After Waterloo: Reminiscences Of European Travel 1815-1819, By Major W. E Frye













































































































 -  The whole cavalry of the British
army passed in review this morning before the Duke of Wellington, who was
there - Page 36
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The Whole Cavalry Of The British Army Passed In Review This Morning Before The Duke Of Wellington, Who Was There With All His Staff And Received The Salutes Of All The Corps Like Godfrey, Con Volto Placido E Composto.

It was a very brilliant spectacle. The Duke de Berri was present.

I think I never beheld so ignoble and disagreeable a countenance as this prince possesses. I thought to myself that he had much better have stayed away from this review; for he must be insensible to all patriotism who could take pleasure in contemplating a foreign force about to enter and ravage his own country. We learn that the Duchess d'Angouleme is to have a review of the fideles very shortly. She is certainly much more warlike than the males of that family; this disposition is increased by her religious fanaticism. This renders her, of course, a most dangerous person to meddle with politics; but great allowances must be made for her feelings, which must naturally be embittered by the recollection of so much suffering during the Revolution and of the barbarous and inhuman treatment experienced by her father and mother.

I observed a peculiarity in this part of the country, viz., that there are villages lying close to each other in some of which French is spoken, in others Flemish; and that, with some few exceptions, the inhabitants of neighbouring villages are reciprocally unintelligible. General Wilson does not intend to return to Bruxelles. I shall accompany him as far as Gand and then return to Bruxelles to await the issue of the contest.

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