After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
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[37] For instance, a Cuirassier, a Dragoon, a Grenadier, a Tirailleur, an
Artilleryman. [38] Major G. Colclough, senior major of the 33rd Regt.--ED. [39] Virgil, _Aen_., II. 325.--ED. [40] La Bédoyere (Charles Huchet, Comte de) distinguished himself in several of the Napoleonic wars, in particular at Ratisbonne and Borodino. Being a colonel at Grenoble, in March, 1815, he deserted to Napoleon's cause and was nominated by him general and _pair de France_. In July, 1815, he was arrested in Paris, tried for high treason and shot, August 19, in spite of Benj. Constant's efforts to save him.--ED. [41] Charlotte Smith (1749-1806), author of _Emmeline, or the Orphan of the Castle_ (1788), _Celestina_ (1792), _The Old Manor House_ (1793), etc.--ED. CHAPTER IV From Paris to Bruxelles--Visiting the plains of Waterloo--The Duke de Berri at Lille--Beauvais--Return to Paris--Remarks on the French theatre-- Talma--Mlle Duchesnois--Mlle Georges-French alexandrine verse--The Abbé Delille--The Opéra Comique. I met with my brother-in-law and his nephew at Paris, and hearing from them |
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