New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-20
and cut his opponents head off at the neck

and cut his opponents head of at the neci
| at one blow.
But of all the heroes of Waterloo Shaw
| the pugllist Life GuardslDan, towers above
| them all. 1.-The line of cavalry" says John
Scott. 'as the commencement OF the en-
| gagement, was drawn up a little in the real
| of the eminence on which our infantry was
| arrayed; they could not in this situation
| see much of the battle, but the shot and
| shells few thickly among them, which they
were compelled TO sustain without moving.
Nothing tries gallant spirit more than
| this. Shaw was hit and wounded in the
| breast; mis- officer desired him to fall out.
please God" said this brave fellow. II
shan't leave my colors yet" Shortly after
| orders came down tnat the cavalry should
advance; the whole line moved forward TO
the top Of the hill. Here they saw our
artillerymen running from their guns,
attacked by heavy masses Of French
dragons. 1T was agreed amongst our
selves, said private TO Scott. that when
we began to gallop, We should give three
cheers, but ours was not very regular cheer
ing, though we made noise enough Shaw
was fighting seven or eight hours. dealing
destruction to all around him; at one time
he was attacked by six OF the French I'm
perial Guard. four of whom he killed, but at
last fell by the remaining two. A comrade,
WIZ WaS W LIS eINo q SioaU p'1 eiou u! tHC
day, noticed one particular cut, which IS
worth recording. As be was getting down
the rising ground into the hollow road, a
cnirassier waited and gave point at him.
Shaw parried the thrust. and before the
Frenchman recovered cut him right
through his brass helmet to the chin, ana
Ibis face fell off him like bit of apple"
A Life Guardsman, whose desperate
wounds went quite through his body, told
John Scott that he was left upon the
ground within the French lines, wounded
III charge; he threw his helmet from him.
for his enemies were chiefly exasperated
against our heavy dragons. by whom they
had suffered so much. After some time he
raised his head, two French lancers saw
the movement, and, galloping up to him.
dropped both their weapons into his side;
they left him for dead, but he still retained
life, and shortly afterwards a plunderiEg
party came down from the eneuys posi-
ton. They stripped the poor fellow, and
several Of them who had been in England
as prisoners OF war took this favorable OPP
portunity Of reading him q lecture on
several political facts and principles. such
as the right of the French nation to choose
its own sovereign, and the pertidy and rapa-
city Of England, whose inexhaustible gold
was ever at work producing wars. and the
various miseries of dissension.
After the poor Life Guardsman was
stripped they sent him to the rear, but
being too weak to walk he was dragged
with his feet trailing along the ground for
fourteen miles, being occasionally struck
by those about him to force him to move
his legs. He saw several If his fellow
prisoners murdered; but the French being
in full retreat as the night came on, and
closely pursued by the Prussians, they at
last permitted the miserable man to sink
down on the dunghill of an inn in one OF
the small towns through which they were
at the time passing. Here he lay with
blood running about him. He was awak-
ened from kind of doze by some one
creeping down by his side. He turned his
head and saw his comrade, the famous
Shaw, who could scarcely crawl to the
heap. Being almost cut to pieces. "Ah,
my dear fellow, I'm done forr' family
whispered the latter; but few words passed
between them, and they soon dropped
asleep. In the morning poor Shaw was
lying dead, with his face leaning on his
hand. Shaw, says Scott carried death to
every one against whom he rode; he is said
to have killed a number of the cuirassiers
sufficient to make show against the list Of
slain furnished for any of HOmer's heroes.
His death was Occasioned rather by the loss
of blood from many cuts than the magni
tude of any one; be had been riding about.
fighting the whole day with his body
streaming and at night he died, as we have
seen.
In the pursuit of the French three cuiras-
sers turned into cul-de-sac lane, and
were there taken prisoners by Private John
johnson, Of the Second Life Gnards.
During the battle Wellington came to the
head of the First Life Guards and thanked
them for their distinguished bravery. On
their return to England the Duke came to
the barracks of the Second in King street,
Portman square, and observed to their
Colonel, Earl Catheart, that the regiments
conduct had raised in his heart the liveliest
feelings of satisfaction.
The Earl replied: II have known the
re giment, your grace, more than twenty
years, and have always had reason to feel
proud Of its conduct.'-AHM the Year Round