish woman to an English soldier. is it poi
son9uI some some Frenchmen are there, she replied,
ana more than you can count Whenever French
man came and looked into it, she sent him in head
long"
At another time the Duke said:
ar In Spain is much less of an evil than in
other countries. There is no property to destroy.
Enter house, the walls are bare; there is no fur.
nlture. -, when at our headquarters in Spain:
wished to see an Army, and gave directions that
ne should be conducted through ours. When he re-
turned, he said, Il have seen nothino-nothino
but here and there little clusters of men in confu-
sion; some cooking, some washing, and some sleep,
ing. Then You have seen an Army sad"
When Soult came down from Dresden to arrest,
as Napoleon believed he would the victorious march
OF the English into France, the Duke was eager to
catch glimpse Of this famous Marshal He graft
he'd his curiosity in which, as events turn
ea out, must have been extremely unpleasant for
his new antagonist:
There was spy in the habit of going from camp
to camp. We called him Don Uran de la Rosa;
and he dined with and the French alternately
who is he and what is hep said AIava when he
saw him at table "a Spaniard an Andalusian,
they replied. NO Spaniard' said Alava; she NAV
be Cagli0strO, ANYBODY else, but no Spaniard -
He was forever talking as Frenchmen ALWAYS are,
and always at my elbow. He had Just left the
French, and he said to me when l was reconnoiter-
ing, DO you wish to see Marshal Sout?' Certain
ly.' There he is then' | looked tbrouph NV
glass, and saw him distnctly-so distinctly as to
know him instantly when | met him afterwards in
Paris; as did several times, though never to OK
change ten words with him. He was sitting on his
horse, and writing dispatch on his hat, While an
Alde.de-Camp waited by him; to whom, when he
had done, he delivered it, pointing with much ear
nestnsss IN one direction again and again. Il see
enough replied, and gave the glass to another
saying to him, Observe which way that gentleman
goes. He galloped off as directed; and knew at
once, as thought, where the attack was to be
made That is my weakest point said to nv
self; and prepared accordingly; ofsuch use, as |
had always maintained, are glasses He [Soultl
now does. beat him thoroughly the next dav or
the day after, and drove him back into France.''
The opponent for whom the Duke of Wellington
had the greatest respect was Massena. "When
Massena was opposed to me, and in the field |
never slept comfortably he said to Rogers This
is the highest form of compliment. Massena said
to wellington, in the same spirit-'I owe these
grey hairs to you" This was at dinner party in
Paris. The sayings are characteristic of the two
countries and the two soldiers
VI personal anecdote concerning Wellington there
is not much preserved by Mr.. Rogers. The Duke
was not fond of telling stories himself-for he was
not a hero In his own opinion, whatever he might
be In that OF bis Uolet de chambre. We string
together the few little traits which deserve atten
tion:
In Spain,and also in France, used continually
to go alone and reconnoitre almost up to their pi-
quets Seeing a single horseman in his cloak they
disregarded me some subaltern. No French Gen
eral, said Soult, would have gone without a guard
OF at least thousand men,"
And then both guard and general would have
been seen and driven in. Again:
"The elastic woven corslet would answer we'll
over the Cuirass. 1t saved Inc | think at Ortbez
where was hit on the hip. was never struck
but on that occasion, and there was not wounded.
| was on orseback again the same dav In Spain
| shaved myself overnight, and usually slept five
or six hours; sometimes indeed, only three or four
and sometimes only two. In India never undress-
ed; 1t is not the custom there; and for many wears
in the Peninsula undressed very seldom; neuer for
the first four gears"
The italics ours; are those also in the fol-
lowing passage:
81 speared seven or eight wild boars in a forest
in PicaTdy-an Eastern practice The largest
struck the sole OF my foot with his tusk, when
thrust my lance into his spine, and turning nv
horse OIL at the instant, as | always did. The rest
OF the party set up shout and believe it qaue me
more pleasure, this achieUment, than anything ever
did an my life. Lord Hill killed one on foot, but
the difficult thing was to kill one on horseback
Whoever threw the first lance into a boar claimed
it as his''
An anecdote at the Tueries has something of a
personal interest:
81 have often dined with the King of the Neither
lands. The Northern Kings admit subjects and
strangers to dine with them. The Bourbons never
did believe, at Paris, except in my instance. At
Ghent, perhaps, the etiquette departed from ;
but believe | am the only person who has dined
with Louis XVIII. at Paris. 1 have dined often
with him. He sat at six and when dinner was an
nounced, was wheeled in from the room in which
he had received me. The table large, and he
sat between the two ladies' the Duct esses of Berri
and Angouleme. l sat between Monsieur and the
Duke dAngouleme. They were waited upon by
gentemen-Ib by servant and, of course, best
served The dinner was exquisite. We sat down
at six and at seven and then all sat and talk
ed with the King till eight, avoiding all political
subjects The King ate freely, but mixed water
with his wine, which was champagne. The King
will not now go out in the carriage but on great oc-
caslons They have contrived machine to lift him
a.
rleaturists, or both, keep him at home. He is fond
OF mos and full of esprit rather than sensible and
did not at first consent to read the speeches prepar
ed for him by his ministers, preferring to speak
d abundance"
The Duke had no very high opinion of those who
wrote on his warlike operations, and of this he
made no secret. The severe verdict on Scott would
have been very annoying to the romancer had he
heard it:
"Scot's life of Napoleon is of no ralue. The
tolerabe part of it is what relates to his retreat
from Moscow. l have thought much on that sub.
lect, and have made many inquiries concerning it.
gave him my papers He has used some not ALL -
Of Southey the Great Duke also thought meanly:
NAPIER has great materials, and means well but
be is too much Influenced by anything that makes
for him, even by an assertion in a newspaper do
not think much of Southey. The Subatern is ex-
ceIlent, particularly in the American expedition to
New Orleans. He describes all he sees''
The Duke, as we know from these conversations
and from other sources, occasionally contemplated
writing commentaries on his campaigns in the man
ner OF Caesar and Sir Francis Vere OF Caesar he
was careful student ''Had Casar's Commenta-
ries with me in india" he says, "and learnt much
from em,-tortitying my camp every night as he
did, | passed over the rivers as he did by means
OF baskets and boats of basket-work only I think
l improved upon him, constructing them into
bridges, and always fortifying them, and leaving
them guarded, to return by them if necessary" In
another place, referring to this longing to become
his own historian, the Duke says,-"I should like
much to tell the truth but il did should be torn
to pieces, here or abroad. | have, indeed no time
to write, much as | might wish to do so and am
it,
ARREST OF Miss LIZZIE WAYT.-Miss Lizzie Wayt.
who Is alleged to have stolen twenty-seven hundred