APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 



329 



Court Martial on Colonel 

 Quentin. 



After a series of proceedings in 

 this case which for several days 

 strongly excited the public curio- 

 sity, the result was made known 

 in the following General Order, 

 dated from the Horse Guards, No- 

 vember, 10 : — 



His Royal Highness the Com- 

 mander in Chief has been pleased 

 to direct that the following copy of 

 a let»er, containing the opinion and 

 sentence of a General Court-mar- 

 tial recently held for the trial of 

 Colonel George Quentin, of the 

 loth, or Prince of Wales's own 

 royal regiment of light dragoons, 

 and the Prince Regent's pleasure 

 thereon, shall be entered in the 

 General Order Books, and read at 

 the head of e^ery regiment in his 

 Majesty's service. 



By command cf his Royal High- 

 niess the Commander in Chief, 

 Harry Cai.vert, 



Adjutant-Gen. 



{copy.) 



Horse Guards. Nov. 8. 



Sir, — I have laid before the 

 Prince Regent the proceedings of 

 a General Court-martial, held at 

 Whitehall, on the 17th of October, 

 1814, and continued by adjourn- 

 ments to the 1st of November fol- 

 lowing, for the trial of Col. George 

 Quentin, of the 10th Royal Hus- 

 sars, who was arraigned upon the 

 following charges, viz. : — 



Ist Charge.— That on the 10th 

 day of January, 1814, the regi- 

 ment being on that day on duty, 

 foraging in the valley of Macoy, in 

 France, and the said Colonel Quen- 

 tin having the command of the re- 

 giment, he did not make the proper 



and timely arrangements to insure 

 the success of the regiment in its 

 operations of foraging, although 

 directed so to do by the Brigade 

 Order of 9th January, 1814, but 

 neglected and abandoned his duty 

 as Commanding Officer, leaving 

 some of the divisions without or- 

 ders or support when attacked by 

 the enemy, whereby some men 

 and horses of the regiment were 

 taken prisoners, and the safety of 

 such divisions hazarded ; such con- 

 duct on the part of the said Colo- 

 nel Quentin evincing great pro- 

 fessional incapacity, tending to 

 lessen the confidence of the soldiers 

 of the regiment in the skill and 

 courage of their officers, being un- 

 becoming and disgraceful to his 

 character as an officer, prejudicial 

 to good order and military disci- 

 pline, and contrary to the Articles 

 of War. 



2nd Charge. — The said Colonel 

 Quentin, having the command of 

 the regiment, the day after the 

 battle of Orthes, viz. on the 28th 

 day of February, 1814, on the 

 high road leading to St. Sever, in 

 front of the village of Hagleman, 

 department of Landes, in France, 

 and the regiment being on that 

 day engaged with the enemy, he 

 the said Colonel Quentin, did not 

 previously to, or during the period 

 the regiment was so engaged, 

 make such effectual attempts as 

 he ought to have done, by his 

 presence, and by his own personal 

 exertions and example, to co- 

 operate with or support the ad- 

 vanced divisions of the 10th 

 hussars, under his command, but 

 neglected and abandoned his duty 

 as commanding officer, and there- 

 by hazarded the safety of those 

 divisions, and the character and 



