North Wales Gazette

,tb!o I,' I't It' S of the -ili- \R€H- HSBEL BON 4..PAHTE, TH; London Gazette fc~x £ rdf > r d inary., OF THURSDAY, JU 5i E 22, 1815. Dawning street, June 2*2, 1815. the Hon. H. Percy arrived latelast.night "With a dispatch from Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K. G. to Earl Bathurst, his Majes ty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department, of which the following is a copy JVaterloo, June 19, 1815. 1\Iy LORD—Bonaparfehavingcollected the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th corps of the French army, and the Imperial Guards, and nearly ail the ca- valry, or tUe Sainhre, and between that river and the Meme. between the 10th and the 14th of the advanced on the 15th and attacked the Prussian posts at Thnin and Lobez, on the Sam- bre, at day-light in the morning. I did not. hear of these events till the evening of the 15th, and 1 immediately ordered the troops to prepare Io march; and afterwards to march to their left, as soon as I had intelligence from otner quarters to prove that the enemy's move- ment nii5ii-Chayleroy was the real attack. i-iie enemy drove the Prussian posts from the Saribrf on that day, and General Zeiten, who «i.'r:iifiar<?ed the corps which had been at. Charle Toy, reared upon Fleams and Marshal Prince Biucher conceal rated tbe Prussian army upon •SuEiOref, holding the villages ill Croat of iji-, po- sit-on of St. Amandand Ligny. The enemy continued his march along: the road from towards Bruxelles, and on the ^ame e-veeing, the 15ih. attacked a brigade of the •army' of the Netherlands,-under tne Prince de *lr ?i:u,ir, posted at Frasne, a.id forced It to the farm-house on the. same road, called Les ■Q■■■:>' re Bras. The Prince of Orange immediately reinforced this brigade with another of the same division, under General Perponchcr, and in the earl y regained part of the ground which aadheen logt. so as to have the COUIIHIIKI of t lit- coniuiiirii- cation leading from Nivelles and Bruxelles, with Marshal Biucher's position. la the mean time I had directed the whole of the army to mar;h upon Les Quatre Bras, and ttie 5Mi division under Lieut.-General Sir Thos.. Picron, arrived at a;>our half-past two in the, day fonowcrl hy the enms of troops under the Duke of Brunswick, and afterwards by the coniingeat of Nassau. At this time the enemy commenced an attack upon Prince Biucher with his whole force, ex- cepting the 1st and 2d corps and a corps of ca- valry under Genera! Kalleruian, with which he attacked our posts at Les Quatre Bras The Prussian army ina-ii.iiiie(i position with their usual gallantry & tierseverance, against a grea: disparity of numbers, as the 4th corps 01 their- army, under General Bulow, had not join- ed, and I was not able fo assist then) as I wished, as I was attacked myself, and the cavalry in par- ticular, which had a long distance to march, had not, arrived. We maintained,our position also,and complete- ly defeated and repulsed all the enemy's attempts to get possession of it. The enemy repeatedly attached us wi h a large body of infantry and ca valry, supported by a numerous and powerful ar- tlii' iy ie mack several charges with the caval- r) upon our inn), try, mi all were repulsed iu tft • Gteaclksi ajan-?ei\ 1.,i ,his affiir h"q Itoyal Higii- nes, tl.e Pri-ity of Orange, the Duke of Bruns- Lie«n.Teueral Sir T boas as Picton, Major- 'ral Sir .lames Kt.-iHV, and Sir De.ns Packi i V-ere naed Itom the com s, :TIC ".oeut of ttie euni/s attack, hi,'til, detHagusshe;" iheniselves, I as weli as Lieut.