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Our loss was great, 83 your
Lord (hip will perceive by the en
closed return ; and I have particu
larly to regret his serene highness
the Duke of Brunswick, who fell,
in hting gallantly at the head of
his troops.
Although Marshal Blucher had
maintained his position at Sambref,
he Bill found himfelf much weak
ened by the severity of the coflteft
in which he had been engaged, &
as the fourth corps has not arrived,
he determined, to fall back, and
concentrate his army upon Wavre;
and he marched in the night after
the aCtion was over.
This movement of the marshal’s
rendered neceflafty a corresponding
one on my part ; and I returned
from the farm of Quatre Bras upon
Genappe, and thence upon Water
loo ntxt morning, the 17th at 10
o’clock.
Ihe enemy made no effort to
-pursue Marshal Blucher. On the
contrary, a patrole which ! sent to
Sambref in the morning, found all
quiet and tht enemy’s videttesfell
back as the patrole advanced.-
Neither did he attempt to molest
our march to the rear, although
made in the middle of the day, ex
cepting by the following, with a
large body of cavalry brought from
bis right, the cavalry under the
Earl of Uxbridge.
This gave Lord Übxridge an
opportunity of charging them with
the 1 ft Life Guards, upon their de
bouches from the village of Gen
appe, upon which occasion his
Lorcifhip has declared himfelf to b
weft fatisfied with that regiment.
Toe pofuion which I took up in
front of Waterloo, crossed the high
roads from Charleroy and Niville,
and had its right thrown back to a
ravine near Merke Brain,e, which
was occupied, and its left extended
to a height above the hamlet Ter
La Haye, which was likewise occu
pied In front of the right centre
and rear the Nivelle road, we occu
pied the house and garden of Hou
goumont, which covered the re
turn of that flank ; and in front of
the left centre, we occupied the
farm of La Haye Sainte. By our
left we communicared with Marshal
Prince Blucher, at Wavre through
Ohaim; and the Marshal had pro
mised me, that in case we should be
attacked, he would fupperi me
with one or more corps, as might
be necessary.
The enemy collected his army
with the exception of the third
corps, which had , been sent to ob
feive Marshal Blucher, on a range
of heights, within our front, in the
course of the 17th and yesterday
morning ; and at about 10 o’clock
he commenced a furious attack up
on our port at Hougomonts. I had
occuped that port with a detach
ment of General Byng’s brigade of
guards which was in a pofuion in
its rear, and it was for feme ne
under the command of Lieut. Col..
M'Donnel, and afterwards of Col.
Home, and I am happy to add was
maintained throughout the day
with the utmost gallantry by these
brave troops, notwithftariding the
repeated efforts of large bodies of
the enemy to obtain poffdfion of
it*
! his attack upon the right of
cur centre was accompanied by a
, very heavy cannonade upon our
whole line, which was destined to
support the repeated attacks of ca
: vairy and infantry occasionally
bet fotnetimps (epfiwite,
which were made upon it. in one
of these the enemy carried the farm
’ house of La Haye Sainte, as the
detachment or light battalion of the
legion which occupied it hpd ex
pended all its ammunition, and the
enemy occupied the only ccnimu
nication there was with them;
The enemy repeatedly charged
our infantry with his cavalry, but
i these attacks were uniformly unfuc
cefsful, and they afforded opportu
nities to our cavalry no charge, in
one of which Lord E. Somerset’s
brigade, consisting of the life guards,
royal horse guards and Ist dragoon
guards, highly distinguished them
selves, as did that of Major Gen.
Sir W. Ponfonby, having taken
many prisoners and an eagle.
These attacks were repeated till
about 7 in the evening when they
made a desperate effort, with the
cavalry and infantry, supported by
the fir-e of artillery, to force our
left centre near the farm of La
Haye Sainte, which, after a fcvere
contest was defeated,
observed that the troops retired
from this attack in great conmfion,
and that the march of gen Bjlow’s
corps by Enffuhermont upon Plao
chenort and La Belle Alliance, had
began to take effect, and as I could
perceive the fire of his cannon, and
as marshal Prince Blucher hail join
ed in person with a corps of our
army to the left of our Una by
Ohaim, I determined to attack the
nenemy, and immediately advanced
the whole line of infantry, support
ed by the cavalry and artillery.—
The attack succeeded in every
point; the enemy was forced from
his positions on the heights and fled
in the utmost confufion ; leaving
behind him, as far as I could judge
150 pieces of cannqp, with their
ammunition, which fell into our
hands. 1 continued the pursuit till
long after dark, and then difeon
tinued it only on account of the fa
tigue of our troops who had been
engaged during 12 hours, and be
cause I found myfelf on the fame
road with Marfjial Blucher, who as
sured me of his intention to follow
the enemy throughout the night;
he has sent me word this morning
that he had taken 60 pieces of can
non belonging to the imperial
guard, and several carriages, bag
gage &c belonging to Bonaparte,
in Genappe.
I propose to move this morning
pon Nivelles, and not to difeon
tinue my operations *
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) WELLING TON.
[* Here followed a long account
of Dukes, Princes, Generafs, &c.
who distinguished themselves, and
a lift of as many killed as would
fill this'paper.
f’ROM SOUTH AMERICA.
By the arrival of a vessel at Eli
zabeth Cy:y in a (hort passage from
Hayi, we learn verbally, that
the army sent out from Spain to
oppose the patriots, had taken Car
tnagena after a fliort siege, and that
the Patriot army was totally dis
persed ; the troops as well as the
inhabitants generally who had em
braced the cauie of the Patriots,
had fled in all directions; numbers
had taketj, (hipping for New Or
leans.
