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body of Prussian Cavalry apparently quite fresh, and proceeding as if 
to continue the pursuit. The ground and roads were strewed with the 
dead and wounded, the latter crawling towards the roads in the hopes 
of meeting more speedily with assistance, and it was with difficulty the 
waggons could be driven clear of the living and dead bodies along a 
part of the Quatre Bras road, where I saw many of both dead and 
wounded mangled by the wheels of, I suppose, the French Artillery in 
their retreat. In the early part of the day, when the battle was about 
commencing, a calf strayed in among the troop, which having been 
slaughtered for the men and officers (both were entirely without 
provisions) now served us all for a meal. Fires were made and we 
soon had a fried dish of veal, which satisfied our hunger, and I, for my 
part, had a good night's rest, after having been up very early and to 
Brussels, altogether a long and hard day. 
une*i9th. Courcelles. We now began to learn and understand the extent of 
yesterday's victory and how hardly it had been gained, and the number 
of men and officers it had cost. My unlucky baggage which was left 
to follow the troop, on the morning of the 16th, with the commissariat 
stores, and the pack saddle I had bought on the evening before at 
Brussels, never came into my hands, were lost in toto ) and my first 
charger having been killed, I was not likely to be much a gainer by 
the battle. 
„ 20th. Bouverines. 
, 2ist. A village about five miles to the left of Malplaquet. 
« 22nd. St. Benin. 
, 25th. A village three miles short of St. Quentin, heard Napoleon had ad- 
dicated. 
• 26th. Martignie. “ Le Journal de VEmpire " announced the abdication of 
Napoleon, and General Lauriston was brought in by the advanced 
guard of the Brigade, asking to be conducted to the Commander-in- 
Chief. 
* 27th. Through Nesle, Carapuis and Roye to Verpilliere. The inhabitants, 
their houses and villages, all appeared ugly and filthy in the extreme. 
The Prussians crossed our line of march to.day in advance of us, and 
shewed evident intention not to spare their enemies: they plunder with¬ 
out reserve, and in some instances, destroy—habits learned probably 
from associating, when in alliance, with the French themselves, and 
also in the spirit of retaliation. 
# 29th. We passed through Mouchy and crossed the Oise at Pont St. 
Maxence. The bridge had been destroyed in the previous campaigns 
on the approach of the Allies, and was now repaired. Some Deputies 
from Paris were passed by the advanced guard to the Commander-in- 
Chief. We halted in Senlis. 
„ 30th. Passed through Louvres and bivouacked near Yanderland (?) in 
sight of the steeples of Paris, one of which has a handsome appearance 
at this distance—12 miles. La Fayette came out to the Commander of 
the Forces. 
July 2nd. Bivouacked about one-and-a-half miles from St. Denis, and three 
from the heights of Montmartre, which we were given to understand 
the army would attack, 