-Genera! Charles Baron AJt\IJ, fth-.ior General Sii C. Halket, Lieutenaiv General Cooke, aucl i'-lajar-Generals Maitland and Byug, as fiiey successively arrived. The troops of the 5-h division, and those of the. Brunswick corps, were long and severely engaged, and conducted themselves witn the utmost gaiiantry. I must particularly mention the 28th, 42d 79th, an 9i;d regiments, and the battalion of Hanoverians, Our loss was great, as your Lordship will per- ceive by the enciosed return, and I have particu- larly to regret his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, who fell, fighting gallantly at the head of his troops. Although Marshal Biucher had maintained his position at Sambref, he still fouud himself much weakened by the severity of the contest m which he bad been engaged, and as the fourth corps liad not arrived, he determined to fall back, and concentrate his arm} upon Wavre; and he march. ed in the night after the action was over. This movement of the Marshal's rendered ne- cessary a corresponding one on my part; and I retired from the f irm of Quatre Bras upon Ge- aappe, and thence upon Waterloo the next inurn- ing. the 17th, at ten o'clock. The enemy made no effort to pursue Marshal Biucher. On the contrary, a patrole which I sent to Sambref in the morning, found all quiet, and the enemy's videttes fell back as the patrole advanced. Neither did he anempt to molest-our march 10 the rear, although HHlde in the middle of lie day, excepting by following, with a large bod} of cavalry, brought fiom his right, the ca. valry under the Earl of Uxbridge. This gave Lord LTxl)i-. ;ge an opportunity of charging them with the 1st Life Guards, upon their deb niche from the village of Genappe. upon which occasion his Lordship has declared himseif to be well satisfied with that regiment. The position which I took up in the front >f of Waterloo, crossed the high roads from Char- leroy md Nivelle, and had its right thrown back to a ravine near Merke Braine, which was occu- pied and its left extended to a height above the lH"wl«? 7?? Ja Have, which w is i-kewise occu- jjicri, In of the right centre and near the Ni velle road, we occupied the house and garden of Hougoumont, which covered the return of that fl ntk and in front of the left centre, we occupied the farm of La Ilaye Saiute. By our left we communicated with Marshal Prince Blu- cher at Wavre through Ohiam nnd the Marshal had promised me thai in case we should be at- tacked he would support me with one or more corps as might be necessary. .the-oemy collected his army, with the excep- tion of the third corps, which had been sent to rve Marshal Blucher, on a range of heights in our front, in the course of the night of the 17th anil yesterday morning and about ten o'clock he cf". "enced a furious attack upon our post at Ho ugoumont. 1 had occupied that post with a detachment from General Byng's brigade of Guards, which was in position in its rear and it was for some time under the command of Licut Colonel Macdouald, and afterwards of Colonel Home and I am happy to add, that it wail main tai ied'hroughout the day with the utmost gal- lantry by these brave troops, notwithstanding the repeated efforts of large bodies of the enemy to obtain possession of it Thi- attack upon the right of our centre was acoi'i'»patmd hy a very heavy cannonade upon our whole i ne, which was destined to support the rerwaH," étUack,;¡ of cavalrv and Infantry .occa sioiuJly mixed, but sometimes separate, which wj-re made upon it. In one of tllsc the euemy 1 carried the farm hoase-of La Haye Sainte, as n, e detachmen If the Hght baltalion of the legion wh'd¡ occupied it had expeuded ail its ammum- tioit, and the enemy occupied the only communi- cation there was wi'h them. The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his cavalry, but these attacks were uni- formly unsuccessful, and they afforded opportu- nities