| Show A WATERLOO RELIC this of june to la the eightieth anniversary of the battle of waterloo john of Prof CJ thomas of an active par that threat militsa military geventa event he ej was sergeant der geant of the first diug dragoon drat foon guar guards df that regiment moult in which by the way prof thomas thomaa was wae born boin took a conspicuous and valorous part in the tremendous conflict sergeant job john n thomas Thoma has ahaB left ft a relic of toe battle in the shafio ot of a letter aletter eltten an on ohp field if iti I 1 tellow wibb 06 except hia here it has joaie I 1 id con 0 1 tiLot with iter it ji i ipp ip clear b hand and good raghib nd 1 airi wiri I I 1 bp be placed id this the bedrit tea erek museum A copy of he portion Is 3rd ard july 1816 1815 I 1 suppose you have heard board by this time of the engagement of the lath of june jane and of the heavy loss less we sustained but bat I 1 dont know what is ie thought of it in an england as a we can got get no newspapers and there is no regular communication by post or otherwise the particulars are as follows fol lowB on the we received orders at three in i he afternoon to march I 1 immediately m medi to ninove nineve near which place the brigades of heavy light cavalry were formed we of course coarse joined ours oure and proceeded until about six in the evening when we began to heare hear heavy firing in front and soon afterwards found the road lull full of forage thrown away bythe by the hussars hussary and light cavalry who were in advance of us between i even and eight we arrived at and found it lull full of wounded with germans and british after passing through the town into a wide road wi h lofty treed tree on both sides the number of wounded men surprised us they were going to the rear assisted ty their comrades and the poor foot guards told us ua they were sorry they had not our assistance they had been charged by the french cuirassiers men in armor and had bad been terribly out up having lost more than half their force in killed kille dand and wounded but mark it dragoons i raid aid they you will help us out tomorrow and we dont care for them when we have horsemen as well as they we crossed a part of the field of battle by dusk the french had retreated toa to a strong po position faion in a wood taking with them their wounded men and most moat of heir killed we pa parsed sed this night in the field and were ordered the next morning the to cover the re trea of the bri ish and a masterly retreat it was made in front of a superior number of the enemy on whom the hussary hussars were ch charged aged and driven io 10 us u we supposed th the french cavalry to have steel jackets which we afterwards formed to 10 be true and that they overpowered them the hussars hussary hus sars by superior size and weight our brigades instantly formed close columns of halli hall squadrons and advanced to 10 the attack the let ast lifeguards made a bril brilliant llant charge and overthrew a much superior body of men cuirassiers and lancers the blue who were next in succession wore were refused the chance of attack by the french who seemed to have no BO relish fort for he household troops but bot they hey opened a heavy cannonade upon us by wilh h the blues bluee sustained Sj ned some toes lose we afterward held chemin check by occasionally showing them a front until all was clear and we art aniced ived at a strong position this la Is all that now remains of the letter the dosing closing part relating to the decisive engagements of the following day its writer soon therea ter learned what was of the victory in england begland where for a quarter of i a century afterward the waterloo parades were observed in honor ot of the event eveet and were finally abandoned because it was deemed an unnecessary roolin der to the french f f thu the terrible defeat they suffered on the memorable field which saw the close of napoleons career as a kingly warrior |
