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Journal of a Tour to Waterloo and Paris (v. 1); In Company With Sir Walter Scott in 1815
Journal of a Tour to Waterloo and Paris In Company With Sir Walter Scott in 1815 - v. 1 Author:John Scott Volume: v. 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1842 Original Publisher: Saunders and Otley Subjects: Paris (France) Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 History / Europe / France History / Military / General History / Military / Other Travel / Europe / France Notes: This is a black and wh... more »ite OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI. Visit to Waterloo -- Position occupied by Picton -- Farm of La Haye Sainte -- Hougomont -- French Position -- La Belle Alliance -- Relics -- Appearance of the Field -- John de Coster's Story -- Wellington tree -- Waterloo dinner at Melrose. Aug. 9th. -- We visited the field of Waterloo, accompanied by Captain Campbell, aide-de-camp to General Sir F. Adam, and Major Pryse Gordon, who then resided at Brussels. After a delightful drive through the beech forest of Soigne, we breakfasted in the Inn which had been the head-quarters of Wellington, on the 17th of June. POSITION OCCUPIED BY PICTON. 45 Thence we proceeded to Mount St. Jean, where we left our carriages. Scott was accommodated with a pony, and we were first conducted by our friends to the left of the British position, along the straggling hedge, which extends from the Charleroi road, near Mount St. Jean, towards the hamlet of Papelotte ; and examined the ground which had been occupied by the troops of Sir Thomas Picton, Sir Dennis Packe, and Sir James Kempt. Thence we crossed by the farm of La Haye Sainte towards the right of our position, where the brigade to which one of our companions was attached, had been stationed during the action; and thence descended to Hougomont. After spending some time in the wood and garden of that most important and severely contested post, we walked along the French li...« less