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Capt. GEORGE DAVIDSON, Brig. Major, received the wound (of which he died, August 7th following) after the command had devolved on him by the death of Lieut.-col. Macara and wound of Lieut.-col. Dick; he had been twice wounded previously, but remained on the field until nearly the close of the action of the 16th of June.

Lieut. SQUIRES, of the 4th Regiment of Foot, was desperately wounded in the battle of Waterloo, and whose death it is our regret to announce, at Brussels, about three weeks after, was possessed of most amiable manners and conduct, which endeared him to all who knew him. He had served with his regiment during the Peninsular campaign, and after, in the battle of Toulouse, the success of the Allied army having changed the political aspect in that quarter. This was hardly over, when the subject of this memoir found it his duty to embark for North America, where he took part in the most serious conflict we had in these distant regions, and in which he was wounded; he, however, recovered, and sailed with his regiment, and had arrived only three days when he entered the glorious field of Waterloo, and where the fates had decreed he should become one of the noble sacrifices. When he received his death-wound he was acting as the captain of his company. He began his military career as a cadet in the Hon. East India Company's service, but from which he removed and entered into the Royal Bucks Militia, from which he volunteered with 200 to the 4th Regiment of Foot, by which means he obtained his commission in this fine regiment.

Col. FULLER of the 1st Dragoon Guards, as also Major GRAHAM, and Cornet Hon. H. B. BERNARD, and another officer, were taken prisoners in a desperate charge at the same time; for a long time their friends hoped they would return, but though the particulars of their fate remain uncertain, there can be no doubt that they were murdered by the enemy, like many other brave but unfortunate men.

The Hon. Lieut.-col. Sir ALEXANDER GORDON, Aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, lost his leg as he was communicating the orders of the Duke, and died of his wound at the headquarters in Waterloo. He was greatly regretted by the Generalin-Chief, as an officer of great promise. This young man was so beloved at Brussels, that its principal inhabitants wished to erect a monument to him. His family, one of the most ancient and most illustrious in Scotland, sorrowing lament his loss. A column has been erected to his memory on the field at La Haye Sainte: the epitaph is as follows:

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Lt. Col. the Honble Sir Alexander Gordon,

Knight Commander of the most Honble Order of the Bath,
Aide-de-Camp to Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington,
And third brother to George Earl of Aberdeen;
Who in the 29 year of his age

Terminated a short but glorious career,
On the 18 June, 1815,

Whilst executing the orders of his Great Commander
in the Battle of Waterloo.

Distinguished for gallantry and good conduct in the Field,
He was honoured with repeated marks of approbation
By the Illustrious Hero

With whom he shared the dangers of many battles
in Spain, Portugal, and France;

And received the most flattering proofs of his confidence
on many trying occasions.

His zeal and activity in the service obtained the reward
of Ten Medals,

And the Honourable Distinction of the Order of the Bath.
He was justly lamented by the Duke of Wellington
in his public despatch,

As an officer of high promise,

And a serious loss to his country.

Nor less worthy of record were his virtues in private life,
His unaffected respect for Religion,

His high sense of honor,

His scrupulous integrity,

And the more amiable qualities

Which secured the attachment of his friends
And the love of his own family,

In testimony of feelings which no language can express,
A disconsolate Sister and five surviving Brothers
Have erected this simple memorial

To the object of their tenderest affection.

In the Church of Waterloo are the following inscriptions, on plain mural tablets, opposite to each other:-" Sacred to the Memory of Lieutenant-colonels-Ed. Stables, Sir F. D'Oyly, K.C.B., Charles Thomas, William Miller, W. H. Milnes; Captains-Ed. Adair, Edward Grose, Newton Chambers, Thomas Brown, Edward Pardoe; Ensigns-James Lord Hay, the Hon. G. S. P. Barrington, of his Britannic Majesty's 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, who fell gloriously in the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, on the 16th and 18th of June, 1815. The Officers of the Regiment have erected this Monument in commemoration of the fall of their gallant companions."

"To the Memory of Major Edwd. Griffith, Lieutenant Isaac Sherwood, and Lieutenant Henry Buckley, Officers of the 15th or King's Regt. of Hussars (British), who fell in the battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. This stone was erected by the Officers of that Regiment, as a testimony of their respect. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."

In Waterloo Church :

Gulielmus Norman Ramsay,

in exercitu Britannico
Spectata virtute insignis
Qui honoris illustrem circulum
Perbrevi spatio complevit,
Et sibi satis vixit
Sed non patriæ
Pro Liberatione Europa,
et Gloria Angliæ,
Duce Invicto Wellington
Fortissime pugnans

Pulcherrimam mortem invenit,
die Octo decima Junii MDCCCXV.
Æternæ amici et commilitionis,
Memoriæ

Hoc marmor Sacrum esse voluit.
Augustus Fraser.

