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Tata o )elure, I d 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 *». ^'^m^ *.X- >v ■ ilffcJV'"^*'^ 30% W ^n ■,^i: >^ -f^ M. 30 % J/u.4: d '<^cc%,t^4.^ v^ * ^ ■:■! ■# DESCRIPTION OF TIIF FIELD OF BATTLE, Anddispoiitton of the T^roops enj^aged in the jictioiit fought on thi ISih of Junet 1815, near WATERLOO, Illustrative of the representation of that great event in th« PANORAMA, TAINTED BY MR. H. A. BARKER* Of London. From Drawing; s made on the Spot. (^7> «^> t^i t.^> t^« ** Rivers of blocd t see and hills of slain* ** An llliad rising out of one campaign* «^t t^^ t^t i^t t^ QUEBEC PRINTED BY L. BEDARO. St. John Street, 1817. DESCRIPTION OF THB iSattU of ^iftsita^loD. The British army, after the action of Quatre Bras, fought on the lOth, retired upon Genappe, and on the 17th arrived at the Village of Mont St. Jean, a league in front of Waterloo. The ene- my having come up with the army on that day, % slight cannonade and some skirmishing took place in the evening ; but, night putting a stop to any further operations, the army bivouacked near the position it held the following day. A violent storm of rain, accompanied with thunder, continued to fall during the night, and our brave men were obliged to sleep on ground al- ready trampled into sandy mud. The cold was excessive, but the state of the weather prevented the possibility of lighting many fires ; yet, not- withstanding these disadvantageous circumstances, onr troop, were fo^ed carl;. i„ the morning, full of ardor to meet the enemy, who appeared o^ he oi.,.os,tehe,ghts, collecting in conJerable ibrcl "nuton.l,eBrite),l,eaH.croI«, i l.e terrors of the clior.nr,^ hm ■ I^or „„, an eye the storfn ,Lt vic^U t-langdit. proud glance offorlituJc." the JrV r''' ""'• P"^™'*'' ^''0"^'^. "*ered in tlie day, winch continued dark and lowering till the seven m the evenmg, the cloud, breaking, the set- .ng sun burst forth with glowing splendour over our victorious army, now ordered to charge the to bear the shock, were driven down the hill they h^^jn^^gamed, leaving the ground covered with^ «Tu -^^'^ ^"^'8^ host had Stood « As fL"''"'" ^''"'' '^''"••S" *^^"«^°'J «"'' lance. « R. . T T «^^?"-'-«^ks hold stance ; ' iiut when thy voice had said " Advance i" Ihey were their ocean's flood." rp, . . , ^^"'^'''^'"t^'^^'^tae of Waterloo. Ihis IS the period represented, generally, in the Panorama ; though a liberty has been taken, as to tnne m mtroducing the glorious charge made by the Highlanders, and General Ponsonby's brigade # ■^ 5 ull he '». of cavalry, upon the enemy's corps, commanded by Count d'Erlon, consisting of 20,000 infantry, who were all dispersed, killed, or taken prisoners ; losing two eagles in the conflict. The charge was made u few hours before the general advance of the British army. Formation of the British Force, wider the com- mand of the Duke of Wellington, •»• Tlie wliole was divided into two Corps d' '. .nee.— 'Hie first, under thecmnumnd ot h.s Royal Highness the Pr nee of Orange, comprized the Ut Srd and -Jtl, divisions. The se. .nd Corps, commanded by OeneralLord Hxll.was composed of the ^nd, 4th, and 6th divisions. 1st Division, M. Gen. Cooke, •'5rd Division, Sir C. Alten. 2nd Division, Sir H. Clinton. 4th Division, Sir II. Hinuber. On the right oftJw Genappe Road. ric^^H^-^^^^* /- ,T., . REGIMENTS, y ist Bnt. ling. Gen. Maitland— 1st Gds. 2nd & 3rd Bat 1 2nd ditto Gen. Byng _2nd and 3rd Guards. ■5th Brit. Brig. Gen. Halket — 30t!i 73rd 69fh — 33rd 1st Brig.K.G.Leg.Col.Ompteda 5th— 8th " ~ : 1st and 2nd light . 1 st Hanoverian Brigade — D. of York, &c. ■3id Brit, Brig. Gen. Adam —52nd— 71st 95th lstBrig.K.G.Leg.Col.duriatt— 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. _ord Hanov. Brig. Col. Halket r4th Brit. Brig. Col. IVIitchell -Hth, 23rd, and 51st. ^ 6th ditto Gen. Johnson? These 2 brig, were at Hal. C61hHan.Brig.Gen.Lyon y and not in the action. On the left of' the Genappe Road. 5tlj Division, f^*'' ?."