Life and diary of Lieut. Col. J. Blackader

354 LIFE OF COL. BLACKADER. CHAP. XV.
the first. We found a letter to her in his pocket,
which he wrote that same morning I wrote the in-
closed, but none of us could send it away. You are
almost the only wife in the regiment who will not be
in tears and anxiety, either of grief or concern about
their friends and husbands. Let us have our hearts
the more filled with thankfulness, and our mouths
with praise to the God of our mercies, who gives us
such signal and frequent deliverances.
For as busy a day as it was, and hot action, I never
had a pleasanter in my life, for all was well with me. —
The French stood stiffly to it, especially their horse,
(they behaved well,) and repulsed ours several times ;
but our foot sustained our horse. Brigadier Lalo is
killed, and poor Captain Monro. Argyle's and theirs
have suffered most of the English, and the Guards.
Lord Tullibardin is killed, and Colonel Swinton,
Colonel Holborn and his Lieutenant Colonel Hamil-
ton, and their regiments are almost ruined. Briga-
dier Douglas is ill wounded. In short, it has been a
very dear victory, but it was a glorious day. The
Lord of Hosts went at our head as Captain of our
host, and all the army followed with courage and re-
solution. I never saw troops go on with more hearty
briskness in my life. I cannot tell you what will be
the fruit of our victory : I hope a lasting peace. We
are now lying in the field of battle, and I have been
this morning riding through the intrenchments, getting
a very edifying preaching from the dead. In some
places they are lying so thick that we cannot, for a
good way, pass through without treading on them.
We are going to march back this afternoon to our
camp nearMons, from which we came before the battle.