HOW EWART WON THE EAGLE AT WATERLOO.

Otago Witness, Issue 585, 14 February 1863, Page 6

HOW EWART WON THE EAGLE AT WATERLOO.

# A correspondent of the Aiheneoum writes in that journal of September 6th : I sg« by some mtices of recent works, wiitlea by French writers of history and romance, that, they are not only in doubt a3 to who actually won the b.tttV of Waterloo, and how it was gamed, but aho cast doubts on the succev, of the prowess displayed by Sergeant Ewart, of the Scots trios, when he captured the French Eagle on that memorable occasion. Aware that it will be impossible to get the French nation, much less the French wrilers of fiction, to believe in the kcts of tiie case winch I now send, nevertheless, as neither Siborne, uleis, nor any other of our military authors has nar-nt-jd the circumstances by any -ncms in full, I take this opportunity of sending you the particulars thinking- they may be interesting to many of your Jimrhsh readers. As a eh-"ld I often saw the cullant swordsman, who was a frequent visitor at the house ot my father (the Rev. John Clay, of prison notoriety) and from him I have the full paiticnlars of the comoat: I will endeavor to give you the man's own words as far as I ca,n remember :

"it was after the eliarga of the Union Brigade (which coveted of the Ennkkilleus, the Scots Grey« nnd the Dr.igoon Guard"!), i,, which we t'iree fiincb railed over the French Cuirassier* like so ninny sheep th \t I found mysolf a'one ; all our men had «onA oil" mtuosaud three? after the remnants of llio' French cavalry. At the distance of about sk InmdreJ ya<-ds I saw a small body of French foot soldier* finnn- and someone in the o nitre beiring a Fruiich Ea '-Ye I walked my horse slowiy in its direction, but I hid not pioc-eiied far when a wounded Fmicn tiiailJeur who washing on the ground, fned at me Imtv.ii^cl I turned my horse back, and before hd 'eoul 1 repeat the experiment cut him over the head. I again went iv of the Fieach Ji?g'e, nnd, to my surprise, saw that the man who bore it stood iilo'ie ; but I bad to fight liiv way to him, ibr s-h ;rf,ly JikTjrw.uv's a Po/iJi lancer charui/1 1m iv rar at full gallop. Iha l j ust time to I uin my hors"'s hea.! and lvonve him p'u-y fhc !a'icu,_a-ul «ive him Fo. 3 of the 'Sword Ma'iuaf 1 and cue him fiom thu chin upuaid^. 1 wm now it liberty O'.cc more. The French officer, \vh 3 wasa feilow about six f --t two, perceived me ; he was ou foot (not on horsebaclr, as r. presented in Ansilell'a '■ I-iglib for thp M mdiird "), and by his uesticulatio w evulontly chahpiu'eil me to come on. Pie w is arm°d witli a Jong simi-ht sword. Afrrr some pay had been m-rtc, I psi wired that he knew well how to handle his weapon, and I acta-I on the dtfcnslve and ior_ a tnio he foihn.cd tho same tactic* ; but, 'soon losing pa'.ence, ho m uJc a de^pointo lunge at m.\ I pai rio lit « irh my full f ireo, and snapped his sword in weca-. I now rrrvle flioit woik ot Inui tind jiossc. el lny^-lt of the Eagle. Hut even now my tioub'cs wore only lipmnniiv,-; ror I shortly enc wintered an I ollicer which I knew was neither Frrncli, Prussian i.or Belgian, attended by live mounted men, appaj eutly \<h servnts or or.!er!io:i. However, I soon found out tho dnib ot his inteufrons, which were, tint I sliould hand over tho E.igle at once to him. On my derlhnu" to aivo it up, he or.lciei his attendants toatta kme" nn I take ,1, by force; ami they were about to com! luGiicJ, when who should arrivs but three won of the fecit* toys, bearing away our woundoJ colonel. The colonel quickly saw how matters stood, gave a volley of curves on the cowanls and their coinmandtr, whoso cn.uacier he knew prclty well, ibr the officer was no other than the Spanish General Alava, who was on die look out Kir some easily got glory that might be an honor to their country— ho, on that oceayon bom"* ?,r oo ii l r of amat( ' ur soldier, in the suite of the Duke ot Wellington. Howctoi', A!a\a did not stay lour-- and then mv colonel directed me to a hill uot f'aroiF, where I tihould find tne I)nke, and j^et his orders as to what wps to lie done with the En.ide. I found the Duke who hone I, and merely expressed his approbation at my&ucce^, and directed mo to ride off at once with it to iret it lotlgel in tho Town-hall at Brusseh I manaq.d, howeva-, to return to the Held late in the evniinj?, in time to Bad the Fiench infuil retreat." buch h the true, unva-nished tale, as my father delivered uto mo, liaving heard it from JSwart ahu'ost as ottnn a'} ho completed his fencing lesson, to" he t'.iu^ht my father tho broarisnoid e.\L-rciso for some fo\v years. Kwart, at the time I wrote of, was a powerfully bndt man, fair complexion and aquiline features. Watctko wiis his only battle-field. For his exploits on that day he was gazetted to an ensigncv, but soon retired f. om the army to follow the more lucrative profession of lencinft-mus'er. Ejßrjsaig3Buasnmjn_i»iM.iu'i_m!.!»ii»i»ij „

Chinese Thief Shot.— On Thursday ni<>ht a Chinaman, Flipped to be living in tho camp at the rear ot Ivonip',3 lormer store, Forest Creek lload was shot \vln!e plundering 1 a fruit garden. The owner, who lives near Jones's! ginger-bser factory, beiii" aroused by hearing the thief, went out with liis gun! and loilgeil the contents in John'.s perron. The ro'>ue Chipped his hands to the wounded part, and ran 'off puisueil by theiudignanthortkulturst. The fugitive left behind liis hat, in which his name was written and als.o a couple of bags, partly filled with peaches! to!.-~Wwrt Attymfor <W<i«, Jan, ?!,- - r '