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"Many families and individuals naturally left 

 Brussels at once, and we liad post-horses in the 

 stables; but the noble Chief promised to send us 

 word if we were to leave. 



"On the 16th came the dispiriting news of Quatre 

 Bras and the death of many friends. 



"On the 18th we walked about nearly all the 

 morning, being unable to sit quiet, hearing the 

 firing, and not knowing what was happening. Many 

 wounded officers were brought into Brussels, the 

 first sight of which upon litters was sickening, and 

 filled us with intense anxiety to know who they were. 



"Messasfes were sent to us that our brother was 

 safe. 



" Amongst the wounded we saw brought in, were 

 Lord Uxbridge (afterwards Marquis of Anglesea), 

 Lord Fitzroy Somerset (afterwards Lord Raglan), 

 and the Prince of Orange, to whom my brother 

 March was aide-de-camp ; and before going after 

 some men to carry him off the field, tore out of his 

 hat the orange cockade to prevent his being recog- 

 nized. The Prince always said this thoughtful 

 precaution probably saved his life. 



"We had," says her Ladyship, "a fearful alarm 

 during the day, as the Cumberland Hussars (a Hano- 

 verian regiment) came full gallop through Brussels, 

 saying the allied army was defeated, and that the 

 French were arriving in the town. 



