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volumes. Siborne, Major Basil Jackson Hall, Col. Gur- 

 wood, Major Beamish on one hand, and from a different 

 stand point, Napoleon Bonaparte, Montholon, Las Cases, 

 O'Meara, Thiers, General Groolman, recently Victor 

 Hugo and fifty others have had their tale to tell ; and 

 still " says Jomini " never was a battle so confusedly 

 described as that' of Waterloo. I shall merely ask you 

 to ascend with me to the airy platform around the Bel- 

 gian Lion, erected, in 1836, on the eminence where the 

 Prince of Orange was wounded and where took place 

 some of the bloodiest carnage on the day of the battle, 

 at the latter end. 



Any one who chooses, may acquire an accurate 

 knowledge of the position of the contending armies on 

 the field of Waterloo, by consulting the numerous 

 works, photographic views, maps, etc., sold at the 

 Hotel du Mus4e ; there is specially one volume to be 

 purchased on the spot, which has more than ordinary 

 guarantees of reliability in its favor ; it is intituled 

 " A Voice from Waterloo," and consists of a careful 

 narrative by an eye-witness of the battle and an actor 

 in the scene, Sergeant- Major E. Cotton of the 7th 

 Hussars. This brave and intelligent officer, as chief 

 guide to the field of Waterloo, devoted a lifetime, one 

 might say, in collecting and sifting information afforded 

 by writers as well as distinguished British and French 

 officers, who had served at Waterloo and returned 

 subsequently to survey and study the ground. Ser- 

 geant-Major Cotton lived fourteen years at Mont St. 

 Jean, died there on the 24th June, 1849, and was 

 interred in the historic garden of Hougomont, painfully 

 famous as being the spot where 1,500 men within 

 a-half hour were cut down and lie low, equally well 

 remembered on account of the heroic bravery displayed 

 there by British as well, as by French troops. 



My friend, Mr. Pilkington, has been kind enough to 

 draw with chalk and mark with red, blue and yellow 

 paper, the Allied and French forces on this board, 'tis a 



