The regiment remained at its post on the left until towards the close of the action, when the head of a Prussian column had arrived at the field of battle, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons were then removed from the left to the right of the allied army; and, in the general charge, made in the evening of this memorable day, they had the honor of being one of the corps which led the attack of the right wing; they passed over the ground on which the struggle had taken place between the French and English foot-guards, which was covered with killed and wounded; rushed upon the flanks of the enemy's broken columns with distinguished gallantry, and completed their rout and discomfiture. When the French army was overthrown and driven from the field, the regiment halted for the night. Its loss was Captain Sandys, Lieutenant Bertie, Cornet Lockhart, six serjeants, and thirty-seven rank and file, killed; Colonel Ponsonby, Lieutenant Dowbiggen, three serjeants, and fifty-five rank and file, wounded. The honor of bearing the word "WATERLOO" on their guidons and appointments was afterwards conferred on the TWELFTH Light Dragoons by royal authority. Colonel the Honorable F. C. Ponsonby and Major James Paul Bridger were constituted companions of the Bath; Major Bridger was promoted to the rank of lieut.-colonel, and Captain Sampson Stawell to that of major; and Serjeant-Major Carruthers was appointed to a cornetcy. The following officers received silver medals:-- Col. Hon. F. C. Ponsonby Major J. P. Bridger Capt. Sampson Stawell " G. F. Erskine " H. Wallace " Alexander Barton " Henry Andrews Lieut. William Heydon " James Chatterton " John Vandeleur " William Hay " W. H. Dowbiggin " Albert Goldsmith " Abraham Lane " J. H. Slade " Thomas Reed Paymaster W. L. Otway Adjutant John Griffith Surgeon B. Robinson Assist.-Surg. J. G. Smith Vet.-Surg. James Castley Every non-commissioned officer and soldier also received a silver medal, with the privilege of reckoning two years' service for having been present at this battle,--the greatest of past or present times, and one which has increased the reputation of the British arms. Following the shattered remnant of the French army in its flight, the regiment arrived in the vicinity of Paris, and the submission of the capital was followed by the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty to the throne of France. The TWELFTH Light Dragoons bivouacked in the Champs Elysées, and, having been reviewed by the Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, and other distinguished personages, marched into cantonments in Normandy. [Sidenote: 1816]