“Of all the fields that ever were seen, Waterloo presented perhaps the most bloody. The small space over which the action had been fought, rendered the scene indeed appalling: masses of dead appearing as it were piled on each other.” The field of Waterloo is twelve miles and a quarter from Brussels; Quatre-Bras, twenty-one; and Ligny, twenty-eight miles: notwithstanding the great difference in the distances of those places, the firing at Ligny and Quatre-Bras was more distinctly heard at Brussels on the 16th, than that of Waterloo on the 18th. Our detached force at Hall, which is about nine miles from Waterloo, heard nothing of the firing, nor did they know until the following morning, (the 19th,) how busily we had been engaged. [Illustration: (end of Note; decorative separator)] No. VII. As a tribute of the Author’s respectful gratitude for the information he has obtained from many officers who have visited the field, and, with all the advantages of being on the spot, have discussed the leading questions which have been raised in the United Service Journal, and so many other publications, respecting the details of the battle, their names are subjoined: GENERALS. Lord John Hay. Sir Hussey Vivian. Sir A. Barnard. Sir H. Ross. Sir Colin Campbell. Sir Guy Campbell. Sir F. Adam. Alexander Macdonald. J. B. Parker. D. Mercer. W. Mayne. T. Reynell. H. Murray. Thomas Hunter Blair. T. W. Robbins. J. S. Kennedy. COLONELS. Hon. Keppell. Sir W. Verner, Bart. Sir Henry Floyd, Bart. Sir G. Hoste. G. Gurwood. T. Wildman. Bussche. Vigouroux. Forbes. N. Norcliffe. Gilbourne. Lord Douro. Grey. Calvert. Tinling. Parkinson. Wallace. Grove. Bruce. Kuhlman. Lord Grosvenor. Lord Wellesley. Hon. G. Cathcart. Brown. MAJORS. Turner. Tindale. Browne. Dawson. Jackson. Edward Macready. Belcher. Fowler. Cox. Rice. Lloyd. Maddox. Ainsley. Hawley. Two other officers of high rank, who served on the Duke’s staff, have given me information respecting some of the most important occurrences of the day, but not permission to publish their names, as they had previously refused this favour to several writers of distinction. The following letters are submitted to the reader as offering satisfactory evidence of the Author’s competency to attempt a narration of the battle, and to act as guide to the visitors to the field, as well as of the authenticity of the spoils and relics, which any one may inspect at his residence, Mont-St.-Jean: “EMS, July 23d, 1839. “SERGEANT-MAJOR COTTON,