Norfolk Herald.
London, June 12.
Prince Bertier is said to have ioft
his life at Bamberg, by falling
from one of the windows cf the
palace.
| Paris, June 7.
A letter from Betort, of the 2d
inst. announces that a corps of the
Austrian army have palled the
Rhine between Huninguen and
Colmar, was attacked by the
French troops and forced to re-cross
the rivJr with considerable loss.
FRIEND Ci? MONITOR.
i—i > —I-
Washington, August 18.
SOME of the English prints
announce the amount of the new
loan to be 40 millions of pounds!!!
And indeed they seem to have oc
casion for greater funds than ever.
Their present subsidizing system is
< really curious. They pay Russia
for 75,000 men to march against
France , and for 75,000 more who
do not march, but are to remain to
•watch Poland. They must then
pay Austria for a body of troops
that are to watch those troops of
; Russia . Prussia is subsidized to
watch the kingdom of Saxony which
the coalition has dismembered ; and
this makes Prussia so formidable
that Russia must be further aflifted
by subsidies to keepPrufiia in check
This is an improvement on the
doCtrine of Checks and Ballances.
Such a system of checks and counter
checks, sub checks, super-checks &
inter checks makes “ a platform
that is really curious to look at and
dangeroustoftandupon.” lt'feems
too exquifke and complicated to,
promise any strength and durability
•The allies have at length come
fairly out and openly avowed the
doCtrine, that a nation has not a
right to choose its chief magistrate.
The following is from a report
of a committed of the Congress at
Vienna, lately published:
“ Bonaparte lays it down in his
publications that the wishes of the
French nation in favor of his re-ef
•tablifhment on the thione fuffice to
constitute his legal title.”
The, question for the powers to
examine may be dated as follows:
Can the concent real or fiCtious,
explicit or tacit of the French nation
to the re-establishment of Buona
parte’s power operate a legal change
in the position of the latter in re
gard to foreign powers and form a
title obligatory on these powers ?
“ The committee are of opinion
that such cannot, by any means, be
the effeCt of such concent ”
This report is formally and offi
cially adopted by all the powers of
the coalition. They g*ve their rea
sons which are very amusing but are
too lengthy for insertion.
COMMUNiv ATED.
THE surviving officers of the
revolution have ever been the men
whom the people have delighted to
honor. The late tvar seems to
have thrown the other further back
in time and to have given it much
more the air of antiquity. It has
! also enhanced the value of that in
■ dependence which was its fruit, by
the renewed assurance which we are
now enabled to indulge of its lad
ing durability. As the boon in
creases in value, the people feel na
tnrallymoie of afleCtion and grad
[ tude for those who bestowed it on
I their country—
‘ Whose holy hands our banners fi; 5t
unfurl’d
And’ conquer’d freedom for the
grateful world.’
There are now but few of them
remaining ; and those faft finking
in the vale of years ; —death sweeps
them daily away The people
mod cordially award the high ho
nors of their applause to the more
youthful and more recent affertors
of their rights ; but there is a fu
peradded Tolemnity in the filial re
verence, the anxious watchful loli
citude that they feel for those old
well tried friends and benefaftors
‘llluftriousrelicsofathoufandfieldsl*
whom they so long have known—
whom they ,so highly value, and so
soon must lose.
These reflections are suggested
by the return of Col. Long from <
the Army and the manner in which
the citizens of Wilkes have wel
comed this his second return from
the service of his country.
Col. L. is one of the few whose
happy and ufeful lot it is, to have
served his country through not only
the conflict which gave her the
name of independence, but .that
also which has lately vindicated and
confirmed it. Asa participant in
both struggles, he has a just claim
to those fentimerits we entertain for
the soldiers both 1,4 of the old war,
and of the new ** And these ap
pear to have been not a little en
hanced by a recolleCtion of the
found and confident tenor of his
politics. For it seems m*t to be
forgotten that Col. L. was a firm
and dejermined republican in those
times when republicanism was
scarce in this country.
On Friday morning the com
mittee of arrangement communi
cated to Col. L. the invitation of
the citizens by the following note :
Col. Long',
Next to the solicitude we feel
for our common country, are the
sentiments of gratitude & affeCfton
which we naturally entertain for
those who have flood forward to
defend and proteCl it. In having
seen your country through two
conflicts for her existence, and in
vvitnefling in the glorious issue of
the last, a confirmation of those li
berties which in the fir ft your
youthful years aflifted to achieve,
you were reterved fir, to a felicity of
fortune which has been the lot of
but few. Seeing you restored
once again, and we hope finally re
stored to the bosom of domestic re
pose, the citizens of Washington Sc
its vicinity welcome you to their so
, cial circle with feelings which they
1 are not more happy to indulge than
anxious to express.
They beg of you fir, to partake
with them of a dinner at Mr. E
chols’s in Washington, on Tuesday
next.
JOEL ABBOT,
D. G. CAMPBELL,
O. H PRINCE,
Committee of arrangement.
! Friday Morning, August 11.
THE ANSWER.
Windfields, August 12, 1815.
Gentlemen, f
Your invitation to dine with the
citizens of Washington and its vi
, cinity has been received anti ac
; cepted with a sensibility peculiar to
the occasion.
The congratulations of my
neighbors and fellow citizens could
i