*• ^."g- Gen. Kempt —28th, 32nd, 79th, 95tn. Sir T. Picton.'' ?*?" Vi"° °^^ ^^"- ^^^^ — !»*' '^Snd, 44th, 92nd L5tii Han. Brig. Col. Vinke «Ui .Division \ !?^?"*-,?."K- G- I-ambert —4th, 27tli, 40th, 81st i4Ui Han. Brig. Col. But 6 CAVALRY. Under the command of the Earl of Uxbridge, now Marquit of' Angietea. {1st and 2nd Life Guardi Horse Guards l8t Dragoon Guards Sir W. Ponsonby — Royals, Greys, and Enniskillen* Sir W. Dornbcrg— 1st & 2nd I.fDrag. K.G.LA23d Sir I. O. Vandeleur— nth, 12th. 16th, Light Drag. Sir C. Grant — 2nd, 7th, 15th Hussars Sir R. H. Vivian — 1st, 10th, 18th ditto Arentschildt — 3rd Husuars, 13th Light Drag. . not in action Iflt Brigade 2nd ditto 3tA ditto 4th ditto • fith ditto - 6th ditto . Tth ditto - 8tb ditto • ARTILLERY. GENERAL STAFF. Colonel Sir George Wood, commanding in genera). LieiJt.-Col. Sir Augustus Frazer, ditto British Horse Artillery. Lieutenant- Colonel Macdonald, commanding under Sir Augustus Frazer. LieutfCol. Sir J. Haitman, commanding German Artillery. Field Officers commanding two Brigades attached to each Division of the Army* IVISIONS. DIVISIONS. 1st. Lieut.- Col. Adye J 3d. Lieut.- Col. WilllamsoB 9d. Lieut-Col. Gold | 5th. Major Heise, Hanoveriaa Major Drummond — Reserve, Officers cormnanding Troops and Brigades. Cavalry— —Lieut.- Col. Smith, Horse Artillery Ditto ■ Major Ramsay, ditto Ditto Captain Mercer, ditto Ditto Lieut.-Col Bull, ditto Ditto Major Whinyates, ditto, and Rocket Troop Ditto -~— ■Lieut.-Col. Sir R. Gardiner, Horse Artillery " y* illenfi &23d 'rag- Dwj.. razor. hed DIVIS10K8. 2tl. 3d. 4th. 5tb. Ditto. Ditto. C Captain Sandham, Foot Artillery 2^ Major Kohlman, Horse ditto (Oermaa) C >U.ior Syinpher, ditto ditto I Captain Bolton, Foot Artillery C Major Lloyd, ditto Major Cleeve, dittc Captain llettberg, ditto (Hanoverian) i Major llogcrs, Foot Artillery Captain Braun, ditto ( Hanoverian) Captain Sinclair, ditto Major Bean, Florae ditto Lieut.- CoU Sir H. Uosii, ditto. The field of action extends about two miles and a half, by nearly two miles.* Its greatest length runs east and west, having two commanding posi- tions separated by a considerable valley, in which ire several gentle undulations. The whole ground is perfectly open, and at the commencement of the action was covered with corn and clover, but to- wards the close of the day all appearance of culti- vation was entirely destroyed. The high road from Brussels to Genappe intersects the field, di- viding it almost equally. On the north side of the valley is the village and Plateau of Mont St. Jean. Here the Duke of * This measurement includes the whole ground occupied by the two armies ; but the British and French positioiu were not more than htJi'a mile asuud«r at the iieartiit poiuts. 8 Wellington forined the RnMJ. r position. 1 he reserve was posted in the nllev. on the west side of the Genappe road.t ' The French line, „„.,tcd upon the heights on the south se of the Valley, extended frt t " SThe" Ci t tr "^^^^ ^ond the^crG::::::::;-^ slm„,shers to within a short distance of Brainet <™,a|,pe road, ^\ongVXye.Z7LZT7^"V'''''''^ °f «">= i,; .JAti. ■ir-^-i.i ...^:^..^^.j I^ude. La Belle Allumce was on the rij^lit of theii centre ; and, in the rear of their left was a small wood, in which stootl a lofty scatfold.* At this point Bonaparte remained, and gave his orders, during the early part of the day. Count Lobau commanded on the right, Jerome Bonaparte on the left, and in the center were the corps of Erlon and lleille j behind them, Bona- parte with the Imperial Guards. Thus situated, the action commenced between ten and eleven, A. M. by Bonaparte ordering the troops on the lell, to attack the Wood and Chateau of Gomont, defend- ed by General Byng's brigade of guards, with one battalion of Brunswick, and two battalions of Hanoverian troops attached to it. The attack was most furious ; but no efforts