to our cavalry to charge, in one of which Lord E. Somerset's brigade, consisting of the life guards, royal horse guards, and 1st dragoon guards, highly distinguished themselves, as did that of Major-General Sir W. Ponsonby, having taken many prisoners and an eagle. These attacks were repeated till about seven in the evening, when the enemy made a desperate effort with the cavalry and infantry, supported by the fire of the artillery, to force our left centre near the farm of La Haye Sainte, which after a severe contest was defeated, and having observed that the tioops retired from this attack in great confusion, and that the march of General Bulow's corps by iiuschermont upon Planchenorte and La Belle Alliance, had begun to ,ake effect, and as I could perceive the fire of his cannon, and as Marshal Prince Biucher had joined in person, with a corps of his army to the left of our line by Ohaim, I determined to attack the enemy, and immediately advanced the whole lille of infantry supported by the cavalry and artillery, The attack succeeded in every point the enemy Wets forced from his position on the heights and tied in the utmost confusion, leaving behind, him, as far as I could judge, one hundred and! fifty pieces of cauuon, with their ammunition, j 1 winch lull into our hands. I Continued the pur- sti;L t)[I lol-ig after dark, and then discontinued it only on accouut of the fatigue of our troops, I wlio been engaged during twelve hours, aud because I found myself then on the same road I with Marshal Biucher, who assured itte of his intei.tien to follow the enemy throughout the night'; he had taken sixty pieces of cannon be- j longing to the Imperial Guard, and several car- riages, baggage, &c. belonging to Bonaparte, in Genappe. I propose to move, this morning, upon Nivel- les, a.id not to discontinue my operations. Your Lordship will observe,that such a des- perate action could not be fought, and such ad- I vantages could not be gained, without greatness ¡ "ad 1 am sorry to add, that ours has been ioi ¡ liense. In Lieut. General Sir Thomas Picton, his Majesty has sustained Hie loss of an officer j >vho ha> frequently distinguished himself in his service, and he fell, gloriously leading his divi- sion to a charge with bayonets, by which one of j the mt"t serious attacks made by the enenly on our positiou, was defeated. The Karl of Ux- bridge, after having successfully got through this arduous day, received a wouiul by almost, the last shot fiied, which will, 1 am afraid, deprive his Majesty for some time of his services. I His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange dis- tinguished himself by his gallantry and conduct till he received a wound from a musket ball through the shoulder, which obliged himJto quit the field. If gives me the greatest satisfaction to assure your Lordship, that ihe avmjr, uever upon any occasion, conducted itself better. The division of guards under Lieut. Gen. Cooke, who is se- verely wounded Major Gen. Maifand and Major Gen. Byng, set an example which was followed by all; and there is no officer or description of troops, that did not behave well. I must, however, particularly mention, for his Royal Highness's approbation, Lieut. Gen. Sir H. Clinton, Major Gen Adam, Lieut. General Charles Baron Alten, severely wounded} "Iajor Gen, Sir Colin Halket, {severely wounded Cel. Q. ipted-i Col HICi Mitchell, com rnnding a hri- gade of tne 4!'i divisiou } Major Generals Sir James Kempr and Sir Denis Pack. Major Gen. Laowcrc, Jh.ior Gen. Lord E.* Somerset, Major G,-Yi. St W. Ponsonby, Gen. Sir C. Grant, and Major Gen. Sir H. Vivian; Major Gen Sir O. Van-leleur Major Gen. Count Oornberg.