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to us, M Voyez, Messieurs les Anglais, la, six cents Fran- 

 eais furent brules tous ensemble. 1 '' Having thus secured 

 our attention, they set to scraping most actively, like so 

 many terriers, and soon dug up fragments of human ribs 

 and skulls, which they presented, with eager expectant 

 countenances, shewing that these were marketable commo- 

 dities to some persons, — and lisping in broken English, 

 " De French-mans bone." — The chateau is now a scorch- 

 ed ruin. The adjoining domestic chapel still retains its 

 roof, over which the cross appears aloft and uninjured. On 

 one side of these buildings is a kind of farm-yard ; on the 

 other is a garden, inclosed on the south by a long brick- 

 wall. The dwelling-house and offices were set on fire by 

 the bombs ; and while the flames were raging, the French 

 fearlessly tried to enter the court-yard. At this period, 

 l>etween forty and fifty of the English Guards threw them- 

 selves into the chapel. The enemy even attempted to 

 force this sanctuary, by burning the door ; and they part- 

 ly succeeded. Over the back of the door is a large wooden 

 crucifix ; and at the farther extremity of the chapel, next 

 the altar, and inclosed in a glass-case, is a Mariola, deck- 

 ed in tawdry silks. Our soldiers naturally tried to extin- 

 guish the fire, and they had prevented it from extending 

 far into the chapel. A middle-aged woman, who appear- 

 ed to l)c the mother of the children above mentioned, 

 now hastily joined us, and proceeded to give an exposi- 

 tion of a miracle. " Mais voici," she began, with no 

 little volubility and emphasis., — u Mais voici, Messieurs* 

 un vrai miracle, et ce qui vicnt a Tappui de TEcriture 

 MUlte ; le talotl de noire Seigneur est froissc, — e'esta dire, — 

 (la hk'ihc chose)," with a nod, " brule, — tandis que Notre 

 Dame ici, la Mere de I)icu," with a courtesy, " reste tout- 

 a fait oniric ct MUVe." We perceived by the glances of 





