. Waterloo letters : a selection from original and hitherto unpublished letters bearing on the operations of the 16th, 17th, and 18th June, 1815, by officers who served in the campaign. ^ came to conduct us to the Position B,on the extreme right of the 2nd Line, or what I thenconsidered as such. Here we formed up facing towardsNivelles, en potence as it were to the 1st Line, having aRavine (if I may so call it) in our front, running from * Sir A. Dickson was detached from the Troop, and in command ofthe Battering Train.— 214 WATERLOO LETTERS. Tiioor. Sir Alexander D
. Waterloo letters : a selection from original and hitherto unpublished letters bearing on the operations of the 16th, 17th, and 18th June, 1815, by officers who served in the campaign. ^ came to conduct us to the Position B,on the extreme right of the 2nd Line, or what I thenconsidered as such. Here we formed up facing towardsNivelles, en potence as it were to the 1st Line, having aRavine (if I may so call it) in our front, running from * Sir A. Dickson was detached from the Troop, and in command ofthe Battering Train.— 214 WATERLOO LETTERS. Tiioor. Sir Alexander Dicksons ()Troop.—9-Pounders. Commanded by Captain A. , * No. 89. BEEVET-MAJOR A. C. MERCEE,Captaix Devonport, November 26th, 1834. Night of17th Junebivouacked atthe Farm Waterloo. The Duke ofliichmondarrived Troop ino\edto the up infront of ]MerhcBraine, andfacing theCavalry onthe extremeFrench left. The night of the 17th, together with two other Troopsof Horse Artillery, we bivouacked in the orchard adjoiningthe farm of The whole of the adjacentground forming the reverse of the position (that is, thenorthern slope from the crest of the ridge occupied duringthe Battle by the first line of our Army) Avas covered withCorps of all arms in Bivouac. Most of these Corps werestill on the same ground some hours after daylight on the18th, but having gone into the Farm for a short time(perhaps about 10 ), I was surprised on returni
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