. Waterloo letters : a selection from original and hitherto unpublished letters bearing on the operations of the 16th, 17th, and 18th June, 1815, by officers who served in the campaign. hisoriginal ground, leaving a Squadron of the 15th inobservation as before. The Brigade was then employed in chargingand repelling the French troops attacking theAllied Line, and, with alternate success, accordingas the French were driven back, or, bringing upstrong supjDorts, forced it to retire. In the General Advance the Brigade attackedbodies of Cavalry and Infantry, and contributed tothe rout of the French
. Waterloo letters : a selection from original and hitherto unpublished letters bearing on the operations of the 16th, 17th, and 18th June, 1815, by officers who served in the campaign. hisoriginal ground, leaving a Squadron of the 15th inobservation as before. The Brigade was then employed in chargingand repelling the French troops attacking theAllied Line, and, with alternate success, accordingas the French were driven back, or, bringing upstrong supjDorts, forced it to retire. In the General Advance the Brigade attackedbodies of Cavalry and Infantry, and contributed tothe rout of the French. Nos. 65 and 67 refer to the retreat on the 17th,all the remaining letters to Waterloo. J. THACKWELL, FOR LIEUT-GENERAL SIR COLQUHOUN GRANT, , Major-General Sir C. Grant, , Commanding 5th Cavalry Brigade, No. 62. Gloucester, July Wi, 1835. Waterloo. Having been requested by Sir Colqu- houn Grant (owing to bis inabihty in consequence of asevere family affliction) to reply to your printed letter of28th October, 1834, soliciting information with respect tothe proceedings of the 5tli Brigade of Cavahy in the ?7??r?T77Tr73Srr^?^^JT^T^^. F^^siPI GRANTS CAVALRY BRIG A UK V^> TifACKWELL FOK SiR C. GbANT. Battle of Waterloo, I bof^ leave to state, in connection with a former communication relative to the movements ,SeeNo. 68, of the 15th Hussars that, with reference to the query, I- ^^^* What was the formation of the 5th Cavalry Brif^ade, &c. &c. ? The Brio^ade about this time was formed in line of Popitionoftho . Bngade at Squadrons at or about AA, a\, al, in the Plan, accordm<j 7 to report and the best of my belief and recollection; but there might have been a Square of our Infantry between the 15th and 13th, and their position might have been 50 or 80 yards more to the left. I must, however, here remark that the relative situation of the three Regiments was not the same throughout the day, the 13th being for a great
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