Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29

ONE WHO FOUGHT AT WATERLOO
still Living and Able 20 Tell an Entertaining
story.

Still Living and Able 20 Tell an Entertaining
story.
John Scott is an Englishman, still
living and still able to do some manual
work, who took part in the ba tie of
Waterloo. He is described as a healthy
looking man for his age, rather tall, but
with heavy stoop IN his shoulders
which makes him look shorter than he
really is. dis features are regular, and
though his wnishers are white there
is scarcely white hair in his head. His
employment is not laborious, even for
a man who is nearly eighty-fye years of
age. His chief work is TO ring bell in
the morning, at night and at the meal
hours. His pers onal recollections Of the
battle in which he took part are confined
TO what went on Immediately around him.
Interviewed a short time ago by a re-
porter of the Newcastle Leader, he said.
"My father was soldier in the Black
Watch. | was brought up III the Army
aud was in Belgium in jane, 1915. What
| had to do was TO play the Triangle.
WAS in the Black Watch too, but ny arms
weren't much, just pistol and small
sword. Quartre Brass was good deal
worse than Waterloo in my opinion. Ny
father spoke Gmio as we'll az English,
ana a lot of the Black Watch spoke
G@ic. Bot Wellington said he would
no. have it, for by the living God he
would have every man speak English
After the battle we got a rest, and
then We had 70 march TO Waterloo. About
IL o'clock on the night of the l75h Of
June il mmeuced 20 rain heavily The
rain poured a. hard as it oou d, and what
night that was! L. was potato fold we
were in, but l wrapped ny cloak around
me and got good sleep. | remember !
lag iast on the side of little bank, and
the water was running down on both
sides of me, white in the morning there
were two inches of mud around US. Az
daylight we we're up, pnd each of us got a
glass # rum and ships biscuit.
Before the fighting began the Duke
of Wellington came riding up to us and
cried, Now, | hope you are we'll aud
ready One of our soldiers saluted him
and replied, Yes, we know our duty
Wellington smiled and rode of.
"As for the hattie, remember very
little. L. was nothing but fighting and
excitement The Hauoverians we're
splendid lot of men, and all Of them
fought well; but as for the Belgians, If
Wellington had only known what they
we're ewould not have given one OF them
horse. We we're short of horses, and
he would have taken theirs and made
every man of them tramp on foot. They
never fred a shot for as soon as the hr5t
crack was heard they we're off as quick as
they could 90. All dav long the ngntlpg
went on, but the smoke hung so thick
around Us that we could see 1.-THE. There
was nothing but firing and shouting on
all sides Sometimes when tde smoke
lifted we could see fighting oil around u.s.
sometimes front, or to our right OF
left, wher We could see the cavalry charg-
ing each other Then a lot of horses
would come flying across the field In all
directions, neighing and kicking wildly.
Their riders were gone; they had been
shot ont OF the saddles, and the horses
we're galloping madly away to escape
There was an English regiment near u.s.
and | remember seeing the French
charge at them. As soon rs they appear
ed the English would yell, Eng land for
ever. here they come, get at them, ana
then they cheered, fred away, and on
would go the French.
"Sometimes We 10y on the ground
dong nothing. We would scarcely see
twenty Yards ahead of Us for the smoke
but then W would know something was
coming. We would hear the shouting Oi
the French. aud ont of the smoke ta-y
would rush. We shouted and fir d straight
at them, and away they went and we're
gone in the smoke again. But fhey
would soon turn, and back they voula
come with another rush out of the smobs'
more firing, and they we're gone ae am
And 40 il vent on all the TINA. VAS nov
frightened; vas too excited for any
thing. I played my triangle aud shou 20
scotland for ever" till I was hoarse,
aud could scarcely speak a word never
got scratch but think il must have
been NV height that saved me. l wss p
little that | had no risk 20 run, bit me
Black Watch was 90 cut up that il had i2
Join with the Seventy
But the French had no chance th"
day. They were no mstch for Onr army,
and The litsle Frenchmen eould not stand
he E1gli.hmen. lt was tbs same WIFE
the cavalry, for orr meu could ride Over
them. The English could have fougn,
al nigh'. but the French would not leg
them Mr.. Scott maintain his oon'emp
for the FIR n TO the last. They hate us
yet,n he said. "hut the English beat them
at Waterloo, and can always do it
King K4sksua, Of the Sandwich Ia
LANDS. thinks Of Indicating. Here y
chance for Boulsnger.