The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-30
a PLAIN UNvARNIsHED TALE.
John Scott, a Waterloo Veteran, Tells
Of the Great Fight.

From the Nelc York Herald.
John Scott, q Waterloo veteran, is en-
/ ployed at Elswick. He is healthy 10 king
man for his age rather rall, but with a
heavy stooo ia bis shoulders, which makes
| him look shorter than be really is. His
/ fe lures are regular, and though his whiSk
ers are white there IS scarcely vhite halr
| in his head. His employ uent at Els lex is
no laboriOus. even for man who is early
/ IS years of age. HIS chief work Is to ring
| bell in the forge in the morning, at
night D.. d the meai hours.
His perso al collections OF the title in
which be took part, are confined to that
went on around him.
Int rvie~ed by a reporter of the New
| c1stl. Leader, lie sal /:
"My father was a soldier in the Black
| Watca. was brought up in the army,
and was in Belgium IN June, 1913. Wnat l
had 10 do was TO pay the triangle. | was
in the Black Watch, too, buJ my arm.
weren't much, just a pist j and a small
sword. Quar- or Bras was good deal worse
tina Wa erloO, in my opini n. My father
spoke Gaelic as well a' giish, and lot Of
the Black Watcn spoke Gaelic. B 1T Well
ingt1n sal he would not nave it, for by
the living G he would have every ma
speak Eng sh
after the battle we got a res, and then
,se had to march TO Waterloo. About IL
O'Clock on night OF June II it com
menced to rain heavily. The rain poured
as hard as it could, and what a night it was
1t was potato field we were in, but [
wrapped my cloak around me and got a
good sic o. | remember lay just on The
side Of little bank, aud the water was run
ming down on both sides of me, while in the
morning there were two inc les of mu
ar uud ms. At daylight we were up. and
each Of US got glass Of rum and ships
biscuit.
A SMILE ON THE IRON DUKES FACE.
Before the fighting began the Duk, of
Wellington came riding mp to us ami cried:
Now, hope you are well and ready o
of our ldiers saluted him and replied:
Yes, we know our duty Wellington
sn led d rode off.
"As for the battle, l remember very
little. 1t was notaihg but fighting and ex.
element. The Hanoverlals were a splen-
did lot of men a all of them fought vel;
but as for the Belgians, if Wellington had
only known what they were he W Md no
have given one of them horse. We were
short of horses, and he would have takel
theirs and made every man of them tramp
on foot. They never fired a shot, for as
soon as the frs crack was heard hay we're
off as hard as they could g. All day 10
the fight 6 went on, but the smoke hu II
so thick around us that we could see little
There was nothing but firing and shouting
on all sides. Sometimes when the smo Sc
lifted we could see fighting going on around
us-Som stimes in front, or to our right and
left, where we could see the cavalry charg-
ing each other Then lot Of horses woul
come flying across the field in all directions
neig ing and kicking wildly. Their ride
were gone-they had been shot out of the
saddles-and the horses were galloping
70
Eng ish regiment nea US, and | eme nber
seeing he rench charge at then. AS sool
as ever they appeared the E gish would
yell, England forever, here they come, get
at themr and then they cheered, fired
away and OFF would go the French.
NOT AFRAID OF JOHNNY CRAPAUD.
'Someti es we lay on the ground doing
nothin We could scarcely see twenty
yards ahead Of us for the smoke, but then
we won d know somethi was C ming.
We would hear the shouting of the French
and out of tne smoke they would rush We
shouted ID fired straight at them I'd ava
| they went and were gone in he snoka
| again. But they would soon turn AMI back
| they would come with anolh her rush out
the smoke; more firing and they were gone
again. A so it emit on all the time.
was not frightened. I was tho excited for
| anything. | played nv triangle and sh outed
CSOtlduu lOitNel! JIll L NaN uOdTSe ana
C uld scarcely speak a word. | never got
scratch, but | think it must have been my
hight that saved me. l was SO little that
had not much risk to run, but 9 Black
| Watch was so cut up that it had to joi
! with the Seventy-seventh.
| y But the French had no chauce that day.
| They were no match for our army, and
| little Frencam n could not stand the big
| Englishmen. 1t was the same with the
cavalry, for our men could ride over them.
| Tue English could have fought all nigh
| but the French would not let themm
| Mr.. Scott maintains his contempt for the
French to the last. They hate us ye;,"
said he, "bu5 the English beat them at
Waterloo, d can always do it."