Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Captain Rees Howell Gronow Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Table of Contents Reminiscences of Captain Gronow..........................................................................................................................1 Captain Rees Howell Gronow........................................................................................................................1 A FEW WORDS TO THE READER............................................................................................................3 MY ENTRANCE INTO THE ARMY...........................................................................................................4 DEPARTURE FOR AND ARRIVAL IN SPAIN.........................................................................................4 THE UNIFORM AND BEARING OF THE FRENCH SOLDIER..............................................................5 MAJOR−GENERAL STEWART AND LORD WELLINGTON................................................................5 ST. JEAN DE LUZ........................................................................................................................................6 FOOLHARDINESS.......................................................................................................................................7 DISCIPLINE..................................................................................................................................................8 SIR JOHN WATERS.....................................................................................................................................8 THE BATTLE OF THE NIVELLE.............................................................................................................10 THE PASSAGE OF THE ADOUR.............................................................................................................11 ARRIVAL OF THE GUARDS AT BORDEAUX......................................................................................12 MRS. MARY ANNE CLARKE..................................................................................................................12 MRS. MARY ANNE CLARKE AND COL. WARDLE............................................................................13 SOCIETY IN LONDON IN 1814...............................................................................................................14 THE ITALIAN OPERA. CATALANI ......................................................................................................16 DINING AND COOKERY IN ENGLAND FIFTY YEARS AGO............................................................16 THE PRINCE REGENT..............................................................................................................................17 PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AT A FETE IN THE YEAR 1813, AT CARLTON HOUSE....18 BEAU BRUMMELL...................................................................................................................................19 ROMEO COATES.......................................................................................................................................20 HYDE PARK AFTER THE PENINSULAR WAR....................................................................................22 LONDON HOTELS IN 1814......................................................................................................................22 THE CLUBS OF LONDON IN 1814..........................................................................................................23 REMARKABLE CHARACTERS OF LONDON ABOUT THE YEARS 1814, 1815, 1816....................24 THE GUARDS MARCHING FROM ENGHIEN ON THE 15TH OF JUNE............................................26 QUATRE BRAS..........................................................................................................................................27 GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE FIELD OF WATERLOO...............................................................27 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IN OUR SQUARE.................................................................................28 THE FRENCH CAVALRY CHARGING THE BRUNSWICKERS..........................................................28 THE LAST CHARGE AT WATERLOO....................................................................................................29 HUGUEMONT............................................................................................................................................30 BYNG WITH HIS BRIGADE AT WATERLOO.......................................................................................30 THE LATE DUKE OF RICHMOND..........................................................................................................31 THE UNFORTUNATE CHARGE OF THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE...................................................31 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S OPINION OF THE FRENCH CAVALRY........................................31 MARSHAL EXCELMANN'S OPINION OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY................................................31 APPEARANCE OF PARIS WHEN THE ALLIES ENTERED.................................................................32 MARSHAL NEY AND WELLINGTON....................................................................................................34 THE PALAIS ROYAL AFTER THE RESTORATION.............................................................................34 THE ENGLISH IN PARIS AFTER THE RESTORATION OF THE BOURBONS.................................35 LES ANGLAISES POUR RIRE..................................................................................................................36 COACHING AND RACING IN 1815........................................................................................................37 PARISIAN CAFES IN 1815........................................................................................................................37 REVIEW OF THE ALLIED ARMIES BY THE ALLIED SOVEREIGNS IN PARIS.............................38 CONDUCT OF THE RUSSIAN AND PRUSSIAN SOLDIERS DURING THE OCCUPATION OF i Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Table of Contents Reminiscences of Captain Gronow PARIS BY THE ALLIES...........................................................................................................................38 THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PARIS........................................................................................................38 ESCAPE OF LAVALETTE FROM PRISON.............................................................................................39 DUELLING IN FRANCE IN 1815.............................................................................................................40 PISTOL SHOOTING...................................................................................................................................43 THE FAUBOURG ST. GERMAIN.............................................................................................................44 THE SALON DES ETRANGERS IN PARIS.............................................................................................46 THE DUCHESS DE BERRI AT MASS AT THE CHAPELLE ROYALE................................................47 LORD WESTMORELAND........................................................................................................................47 ALDERMAN WOOD..................................................................................................................................48 THE OPERA................................................................................................................................................48 FANNY ELSSLER......................................................................................................................................48 CHARLES X. AND LOUIS PHILIPPE......................................................................................................48 LORD THANET..........................................................................................................................................49 LORD GRANVILLE, THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR............................................................................49 MARSHAL BLUCHER..............................................................................................................................49 JEW MONEY−LENDERS..........................................................................................................................50 LORD ALVANLEY....................................................................................................................................52 GENERAL PALMER..................................................................................................................................52 "MONK" LEWIS.........................................................................................................................................54 SIR THOMAS TURTON............................................................................................................................55 GEORGE SMYTHE, THE LATE LORD STRANGFORD.......................................................................55 THE HONOURABLE GEORGE TALBOT...............................................................................................56 A DINNER AT SIR JAMES BLAND BURGES'S, IN LOWER BROOK STREET; AUTUMN, 1815...56 LORD BYRON............................................................................................................................................57