"Lieut. William Livingstone Robe, of the British Royal Horse Artillery."

In the cemetery of the church :-" Colonel Delaugier, Commandant le 1er Bataillon de Bremen,-Lieut.-col. Fitzgerald, de la Garde du Corps de Sa Majesté Britannique."

To these we will add the epitaphs placed in other places in the Forest of Soignies :-"Lieutenant W. L. Robe, British Royal Horse Artillery."

In the cemetery of Braine-la-Leud :-"Lieut.-col. Henry Crofton."

In the cemetery of the Protestant Church at Brussels: -"To the memory of those English Officers who died of their wounds in this city.-Sacred to the memory of Lieut. John Blyde, 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was wounded in the battle of Belle Alliance, on the 18th of June, and died July 31, 1815, aged 22 years."

"Here lies the body of Captain W. Stothert, 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, and Brigade Major to the 2d Brigade of Guards, who died of the wound in the battle of Belle Alliance (Waterloo), and was interred the 23d of June, 1815, aged 35 years."

Then follow other inscriptions :-" To the memory of Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, struck by a cannon-ball by the side of the Duke of Wellington."

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Of Charles Spearman, Lieutenant Royal Artillery, Mich. Thomas Cromie, Lieutenant Royal Artillery,-Captain John Lucie Blackman, buried in the garden at Hougomont.

Among the brave who perished in defending Hougomont was Thomas Crawfurd, aged 21, Captain in the 3d Regiment of Guards, and son of Sir James Crawfurd.

In the cemetery outside of the gates at Hal:

Aux mânes de l'Honorable Hastings Brudenel Forbes,
Capitaine du 3me Regt. des Gardes de S. M. Britannique,
Troisième fils de Milord Granard,

et neveu du très illustre Earl Moira,

mort glorieusement à Waterloo le 18 Juin, 1815,
à l'âge de 22 ans.

Il vécut peu pour ses parens, ses amis et son pays, mais il a beaucoup
vécu pour sa gloire.

LA HAYE SAINTE.

In remembrance of the brave defence which took place at La Haye Sainte, the corps of Anglo-Hanoverian officers have placed within the wall of this farm, towards the high road, the following inscription, engraved on a slab of white marble:-"The Officers of the 2d Light Battalion, King's German Legion, in memory to their Brother Officers, and Friends of their Regiment, who fell in defending this farm on the 18th of June, 1815.- Captain Bt. Major Adolphus Bosewiel,-Captain William Wiegmann,-Captain William Schaumann,-Ensign Ernestus Robertson."

On the outside, behind the farm, and opposite to the column erected to Sir Alexander Gordon, is constructed, at the expense of the same corps, a monument, in form of an obelisk, to the me mory of the officers whose names follow:-"To the memory of their Companions in Arms,-Colonel Christian Baron Ompteda, of the 5th Line Battalion, R. G. H.-Colonel Charles Du Plat, of the 4th Line Battalion, R. G. H.-Captain Philip Holzermann, 1st Line Battalion,-Captain Henry Baron Marschalk,-Captain Alexander Baron Goeben,-Lieutenant Anthony Albert,-Major Adolphus Bosewiel, 2d Line Battalion,-Captain William Schaumann,-Captain Henry Wiegmann,-Ensign Frederick Robertson, -Captain Augustus Saffe, 1st Line Battalion,-Captain Charles Baron Holle,-Ensign Arthur Suckow,-Lieutenant-colonel John Schroder, 2d Line Battalion,-Captain George Tilee,—Captain Frederick Didel, 3d Line Battalion,-Lieutenant Frederick de Jeinsen, Lieutenant Frederick Leschen,-Major George Thuden, 4th Line Battalion,-Captain George Leue,-Captain Frederick Heise, Ensign Theodore Bronhelm,-Captain Christian Baron Wurmb, 5th Line Battalion,-Lieutenant-adjutant Lewis Schuck, -Captain Augustus de Vorgt, 8th Line Battalion,-Captain_Thilo Baron Westernhagen, 8th Line Battalion,-Lieutenant Baron Mahrenholtz,--who gloriously fell on the memorable 18th day of June, 1815. This monument is erected by the Officers of the King's German Legion."

PART II.

COMPLETE SERIES OF OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS,

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY,

VIZ.

FIELD-MARSHAL DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S-FIELD MARSHAL PRINCE BLÜCHER'S-THE HANOVERIAN-DUTCHRUSSIAN-AUSTRIAN-SPANISH AND FRENCH.

COMMUNICATING

THE DETAILS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS,

AND

RELATIVE OPERATIONS.

WITH OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.

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