The union Democrat., 1870-06-25
Waterloo Anecdotes.
By All ENGLISH AarlLLraY orrrcrs.

By All ENGLISH ARTILLERY OFFICER.
Captain Mercer landed with his troo2s on
the 18Th day Of April, and they were iqual-
tered in small villages till the order to march
| brought them. on the night of the 10th oil
June, 10 the field of Quartre Bras, ready. to
give tie French cavalry round as they came
up. II was then for the first time he saw Ma
poleon. whom he had often longed TO see.
".Now | saw him; and there Wis a degree of
sublimity in the interview rarely eQualed.
the sky had becnme overcast since the mnrn-
ing, and at this moment presented very re-
marknble appearance. Large. isolated mass
es nf thunder-clonni, of the deepest. ,:lmos,
inky black. their lower edges hard and stron e.
" d.f,ed. tagging down. as ;f momentsrly
about to burst. hung suspended over us, in
volving our position and everything on il in
deep and gloomy obscurity, whilst the distant
hill lay hathed in brilliant sunshine. Lord
Uxhridge was yet speaking, when single
horseman, Immediately followed by several
others, mounted the plateau had left at a
gallop, their dark figures thrown forward in
strung relief from the illuminated distance.
making them appear much nearer to US than
they really were."
"The prince, as l have said, was drill
master. A inore Incorporate, brutal. and lin
his si:nationl impolitic one, can scarcely he
conceived. The slightest fault Frequently
nccssinned hv his own btunders) WAC visited
by showers of low-life abuse-using on all oc-
rasiors the most cdions language. One un-
fortunate squadron officer "a general y Offend
ed him and was Immediately charged with
such whence that ] expected, n catasfrophe
Reign'ng up his hnrse. however. clnse to the
unhappy man. his vocifaratinn and villainou<
abuse we're thnse of perfect mailman; shak-
ing his sabre Mt him. and even ut me time
thrust the pnmmel of it into his face. aud.
M far Ms could see, rushing it against his
muse! Snch scene Yet all tie Others sat
mn'e as mice. and witnessed all this humilin-
Il m 1T their comrade, and the degradation of
him for whom they had fnrsaken Napoleon.
just nj This moment one Of our trn"p-,iays ran
harking ut the heels of the princes horse.
Billing with rage hef,re. he nnw boiled over
in earnest, and. s'noring. made furious Gus
ut 'he dog. which. eiuding the weapon. con.
tinuad his annoyance. The Duke. quitting
.he unfortunate chef de escadron. now turned
seriously ~ the dng. but he, accustomed to
h"rses. kept circling about, yapping and snap
ming. alwavs ont of rea-h: and it was M,
until he h,d tired himself with the fruitIess
rursn't thai, flaming with rage, he turned 10
hiS doomed squairahs. who sat quietly look
ing on nc this exhibition"
Here is an instance nf Wellngtou's remark.
able prsinnice against the artillery; aud we
NAV adj. that the DUKES character for iustice
l. certainly damaged nv Gen. MERGERS book:
Capt. Whinvatcs having inirtd the army
viii. the r"cket tronp, the duke. VINO looked
uenn rockets "a nonsense. ordered that they
should he put into stare. and the t~onns supplied
with gn.s instead. Col. Sir G.. Wood. insti-
gasei hy Whinyates, called On the duke to
ask permission TO leave him his rnckets ae
we'll a. guns. A refusal. Sir Genrye. how
ever. seeing the duke was IL. rarticnlar gomd
hnmor ventured to sav. ut will break poor
Whinyate's heart 70 lose his rockats.' '.D-n
his heart, sir let my order he oheved," was
the answer thandered in his ear bv the duke,
rs he turned on the worthy Sir George
The fnllowing incident occurred in the stir
of The hattie: ''As he spoke. we we're ascehd-
ing the reverse slope Of the main position
We hreathed a new atmosphere the air suf-
f'catingly hot, resembling that issuing frsm
m oven. We we're envelnpea in thick smoke
and malgre the incesssnt roar of cannon and
mn>ketry cau;d distinctly hear arrund u>
mysterious humming noise, like that which
one hears uf a summers evening proceeding
fr"m mvriads nf heetles; cann,n-shot. t"o.
plowei the grnuna in ali directi"ns. aud sa
thick WAS the hail of bullets that il seemed
dangerous 10 extend the ar'a lest II stnuld I've
t.r. off. II spite Of tns serious situation in
which We were, corli mt help heiag some
what amused at the astonishment expressed
he our kind-baarted surgeon. Who heard for
the fret time this kind Of mnsIc. He was
cIose to me as we escended the slope. and.
hearing this internal cariliion about hi ears.
hegsn staring srnund in the widest and most
ccmic manner imaginable. twisting himself
from eide to side. exclaining, why, God.
Mercer. wha, 10 that? Wby all this ncise !?
How curiaus! And then when a cannon
shot rushed kissing past, There there /
What .is all that II was with difficulty
that persuaded him to retire. II was Just
after the accident that our worthy command
ing officer of artillery, Sir George Adam Wood
msde bis sppesrsncs through the smokee lit