article_snippet: me added: 'This was a Glorious Charge we returned and was Huzza'd by the infantry which they had threatened with destruction.
article_snippet: The charge destroyed an enemy brigade but attempts to recall an enemy brigade failed and an enemy brigade became overrun by the enemy.
article_snippet: Maj Gen Ponsonby became surrounded by a group of lancers who beckoned to Maj Gen Ponsonby to surrender after recognising Maj Gen Ponsonby rank.
article_snippet: Several comrades spotted the danger and rode to Maj Gen Ponsonby rescue which prompted a lancer to spear Maj Gen Ponsonby to death.
article_snippet: We had very hard fighting and with men of no despicable size or appearance
article_snippet: I mean their Curassiers in complete Armour if you had heard We the first Charge We made on the 18th you had been reminded of Mr Greenwoods Braizer's Shop such a rattling of swords about their Backs & Helmets it was really Laughable.
article_snippet: I think more in this Charge fell by a Sword
article_snippet: this was a Glorious Charge We returnd and was Huzza'd by the Infantry which they had threatened with destruction and a Regt of Belgian Cavalry our swords reeked with French Blood...
article_snippet: Our Col was kill'd one
article_snippet: Capt Kill'd 2 Quartermasters 5 or 6 Corp.ls & 20 Men that we know of and 70 Wounded, all the Officers was wounded"; then giving news of Our Col present whereabouts ("...we are now within five miles of Paris...
article_snippet: The two sides clashed for 10 hours, with the British fending off repeated attacks from the French, until Marshal Blücher arrived at the head of a Prussian army.