oi' the enemy, though they gained the wood, could drive the British fiom the Chateau, which they defended with obstinate bravery, notwithstanding it was set on fire by shells from the French howitzers. The wall sur- rounding the garden of the Chateau was loop-holed * This scafTold, or platform, about sixty feet high, was erected by order of the King of the Netherlands, as a signal station to announce the approach of the enemy, but the French arrived before it could be completed. It is not true that Bonaparte as- cended the |)latfonn, there being no bddera, nor any other means left to get up. 10 by our troops, and every means of defence adopted ; as the loss of that point, which was considered the key of our position, would have enabled the enemy to have brought up his guns on our right, and there- by enfilade our whole line. the attack enemy upon Gomont, t' opened a tremendous fire, from upwards of 200 pieces of artillery, upon our whole line, to cover the advance of his masses of cavalry and infantry, who made repeated attacks upon our troops drawn up 11 echclois of squares. In one of these attacks the French gained possession of the farm-house of La Haye Samte, defended by a detachment of the light battalion of the King'; German Legion, who, hav- ing unfortunately expended all their ammunition, and their communication being cut off, they were overpowered, and fell a sacrifice to the fury of the assailants.* The French kept possession of La Haye Sainte during the remainder of the day till the period represented in the Panorama, when they retreated, and were fired upon by the 1st Foot ( ilo) dls), then situate J upon the left of the road. * This was the only advantage the enemy g'ined during the day, tind is what Bonaparte, in his bulletin, pompously called taking the Village of Mont St. Jean, which the French never reached, as must be evident to those who t se the position the Eritikh tr«opi imld during the action. I , -^ 11 Towards the close of the battle, Bonaparte seeing all his attempts to break through the British line defeated, ordered a strong column of the middle Guard, led on by iNey, to advance and charge the British centre. They were preceded by cavalry, who wheeled ofF to the right and left upon gaining the crest of the hill, leaving the Amperial Guards opposed to General Maitland*s brigade of the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 1st Foot Guards, now wheeled up from square into a line of four deep. Another column of the French infantry threatened, at this moment, the right flank of the Guards, but General Adam's brigade, coming rapidly up, took this corps in flank, and opening their fire, drove them down the hill. The Guards then advanced upon the Imperial Grenadiers, and giving them a steady, well-directed volley, charged them with such impetuosity, ^-hat they fled in the greatest con- fusion.* The British cavalry now coming up, the Life Guards, with the Marquis of Anglesea at their head, and Captain (now Major) Kelly, charged the Cuirassiers, who, notwithstanding their armour, were completely overturned and trampled down by « About this period the Prussians, under Bulow, had coine up near Planchenolt, and are seen, in the distance, beginning to skir mlsh with the light troopa of the French right wing. 1^ the superior weight of our horses. The French now ceased to be the assailants. The Duke of Welhngton, seizing the critical moment, ordered the whole army, which had stood upon the defensive the entire day, to advance. The effect was dread- ful — they poured upon the enemy like a torrent, sweeping all before them ! It was in vain that the Old Imperial Guard fonned upon the heights near La Belle Alliance, in four solid squares, to cover the retreat of their terrified comrades ; they were also compelled to retire, and the whole became a complete rout. The Duke of Wellington is represented in the foreground, near the Guards ; but to say where