On the following day the hard contested and sanguinary battle of _Waterloo_ was fought,--a battle memorable in the annals of Europe,--where the fate of empires was decided by the sword, and the British troops acquired immortal honour! During the early part of the action the SEVENTH HUSSARS supported the infantry, and towards the evening they were ordered forward. Moving from Hugomont, they acted nearly on the reverse of the enemy, and by a series of brilliant charges, most nobly executed, contributed to the final overthrow of the French army. On this occasion the officers and men proved their resolution to support the high character which the regiment had so long borne; and their conduct was publicly noticed and attested in the strongest and most unequivocal terms by the commander of the cavalry, Lieutenant-General the Earl of Uxbridge, who, after having gone through this arduous day, received a wound at the close of the action by which he lost his right leg. The loss of the regiment on the 17th and 18th of June was, one serjeant, fifty-five rank and file, and eighty-four horses killed; Captains J. W. Robins, W. Vernor, and P. A. Heyliger; Lieutenants R. Douglas, E. Peters, and R. Beattie; with nine serjeants, one trumpeter, eighty-three rank and file, and one hundred and sixteen horses wounded. The gallant conduct of the regiment on this occasion, was subsequently rewarded with the honour of bearing the word "WATERLOO" on its appointments; the officers and men received each a silver medal; and the privilege of reckoning two years' service for that day, was conferred on the subaltern officers, and also on the non-commissioned officers and private men. On the 19th of June, the regiment advanced in pursuit of the French, who fled in dismay towards Paris; on the evening of the 24th, it was at the capture of _Cambray_ by escalade, by Lieut.-General Sir Charles Colville's division. On arriving at the vicinity of Paris, the war was terminated, by the surrender of the capital, and the restoration of Louis XVIII. to the throne of his ancestors. After occupying village cantonments near Paris for several months, and taking part in several grand reviews, at which the Emperors of Russia and Austria, and the Kings of Prussia and France, were present, the SEVENTH HUSSARS were selected to form part of the army of occupation in France, and they proceeded to Estaples and neighbouring villages. [Sidenote: 1816] In the summer of 1816, the SEVENTH marched to quarters between St. Omer and Dunkirk, for the purpose of field exercise and review, and were joined by a squadron from England. On the 22nd of October, the Duke of Wellington reviewed the army on the plains of St. Denain, and witnessed the troops go through the formula of a mock engagement. The SEVENTH afterwards returned to their former quarters. [Sidenote: 1817]