THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND MR. FITOTIETT.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")
Sia,—Your correspondent, " Senex," whose graphic letter in the Spectator of June 9th on the value of the non-British contingents in the Allied forces in the Waterloo Campaign I have read with great interest, might have included the brilliant service rendered by Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar by holding the position at Quatre Bras, on the evening of June 15th, with little more than a single battalion of Nassauers. Had not the skilful disposition of his slender force by Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar deterred Ney from delivering his attack, which was an essential part of Napoleon's plan of campaign, on the evening of June 15th, the command- ing position of Quatre Bras must have fallen into the hands of the French at least twelve hours before a single British soldier could have appeared on the scene. As it turned out, Picton's division, the reserve, stationed at Brussels, was the first to arrive.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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