he actually was, at this period, is impossible. His Grace, in the course of the day, went to every part of the line, animating the troops with his presence; and, m some cases, leading them on. Exposed to the greatest danger, the Duke stood to reconnoitre the manoeuvres of the enemy, and gave his orders with the most intrepid coolness, amidst showers of shot and shells; but, though so much exposed, he miraculously escaped being hurt. " A thousand fiery deaths around him fly, " And burning halls hiss harmless by; " For every fire his sacred head must spare, *• Nor dares the lightning touch the laurels there." C07}gr»ve's Od« on the taking of Namur, 1th Stanxa. 13 Dmnig the advance of the Guards to the last charge, Ensign Muir, of the 2nd battaUon, carry- ing the king's colour, was wounded, by a ball, near the knee. The colour in consequence fell to the ground, but was immediately picked up and given to Ensign Allen ; who is represented in a grey great coat, re^'ceiving the flag from a serjeant. General Maitland is also seen, mounted, near the centre of the line, with his hat off, cheering on his men. A little nearer the spectator, some drummers aretak- ing up Lieut. Col. Thomas, who was killed in the charge, as was also Lieut. Col. Sir F. D'Oyly, seen falling from his horse in the rear of the 3d battalion. A troop of the mounted rocket-brigade came up a short time previous to the close of the action, and threw some rockets among the solid masses of the enemy, which contributed to the general confusion. The troop is seen upon the sand-bank, on the left of the Genappe road, near La Haye Sainte.— The llocket-brigade generally had guns in the action. During the battle several ammunition waggons were blown up; one in particular, after the acci- dent, was drawn through the field in flames, by the terrified horses. This incident is represented near the Village of Mont St. Jean. 9. U A Life Guardsman, who, from being very bald, was called the Marquis of Granby by his couil rades, had his horse shot under him in the charge. His helmet fell off, and, on foot, he attacked'' a Cuirassier,* whom he killed, and rode off with his horse; his comrades cheering him with " Well done, Marquis of Granby." This circumstance is represented to the right of La Haye Sainte; and m armour. 1 he front Cmrass i» i„ the form of a pigeon's breast so as effectually to turn off a musket shot,unlcss fired verv near^owin^ to Its brightness ; the back Cuirass is made to fit the back 'ther weigh from 14. to 18//«. each, according to the size of the men! and are stuffed ins,de with a pad : they fit on with a kind of fish: •caed clasp, and are put on and off irt an instant ; they have hel- met. the same of our Horse-Guards, and straight long swords, and pistols, but no carbmes. All accounts agree in the great ad^ vantage the French Cuirassiers deHved froin their armour Their swords were three inches longer than any used by the Allies ; and n close action the cuts of our sabres did no execution, e;cept t ley fortunately came across the neck of the enemy. The latter a so feeling then«elves secure in their armour, advanced dehber- ately and steadily, until they came within about 20 yards of our ranks, a^amusket ball could not penetrate the Cuirasses at a greater distance. The Cuirass, however, was attended with one disadvantao^e ; the wearer, in close action, cannot use his arm with perfect facihty m all directions, he chiefly thrusts, but cannot cut with ease. They are all chosen men, must be above six feet hi-rh, have served ,n three campaigns, twelve years in the service, and of a good character ; and if there are good horses to be found, thev have them. It is to be observed, that a wound through a Cuira^ generally proves mortal. " ' i: ■i^imi I f* i ll M wtow w f^^ »^i^ »s^ 15 Shaw, who performed prodigies of valoui, but was afterwards killed, is seen rushing upon some Cuirassier^still more to the right. FINIS ■