III, p. 335. - ED.
[35] The name is in blank. Major Frye may have meant Beauchamp Bagenal
Harvey (1762-1798), the squire of Wexford who deserted to the Irish
rebels. - ED.
[36] Tasso, Jerusalemme liberata, canto XVI, ottava 15. - ED.
[37] For instance, a Cuirassier, a Dragoon, a Grenadier, a Tirailleur, an
Artilleryman.
[38] Major G. Colclough, senior major of the 33rd Regt. - ED.
[39] Virgil, Aen., II. 325. - ED.
[40] La Bedoyere (Charles Huchet, Comte de) distinguished himself in
several of the Napoleonic wars, in particular at Ratisbonne and
Borodino. Being a colonel at Grenoble, in March, 1815, he deserted to
Napoleon's cause and was nominated by him general and pair de
France. In July, 1815, he was arrested in Paris, tried for high
treason and shot, August 19, in spite of Benj. Constant's efforts to
save him. - ED.
[41] Charlotte Smith (1749-1806), author of Emmeline, or the Orphan of the
Castle (1788), Celestina (1792), The Old Manor House (1793),
etc. - ED.
CHAPTER IV
From Paris to Bruxelles - Visiting the plains of Waterloo - The Duke de Berri
at Lille - Beauvais - Return to Paris - Remarks on the French theatre -
Talma - Mlle Duchesnois - Mlle Georges-French alexandrine verse - The Abbe
Delille - The Opera Comique.
I met with my brother-in-law and his nephew at Paris, and hearing from them
that they had an intention of returning to England by the way of Bruxelles,
with the idea of visiting the plains of Waterloo, I was induced to
accompany them.
