“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. HayFace 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]