— I am .J1«O particularly indebted io General Lord Hill lor his assistance and conduct upon this as vpon ail for mer occasions. The artillery and engineer departments were conducted to jiy satisfy ion by Colonel Sir G. Wood, and Colonel Smyth and t had every rea SOli to be satisfied with the conduct of the Adjtl. tant General Major Gen. Sanies, .vho was wound- ed, and cf the Quaker Master General Colonel Delancey, who was killed hy acannOH shot inthe middle of the action. This officer is a serious loss to his Majesty's service, and to me at. this moment. I was likewise much indebted to the assistance of Lieut. Col. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, who was severely wounded, and 07 the officers composing my personal s aff, who have suffered severely in this action. Lieut. Col. the Hon. Sir Alexander Gordon, who has died of his wounds, was a most promising officer, and is a serious loss to his Majesty's service. General Kruse, of the Nassau service, likewise conducted himself much to my satisfaction, as did General commanding (he heavy brigade of cilvalry, and Gen. Vanhope, commanding a brigade of infantry of the King of the Nether- lands. Gen. Pozzo di Borgo, Gen. Baron Vincent, Gen. Muffling, and Gen. A!ava, were in the field during the action, and rendered me every assis- tance in their power. Baron Vincent Is wound- ed, but I hope not severely and Geo. Pozzo di Borgo received a contusion. I should no' do justice to my feelings, or to Marshal Blucher and the Prussian army, if t it i(i not attribute the successful result of this arduous day, to the cordial and timely assistance 1 re- ceived from them. The operation of General Bulow, upon the ene- my's flank, was a most decisive one and even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack, which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks' should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should uolortiiflalesy have succeeded. I I send, with this dispatch, two eagles, taken by the troops in this action, which Major Percy will have the honour of laying at the feet of bis Royal Highness. I bee; leave to recommend him to your Lord- ship's protection, I have the liitioui-, &e. (Signed) WELLINGTON. P. S. Since. wri, ij-x the above. [ have received a report, that Major Gen. Sir W. Ponsonby is killed, and in announcing this intelligence to your Lordship, I have to add the expression of my grief for the fate of an officer, who had already rendered very brilliant and important services, and was all ornament to his profession. 2d P. S. I have not yet got the returns of kill- ed and wounded, but I enclose a list of Officers killed and wounded on the two days, as far as the same can be made out without the returns and I am very happy to add, that Col. Delancy ..is not dead, and that strong hopes of his recovery are entertained. List of the Officers Killed and Wounded. KILLER.—His Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick Oels-Lieutenatit-Getierat Sir Thos. Picton, G. C. B.—Major General Sir William Ponsonby, K. C. B. Colonel du Plat, King's German Legion-Colonel Omfeda, King's German Legion—Colonel Morriii, 69th Foot— Colonel Sir W. Ellis, i3d Foot-LieUI,. Cplonel iVIacara, 42d Foat-Lielltcuant-Coloüel Cameron, 92d Foot- Lrentenant-Colonel Sir A. Gordon—L :e it tenant- Colonel Canning—Lieut.