Note 52 — Chapter V
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Halkett’s left, (30th and 73d regiments,) in square, was attacked eleven times by the enemy’s cavalry.
The late lord Harris, (then colonel of the 73d.) in a letter which I have, alludes to the gallant conduct of these two regiments in the following manner. “My impression is that the gallant and enduring stand made by the 30th and 73d regiments against thirteen charges of cuirassiers and an unceasing discharge of artillery for seven hours, besides the fact of successfully driving the French cavalry away by a charge in square, has not been done sufficient justice to by historians of the battle, with the exception of a French writer.” Would that his Lordship had survived to have read my pages!