APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 
this young Prince conducted this 
affair. 
I likewise understand that Bas- 
saume has surrendered to the offi- 
eer sent there by the King of 
France to take possession of that 
town. 
(TRANSLATION. ) 
Petit Wargnies, June 28, 1815. 
On the day before yesterday 
I had the honour of receiving 
your Grace’s letter, dated Jon- 
court, 26th inst. sent by your 
Aide-de-Camp, Capt. Cathcart, 
whom I have requested to inform 
your Excellency, that Marshal 
Count Rothallier had arrived this 
morning to summon the place in 
the name of Louis XVIII. He 
entered into a negociation with 
Lieutenant-General Despreaux, 
Governor of Quesnoy. The onl 
result, however, produced by this 
was.a very singular reply from the 
Governor, from which it appear- 
ed to me that he might possibly 
be induced to capitulate, and I 
determined at once on firing some 
shells and shot into the town, and 
of advancing our tirailleurs to the 
very glacis, to annoy them in 
every quarter, with a view of 
making some impression on the 
Commandant, and of endeavour- 
ing by that means to excite to re- 
volt the National (Guards and in- 
habitants, who are said to be well 
disposed towards us. 
From information collected as 
to the fortifications, there appear- 
ed to me no reasonable chance of 
taking it by escalade, the ditches 
being filled with water, in addi- 
tion to the inundation which had 
been made. At eleven o'clock at 
night, I ordered five howitzers and 
six ‘six-pounders to open on the 
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town, and I continued the fire un- 
til three o’clock at day-break. The 
town was at one time on fire in 
three places, but the. fire was 
shortly extinguished. Some men 
were killed in the town, :and se- 
veral wounded, which appears to 
have produced exactly the effect 
which I wished. Last night Ge- 
neral Anthing, who commands 
the Indian Brigade, sent an offi- 
cer with the proposals to the Com- 
mandant, according to the autho- 
rity which I had given to him, and 
coupled with a threat of bombard- 
ment and assault. 
Upon this a negociation was 
entered into, which ended in the 
signing of the following capitu- 
lation this night : that is to say, 
that he would send an officer, 
with an Aid-de-Camp of General 
Anthing, to Cambray, to ascer- 
tain the fact of the residence of 
the King of France in that town, 
and the abdication of Buonaparte 
in favour of his son, and that, 
thereupon, he would give us this 
night, at six o’clock, possession 
of the Porte des Forets, to be oc- 
cupied by a company of artillery, 
and that the next morning the 
garrison should march out of the 
town; the National Guards to lay 
down their arms and return to 
their homes; the Commander, 
and that part of the garrison who 
were not National Guards, were 
to go and receive the orders of 
Louis XVIII. in whose name we 
shall take possession of the town. 
Gonasse, July 4, 1815. 
My Lord, Field Marshal 
Prince Blucher was strongly op- 
posed by the enemy in taking the 
position on the left of the Seine, 
which J reported in my dispatch 
