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of about four acres at Hougomont. The lofa of the 

 French was enormous. Tlie divifion of general Foy alone 

 teft about 3000, and then- total lofs in the attack of this 

 pofition is eftimatcd at 10,000 in killed and wounded. 

 Above 6000 men of both armies perilhed in the farm of 

 Hougomont ; 600 French fell in the attack on the chateau 

 and the farm ; 200 Enghfh were killed in the wood ; 25 in 

 the garden ; 1 100 in the orchard and meadow; 400 near 

 the farmer's garden ; 2000 of both parties behind the great 

 orchard. The bodies of 300 Englifli are buried oppofite 

 the gate of the chateau ; thofe of 600 French have been 

 burnt at the fame place. The wounded at Quatre Bras, 1 6th 

 of June, are ftated upon the report of the adjutant-general, 

 to be 5000 ; but no eftimate is given of the killed, who 

 muft have been very numerous. On occafion of Blucher's re- 

 tiring to Wavre,he is faid to have had 14,000 men killed and 

 wounded. The lofs of the Britiih, aa ftated in a letter dated 

 •Tune 19th, fince the i6th, muft have exceeded 5000. In 

 the battle of Ligny and Quatre Bras, Napoleon is faid to 

 have loft 10,000 men. The total of the killed and wounded 

 of the Britifti foldiers, as returned from the War-office 

 July 18 1 5, amounts to 9755 perfons. The total of the 

 killed, wounded, and milling of the royal artillery in the 

 battles of the i6th and i8th of June 1815, comprehends 

 32 officers, 15 ferjeants, 285 rank and file, and 529 horfes. 

 The lofs of the Dutch in killed, wounded, and miffing, is 

 ftated to be 4136. The Pruffians are faid to have loft 

 33,120. 



According to the French accounts their lofs, at the battle 

 of Fleurus on the 15th, was 10 killed and 80 wounded, and 

 that of their enemy 2000, of whom 1000 were prifoners. 

 The lofs of the Pruffians on the i6th could not be lefs, as 

 they fay, than 15,000 men, and their own 3*00 killed and 

 wounded. At Quatre Bras they fay, that the Englifh loft 

 From 4 to 5000 men ; and that theirs, which was very con- 

 fiderable, amounted to 4200 killed and wounded. They 

 make no ftatement of that of the i8th. 



The total lofs of the Britifti, Hanoverians, and Ger- 

 man legions from official reports, from June i6th to the 

 j6th, 1815, is 11,084; ''"'i '^'-" computed lofles of the 

 Dutch and Pruffians during the campaigns in the Nether- 

 lands were, that of the Dutch as above ftated 4136, and that 

 i)f the total Pruffian lofs 33,132. 



' It appears from the lift of killed and wounded from the 

 !)fficial returns, June 16 to June 26, 18 15, that an immenfe 

 lumber of officers, feveral of whom were high in rank, is 

 included in one or other of thefe clafles. In the former, are 

 he names of the duke of Brunfwick-Oels, colonel Cameron, 

 'ieutenant-colonel Canning, lieutenant-colonel fir F. d'Oyly, 

 |:olonel fir H. W. Ellis, lieutenant-colonel fir A. Gordon, 

 ;olonel fir W. de Lancey, and colonel fir R. Macara, lieu- 

 icnant-gencral fir T. Pifton, major-general fir W. Ponfonby, 

 kc. Sec. ; and in the latter we find the prince of Orange, 

 he earl of Uxbridge, colonel Hon. A. Abercromby, lieu- 

 enant-geiieral fir C. Alten, major-general fir E. Barnes, 

 najor Beckwith, lieutenant fir H. Berkeley, lieutenant- 

 olonel fir H. Bradford, major Cameron, lieutenant-colonel 

 Cameron, lieutenant-colonel R. H. Cooke, colonel fir J. 

 jillay, captain Hon. E. S. Erflcine, lieutenant-colonel fir 

 il. C. Hill, lieutenant-colonel Macdonald, colonel Hon. 

 I*". Ponfonby, lieutenant-colonel Fitzroy Somerfet, earl of 

 iJxbridgc, &c. &c. 



