"After passing through and killing, wounding, and making prisoners the whole of the advanced column of the French, we ought to have stopped and re-formed the brigade: but our men were not contented with what they had done: they still went on. The General, his aide-de-camp and I, got however about thirty of them collected together, in the hope of reassembling all who remained of those who had come on: for a great many, particularly of the officers, had remained with the prisoners: when Colonel of the ---- Dragoons came past us at full gallop, with about twenty men of his regiment following him: in a second all the men which we had collected set off in the same direction. In the hopes of stopping them we followed and passed between the columns of the French infantry, when their red lances closed behind us. One of the red lancers put his lance to my horse's head, I made a cut at his arm as I passed him; and as I did not look behind me to see whether I had struck him or his lance, I should not have known that I had cut his arm, had I not in recovering my sword thrown the blood on my white pouch belt. "On inspecting the sword, I saw that I had succeeded in wounding the lancer and possibly thus saved my own life. My fears were, when I saw him thrust at my horse's reins that he would shoot me with his pistol, having heard of the red lancers sometimes doing so. [Illustration: "+Muster Role of the Waterloo Men 2ⁿᵈ (or R.N.B.) Regiment of Dragoons.+" "Rouen 11th Sepʳ 1815."] [Illustration: "+Muster Role of the Waterloo Men 2ⁿᵈ (or R.N.B.) Regiment of Dragoons.+" "Rouen 11th Sepʳ 1815."] "Upon getting quite clear of the French, the first person I saw was Captain ---- our General's extra aide-de-camp, who had lost sight of the General some minutes before I had, and a little way before us was Captain ---- of my regiment who had been with me in the ---- Dragoons in Spain. He returned to his regiment to collect his troops: and the aide-de-camp and I sought for assistance with the view of recovering the General, and such other of our officers and men who were in the hands of the French. I went to Lord E. R. S. who commanded the Life Guard Brigade, and found him alone with the exception of Lieutenant M. and Colonel Harvey of the 14th. "Lord E. R. S. said to me, 'You see Mr. ---- I can do nothing for you.' Upon this I went to a regiment that afterward ran off the field altogether, and asked the Colonel in French, to advance, and that I would show him where our General was prisoner; but he declined moving, saying he had no orders; and he was right, as it would have been in vain to make the attempt. "A little further to the left, I found Sir J. Vandeleur's brigade in column of divisions and an old brother officer of mine in the ---- Dragoons, was riding in front of the General giving him advice. 'No orders' was again the reply to my request. I then joined my regiment.