The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-20
that Cleveland has upon the masses--h''
followers are as the sand on the shore.
Yours truly,
I,,,re NJ NEWMAN.
Memoirs of Captain Gronow.


this charming book. .ho
The Captain was youth Of eighteen az l inc
battle of Waterloo. on the lsth Juno, 49, 49,
His memoirs were composed about looo Iion'
hs recOectiOns OF events OF tnn' po.sII,
They contain occasional errors that ieany
amount 10 curious testimony III Den"r a
their candor and truthiulness. OF ins s;''aSc
speaking of Sir Colin Halkett' whose .hothot
performed a very important part III VIZ ~
tie. he says that he Sir Colin caPtureu a ,p
made prisoner in the battle CamDrOnhe, 'no
celebrated commander OF the Olu puHi -.
whom was accredited the declaration;
"La Carrie meTf, D'dis ne Sir
pas" But this IS an e rrUl Of
Colin commanded a brigade cofnpvseu ~
the Thirtieth. Thirty-third. sixty ,nihtn any
Seventy third British regulars, ana ne igu ~
his brigade with splendid gailantfy anu n "''o
especially noticed by the Duke OF Wellington
in his dispatches 10 the Government. O I'M
broune Was made prisoner ny DIT ,NI.,
brother Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Haiheso,
who commanded the Fourth brigade OF the
Hauoverian Landwehr. When Colonel Hal
kett was told that Cambroune had sad the
old Guard dies but never surrenders, hepio-
nounced it id humburg." when ne wa9
well justified in doing, since no n 1.e
seized Cambronne by the alguhette'
srnns him around on the neck Of his own
horse and calloped off with him as II he hao
been n calf into the British lines. II - en-
tirely natural that q man cOnYersant Win 'Ho
incident when il happened, writing OF u
fOrty-fve years after. should have conlouuueu
one brother with another. ,,
So lie speaks of Bonaparte being addressed
when First Consul as sire. when we know re
prescribed this title for himself when he De-
came Emperor.
10 was Captain Gronows command that re-
ceived and repealed the famous charge o. the
Old Guard at Waterloo ending the hgh1ing
of the day az a victory for the British. lie
gives the following account OF II:
10 was about 8 o'clock on that memorable
day that we suddenly received orders TO re-
tire behind an elevation IN our rear. Inc
enemy's artillery had come up ~ DlGSSe within
a hundred yards of US by the time they e.
gan to discharge their guns. however. we were
lying down behind the rising ground and pro-
tected by the ridge before referred 10, lhe
enemy's cavalry was in the rear of their
artillery in order 10 be ready to protect 1t
If attacked but no attempt was made
on our part TO do so. After they
had pounded away at US for about malt IN
hour they deplOyed, and up came the VIII 10
mass of the imperial lnfanty OF the Guard led,
by the Emperor in person. We had now be-
fore rs probably about 10000 of the best sol
diers in France. the heroes of many memOra-
Die victories: we saw the bear-skin caps rs
ing higher and higher. as they assembled the
ridge OF ground which separated us and adj
Nductu nearer anu nearer 10 our lluts
1t was at this moment that the Duke If Wei
lingt)n gave his famous order for our bay0-
net charge as he rode along the lines. These
are the precise words he made use OF.
Guards, get up and charge" We were IN
stantly on our lees. and after so many hours
of inactlOn and irritation ut maintaining
purely defensive attitude all the time suffer-
ing the loss of comrades ana frlends-the
spirit which animated officers and men may
easily be imagined. After firing volley as
soon as the enemy were within shot We rush.
ed on with fixed bayOnets and that hearty
hurrah peculiar e. British soldiers
ID appeared that our men deliberately and
with calculation singled out their victims.
for as they came upon the Imperial Guard
our line broke and the fighting became lrreg-
ular. The lmpetuOsity of our men seemed
almost to paralyZe their enemies. / witnessed
several of the Imperial Guard. who were run
through the body apparently without any
resistance on their part. J observed q big
Welshman named Hughes. who was SIX feet
seven inches IN height run through with his
bayonet and knock down with the butt-end
OF his freOck ! should think q dozen at least
OF his opponents Tins terrible contest did
not last more than ten minutes. for the lmpe-
rial Guard WAS soon In full retreat. leaving all
their guns and many prisoners IN our hands.
The famous General CambrOnne was taken
prisoner fighting hand 10 hand with the gal
liant Sir Colin Halkett who was shortly after
bnOt through tlb cuecAS Dy q grape SHOT.
CambrOnnes supposed answer OF III GGrle
ne So rent pas" was an invention of after
times. and be always denied having used such
an expression.
CambTonne commanded the Guard under
the orders OF Marshal Ney. fOur days after
the battle Ney was IN his seat in the Chamber
of Peers in Paris which was celebrating on
the state Of the country. Carnot read are
port exaggerating the military resources yet
remaining 20 France. Ney arose. The To-
port il false false in every way he cried.
twenty-five thousand men under his command.
There IS no longer a soldier OF the Guard 90
rally / commanded them. ! saw them all
mastered before l lett the field of battle.
| owe the truth 10 my country.
What can / gain by the return OF Louis
XVIII? To DO shot" The hero spoke only
too truly.
To those who participated in our late war.
GrOnOw's statement that the French nd |
vanced their batteries 10 within q hundred /
yards OF the British lines Will seem very curl |
Gus. IL means that the British muskets |
would not carry hundred yards. With the /
muskets that are used. if "A battery had been l
brought within hundred Yards of line OF |
battle. every man and horse would have been |
killed before the battery could have unllm-
bered; and yet the slaughter IN battle then |
was greater than the slaughter now, because |
the infantry fought then at such close range |
that every shot told Mr.. Davis has pub
lished a curious letter % him from General
Scott written at the time Dir. Davis was
about TO start for Mexico in which the old .
veteran of 1912 urges him not 20 give no the
fiint-lock musket and arm his men with per-
cussion-cap guns.
Burton Heaters at Johns Hopkins University.
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