I After the moft diligent refearch, amidft confufed and 

 |ontradiftory accounts, it is difficult, if not impoffible, to 

 jfcertain the exaft number of the killed and wounded, on 

 ■oth fides, in this fanguinary and decifive conflift. 

 I Honourable and profperous as was the iffue of this battle. 

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we cannot forbear regretting that fo many valuable lives 

 ftiould be facrificed on occaCons of this kind, and we alfo 

 lament the condition of thofe who are wounded and maimed, 

 and rendered helplefs for the refidue of their years. We 

 applaud the fpirit that has aftuated fuch multitudes, and 

 difpofed them to confer honour on the name and memories, or 

 to impart to the fuccour and fupply, of thofe who have fallen 

 or fuffered in the fervice of their country. 



The Angular importance of this viftory, the pre-eminent 

 talents of the commander-in-chief, and the heroifm difplayed 

 by the officers, commiffioned and non-commiffioned, and by 

 all the privates, on this interefting occafion, entitled them to 

 the gratitude of the government and of the country, and to 

 fuch tokens of refpedl as were thought to be moll appro- 

 priate to the occafion. Accordingly, it was refolved on th« 

 23d of June, that the thanks of both houfes of parliament 

 fhould be given to his grace the duke of Wellington, prince 

 Blucher, and the aUied armies, officers and foldiers. The 

 prince regent alfo granted the dignity of a marquis to earl 

 Uxbridge and his heirs. The houfe of commons agreed 

 June 29th 1 8 15, in an addrefs to the prince regent, requeft- 

 ing him to direft a national monument to be erefted in 

 honour of the fplendid viftory of Waterloo, and to com- 

 memorate the fame of the officers and men of the Britifh 

 army, who fell glorioufly upon the i6th and 18th of the 

 faid month ; and more particularly of lieutenant-general fir 

 Thomas Pifton, and major-general the Hon. fir William 

 Ponfonby ; and that funeral monuments be alfo erefted in 

 memory of each of thefe two officers in the cathedral church 

 of St. Paul, London. The prince regent has alfo been 

 pleafed, in the name and on behalf of his majefty, to grant 

 promotion to 52 majors, recommended for brevet-rank, for 

 tlieir conduft in the battle of Waterloo, to be lieutenant- 

 colonels in the army ; and to 36 captains to be majors, with 

 commiffions refpeftively, dated from June 18, 18 15. His 

 royal highnefs has alfo appointed major-general fir James 

 Kempt, to be knight grand crofs of the moft honourable 

 military order of the Bath ; and major-generals G. Cooke, 

 Maitland, and F. Adam, to be knights commanders of the 

 faid order, and a number of other officers to be companions 

 of the moft honourable military order of the Bath, upon the 

 recommendation of the duke of Wellington. The king of 

 the Netherlands has given the duke of Welbngton the title 

 of prince of Waterloo, and the ftates-general have fettled 

 upon his family an eftate annually producing 20,000 Dutch 

 florins, (2000/.) confiding of woods, &c. in the neighbour- 

 hood of La Belle Alliance, Hougomont, &c. The king of 

 Saxony has alfo conferred upon the duke his family order 

 of " The Crown of Rue :" and the grand duke of Baden 

 has conferred upon him his order of " Fidelity" of the firft 

 clafs, accompanied with a gold fnuff-box, enriched with dia- 

 monds of great value. The emperor of Auftria has con- 

 ferred upon a number of officers the crofs of a commander, 

 and of a knight refpeftively of the order of " Maria 

 Thercfa." The emperor of Ruffia has alfo conferred decora- 

 tions of different clafles of the orders of St. George, Anne, 

 and Wladimir, on a number of officers. The king of the 

 Low Countries has alfo conferred decorations of diff'erent 

 clafles of the " Wilhelm's" order upon certain officer*. 

 The king of Bavaria has conferred decorations of the difter- 

 ent clafles of the order of " Maximilian Jofeph," on certain 

 officers ; all thefe in teftimony of their refpeftive approba- 

 tion of their fcrviccs and conduft. The prince regent has 

 granted the dignity of a baron of the United kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Ireland unto the right honourable lieute- 

 nant-general Rowland baron Hill and to his heirs ; and in 

 token of his high apprgbation of the diftinguifhed bravery 



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