-Colonel Currie,of Lord Hill's Staff--Major the Hon. F Howard, 10th Hussars—Major G. Rain, Royal Artillery -Majo" Norman Rams iy, Ro^al Artillery-Maj. Caisues Royal Artillery—Major Chambers, 30th Foot- Brigade Major Crefton,5th Division-Brevet Ma- jor Rosewiel, 2d Light Regiment—Capt. Bolton, Royal Artillery— — Captain Crawford, Guards— Captain the Hon. —Curzon, Aide deCampto his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange—Capt, Chambers, Aide de Camp to Lieut. General Pifil- ton—Captain Charles Eles, 95'h Foot—Captain Robertson, 73d Foot—Captain Kennedy, ditto— I Capt. Sehauoian, 2d Light Battalion King's Ger- j man Legioii-Captiin Holycowan, 1st Light Bat i King's German Legion-Capt. H. Marshst., ditto —Captain Goebeu, ditto-Captain Gunning, 10th Hussars—Captain Grove, 1st Guards—Lieut. C. Manners, Royal Artillery—Lieat. Lister, 95th Foot -Ensign Lord Hay, Aide de Campto Major Generai Maitland-Ensign Brown, ht Guards. WOUNDED. — General his Itoyal Highness the Prince of Orange, G.C.B. severcy-Licur.-Gen. the Earl of Uxbridge, G.C.B. right leg amputat- ed— Lieut. General Sir Charles Alten, K.C.B. se- verely—Major Gen. Cooke, right arm amputat- ed—-Major General Sir E. Harass, K C.B. Adj.- C,etieral, severely-llajor General Sir J. Kempt, K.C.B. slightly—Major General Sir C. Halkitf, I, K.C. B. severely—Major General Adams, severe- ly— Major General Sir \Vm. Dornberg, K. C. B. severely—Colonel Sir J. Eliey, KvC. B. slightly CoirfTiei Harris, 73d Foot—Colonel Quetuin, fpth Hunsars, slightly—Colonsi Hon. Freder>iA Ponsonby, severely—Colonel Sir Win. Delancy, severely— Lieut. Colonel Lord Fitzroy Somerset; right arm amputated — Lieut. Colonel Hay, 16th Light Dragoons, severely—Lieut,Colonel Vigon- reaii,. 3()ih Foot—Lieut. Colonel Abereromby, A.Q.M.G. slightly — Lieut. Colonel Hamilton, 30th Foot—Lieut. Colonel Cameron, 95'h Foot, severely Lieut. Colonel Wyndbam, lsi Foot Guards, severely--Lieut. Colonel Bowafer, 3d Foot Guards, sllghtly-Lieur. Colonel McDonell Coldstream Guards, slightly Lieut. Colonel Dashwood, 3d Guards, seve,-eiy-Lieut. Colonel Sir Robert Hill, Rojal Horse Guards. (Blue) se- verely— Lieut, Colonel Norcott, 95th, severely- Lieut. Colonel Hill, severedy-^——Lieut. Colonel Schreider, 5th Line ioa-Lieut Col. Adair, 1st Guards, severely—Lieut. Colonel Miller, do. dangerously—Lieut, Colonel Sir G.H Berkeley, A.A.G.—Major Maclean, 73d Foot—Major Beck- with, 95th Foot, severely—Major Jessop, A. Q. M. G.—Major Busch, 1st Light Bit L. King's Ger- man Le".on, right arm amputated—Major Park- inson, 73d Boot, severely- Parker, Royal Horse Artillery, leg amputated—Major Robert Ball, Royal Artillery, severely—Major Hamil- ton, Aide de Camp ro Major Gen. Sir E. Barncs —Major Lindsay, 69th Foot,dangerously—Major Watson, ditto, severely—Brevet Major Eiuem, dangerously —Major V¥ilkius» 95th Foot, severe- ly— Major Miller, 95th Foot, severely—Captain Smith, ditto, severely — Captain Tyler, Aide de Camp to Sir Thomas Picton, sliglilly-Caplai-,i Dance, 23d Light Dragoons—Captain Johnston, 95th Foot--Captain Carmers, ditto-Cal)tiiii Darney, Royal Artillery, severely—Captain Na" pier, ditto, severely-Captain A. McDonald, ditto —Captain Webber, ditto, severely -C,a,)t. Dn* maresque, Aide de Camp to Gen. SirJ. Byng, se- verely—Captain Whynnates, Royal Artillery, severely-Captain Barnes, Brevet Major, ditto, sevei-el)--Cal)tain the Hon. —— Erskine, D. A. A. G. left arm amputated—Captain A. A. O. C. to Lieut. Gen. Picton, sevel ely-Lieut. F ster, Royal Artillery,severely—.Lieut.Croisie, ditto, severely — Lieut. Rohe, ditto, severely— Lieut. "Smith, ditto, severely—Lieut, Strangway, ditto, severely — Lieut Hormeo, ditto, arm am- putated—Lieuf.B!ooinfieliKditto,slish(ly — Lieut, eeveret;-—hi vat. Percys, severely—Lieut. D. Crawford, slightly—Lieilt. Haverlock, Aide de Camp to Lieut. General Sir Charlfes Attei)-- Lieat.. Pringle. Royal Engineers, ,I Lieut. Hamilton, <6th Foot, slightly— Lieut, Heise, 1st 1, Gardi- ner, 95th, everdy-[,jeul. Johnstone, ditto-- Lieut. Moltry, ditto, ditto—Lieut.Simmons,ditto, ditto—Lieut. J. Gardiner, ditto—Lieut. Fitx- maurice. ditto,—Lieut. Shenley, ÜIUO, ditto— Lieut. Wright, ditto, ditto.