MISCELLANIES. 
ruption of the enemy’s cavalry, 
several of our cannons in their 
precipitate retreat had taken di- 
rections which led them to de- 
files, in which they necessarily 
fell into disorder; in this man- 
ner, 15 pieces fell into the hands 
of theenemy. Atthe distance of 
a quarter of a league from the 
field of battle, the army formed 
again. The enemy did not ven~ 
ture to pursucit. The village of 
Brie remained in our possession 
during the night, as well as Som- 
bref, where Gen. Thielman had 
fought with the third corps, and 
whence he at day-break slowly 
began to retreat towards Gem- 
bloux, where the fourth corps, 
under General Bulow, had at 
length arrived during the night. 
The first. and second corps pro- 
ceeded in the morning behind the 
defile of Mount St. Guibert.. Our 
loss in killed and wounded was 
great ; the enemy, however, took 
from us no prisoners, except a 
part of our wounded. The bat- 
tle was jost but not. our honour, 
Our soldiers had fought with a 
bravery which equalled every ex- 
pectation; their fortitude re- 
mained unshaken, because every 
one retained his confidence in his 
own strength. _ On this day Field 
Marshal Blucher had encountered 
the greatest dangers. A charge 
of cavalry led on by himself, had 
failed. Whilst that of the enemy 
was vigorously pursuing, a mus- 
et shot struck the. Field Mar- 
shal’s horse; the animal, far from 
being stopped in his career by this 
wound, began to gallop, more fu- 
riously till it dropped down dead. 
‘The Field Marshal, stunned by 
the violent fall, lay entangled un- 
der the horse. The enemy’s cui- 
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rassiers following up their ad- 
vantage, advanced : our last horse= 
man had already passed by the 
Field Marshal, an Adjutant alone 
remained with him, and had just 
alighted, resolved to share his 
fate. The danger was great, but 
Heaven watched over us. The 
enemy pursuing their charge, 
passed rapidly by the Field Mar- 
shal without seeing him : the next 
moment, a second charge of our 
cavalry having repulsed them, 
they again passed by him with the 
same precipitation, not perceiving 
him, any more than they had done 
the first time. Then, but. not 
without difficulty, the Field Mar- 
shal was disengaged from. under 
the dead horse and he immedi- 
ately mounted a dragoon horse. 
On the 17th in the evening, the 
Prussian army concentrated itself 
in the environs of Wavre. Na- 
poleon . put himself in motion 
against Lord Wellington upon the 
great road leading from Charle- 
roito Brussels. . An English di- 
vision maintained on the same 
day near Quatre Bras a very se- 
vere contest with the enemy.—- 
Lord Wellington had taken a po- 
sition on the road to Brussels, 
having his right wing leaning upon 
Braine-la-Leu, the centre near 
Mont St. Jean, and the left wing 
against La Haye Sainte. Lord 
Wellington wrote to the Field 
Marshal that he was resolved to 
accept the battle in this position, 
if the Field Marshal would. sup- 
port him with two corps, of his 
army. The Field Marshal pro- 
mised to come with his whole ar- 
my : he even proposed, in case Na- 
poleon should not attack, that the 
Allies themselves, with their whole 
united force, should attack him 
