[26] I suffered much from this wound until the bone united. I was put into a house for the night with many of my wounded comrades.—G. S. [27] _I.e._, to "tell off" or punish.—Ed. [28] Marshal Ney says in a report that Buonaparte had taken away his reserve, or he would have annihilated us. In this fight he must have had three to one, with the advantage of cavalry.—G. S. [29] James Robson, the regimental Assistant-Surgeon. [30] Lieutenant Elliott D. Johnston of the Rifles was being conducted on horseback towards the village of Waterloo by two Rifle Men when a French cannon-ball, of which there were many bounding along the road, struck him and killed him on the spot. This was evidently unknown to Simmons when he wrote this letter. It is hardly to be wondered at that this "delicate young man" died.—Ed. [31] Sergeant Fairfoot had been with him throughout the six campaigns in the Peninsula, and is mentioned by Simmons as having been present at the fight at the bridge of Barba del Puerco in March 1810. He was subsequently made Quartermaster of the 2nd Battalion, and died in 1838 at Galway, in the cathedral of which town there is a tablet "inscribed by his brother officers to record his good and gallant services as a Rifle Man in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands."—Ed. [32] Major Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, Grenadier Guards. He was the eldest son of Lord FitzRoy Somerset (afterwards Lord Raglan), and was serving in India as Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Henry Hardinge. He was killed at the battle of Ferozeshah on 21st December 1845, upon which occasion Sir Harry Smith commanded a Division under General Sir Hugh Gough (afterwards Lord Gough). The battle of Aliwal, at which Sir Harry Smith commanded, was fought on 28th January 1846.—Ed. * * * * * * _In Square Crown 8vo. Printed on Light Paper, with Deckled Edges, and bound in Buckram. Price 6s._ A PRISONER OF FRANCE BEING THE REMINISCENCES OF THE LATE CAPTAIN CHARLES BOOTHBY, R.E. _Containing a Frontispiece Portrait of the Author, and several small Illustrations from Pen-and-Ink Sketches in the Author's Journals._ "We cordially recommend this charming bit of autobiography. A page of it is worth a whole sackful of the trumpery trash which figures in the publishers' advertisements as the historical novel."—_Daily News._ "Exceptionally interesting on account of the details which it supplies concerning the manner in which he was treated."—_Glasgow Herald._ "A very vivid picture of military life in the Peninsula."—_Speaker._ "It is impossible to read his diary without liking a man who made so light of trouble, and who bore himself so gallantly in captivity."—_Standard._ "The cheerfulness with which he writes throughout is singularly refreshing."—_Academy._