31 MAY 1902, Page 15

THE LEGEND OF WATERLOO.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."

SIR,—Mr. de Layen in the Spectator of May 24th objects to what " one of your correspondents writes " about the battle of Waterloo. I cannot refrain from pointing out that, right or wrong, it is not "an argument used by your• correspondent," but an expression of opinion uttered by the Duke of