APPENDIX TO 
towards Bruxelles,and on the same 
evening, the 15th, attacked a bri- 
gade of the army of the Nether- 
lands, under the Prince de Wei- 
mar, posted at Frasne, and forced 
it back to the farm house on the 
same road, called Les Quatre 
Bras. 
The Prince of Orange imme- 
diately reinforced this brigade 
with another of the same division, 
under General Perponcher, and in 
the morning early regained part 
of the ground which had been 
lost, so as to have the command 
ofthe communication leading from 
Nivelles and Bruxelles, with Mar- 
shal Blucher’s position. 
In the mean time I had directed 
the whole army to march upon 
Les Quatre Bras, and the 5th di- 
vision under Lieut.-General Sir 
Thomas Picton, arrived at about 
half-past two in the day, followed 
by the corps of troops under the 
Duke of Brunswick, and after- 
wards by the contingent of Nas- 
sau. 
At this time the enemy com- 
menced an atack upon Prince 
Blucher, with his whole force, 
excepting the Ist and 2nd corps, 
and a corps of cavalry under Ge- 
neral Kellerman, with which he 
attacked our post at Les Quatre 
Bras. 
The Prussian army maintained 
their position with their usual 
gallantry and perseverance, against 
a great disparity of numbers, as 
the 4th corps of their army, under 
General Bulow, had not joined, 
and I wasnot able to assist them 
as I wished, as I was attacked 
myself, and the troops,the cavalry 
in particular, which had a long: 
distance to march, had not ar- 
rived, 
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We maintained our position 
also, and completely defeated and 
repulsed all the enemy's attempts 
to get possession of it. The ene- 
my repeatedly attacked us with a 
large body of cavalry and infantry, 
supported by a numerous and pow- 
erful artillery; he made several 
charges with the cavalry upon our 
infantry, but all were repulsed in 
the steadiest manner. In this af- 
fair his Royal Highness the Prince 
of Orange, the Duke of Bruns- 
wick, and  Lieutenant-General 
Sir Thomas Picton, and Major- 
General Sir James Kempt, and 
Sir Denis Pack, who were en- 
gaged from the commencement of 
the enemy’s attack, highly dis- 
tinguished themselves, as well as 
Lieutenant-Gen. Charles Baron 
Alten, Major-General Sir C, Halk- 
et, Lieutenant-General Cooke, 
and Major-Generals Maitland and 
Byng, as they successively ar- 
rived. The troops of the 5th di- 
vision and those of the Brunswick 
corps were long and severely en- 
gaged, and conducted themselves 
with the utmost gallantry. [ must 
particularly mention. the 28th, 
42nd, 79th, and 92nd _ regiments, 
and the battalion of Hanoverians. 
Our Joss was great, as your 
Lordship will perceive by the en- 
closed return ; and I have parti- 
cularly to regret his Serene High- 
ness the Duke of Brunswick, who 
fell, fighting gallantly at the head 
of his troops. 
Although Marshal Blucher had 
maintained his position at Sam- 
bref, he still found himself much , 
weakened by the severity of the 
contest, in which he had been en- 
gaged, and as the fourth corps 
had not arrived, he determined 
to fall back, and concentrate his 
