LADY DE LANCEY’S NARRATIVE
BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HOW SHE NURSED HER HUSBAND, COLONEL SIR WILLIAM HOWE DE LANCEY, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL OF THE ARMY, MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE GREAT BATTLE
EDITED BY MAJOR B.R. WARD
ROYAL ENGINEERS
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1906
Major William Howe De Lancey
45th Regiment c. 1800.
Emery Walker Ph.Sc.
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“Dim is the rumour of a common fight, When host meets host, and many names are sunk; But of a single combat Fame speaks clear.” —Sohrab and Rustum. |
CONTENTS
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]
[INTRODUCTION]
[A WEEK AT WATERLOO IN 1815]
[NOTES TO LADY DE LANCEY’S NARRATIVE]
[APPENDIX A]
Letters to Captain Basil Hall, R.N., from Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens
[APPENDIX B]
Bibliography of Lady De Lancey’s Narrative
[INDEX]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Major William Howe De Lancey, 45th Regt. ofFoot, c. 1800. From a miniature in the possessionof Wm. Heathcote De Lancey of New York | [Frontispiece] | |
| The Gold Cross of Sir Wm. De Lancey, receivedafter serving in the Peninsular War, withclasps for Talavera, Nive, Salamanca, SanSebastian, and Vittoria. In the possession ofMajor J.A. Hay | Face p. | [10] |
| Lady De Lancey. From a miniature after J.D.Engleheart | " | [24] |
| Part of an Autograph Letter of Sir WalterScott | " | [34] |
| Part of an Autograph Letter of Charles Dickens | " | [36] |
| Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, c. 1813 | " | [38] |
| Map of Part of the Battlefield of Waterloo | " | [110] |
| The Village of Mont St Jean, 1815 | " | [113] |
| The Waterloo Memorial in Evere Cemetery | " | [118] |