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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] |