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Title: A Week at Waterloo in 1815
Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She
Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey,
Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the
Great Battle

Author: Magdalene De Lancey

Editor: Major B. R. Ward

Release Date: March 6, 2010 [EBook #31517]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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A WEEK AT WATERLOO IN 1815

LADY DE LANCEY'S NARRATIVE

BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HOW SHE NURSED HER HUSBAND, COLONEL SIR WILLIAM
HOWE DE LANCEY, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL OF THE ARMY, MORTALLY WOUNDED IN
THE GREAT BATTLE

EDITED BY MAJOR B.R. WARD
ROYAL ENGINEERS

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1906

[Illustration: Major William Howe De Lancey

45th Regiment c. 1800.]

"Dim is the rumour of a common fight,
When host meets host, and many names are sunk;
But of a single combat Fame speaks clear."

--_Sohrab and Rustum._

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
A WEEK AT WATERLOO IN 1815
NOTES TO LADY DE LANCEY'S NARRATIVE
APPENDIX A--Letters to Captain Basil Hall, R.N., from Sir Walter Scott
and Charles Dickens
APPENDIX B--Bibliography of Lady De Lancey's Narrative
INDEX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MAJOR WILLIAM HOWE DE LANCEY, 45th Regt. of
Foot, c. 1800. _From a miniature in the possession
of Wm. Heathcote De Lancey of New York_ _Frontispiece_

THE GOLD CROSS OF SIR WM. DE LANCEY, received
after serving in the Peninsular War, with
c