C.C. Edgecumbe 52nd Regiment

Extract from the Autobiography of Major Harry Smith, 95 Rifles, after Waterloo. "A party was sent to bury the dead of each Regiment, as far as possible. For the Rifle Brigade, my brother Charles was for the duty. In gathering the dead bodies, he saw amoung the dead of our own soldiers, the body of a French Officer of delicate mould and appearance. On examining it, he found that it was that of a delicate, young and handsome female. My story ends here, but such is the fact. What were the circumstances of devotion, passion or patriotism which led to such heroism, is, and ever will be to me, a mystery. Love, depend upon it." Lieutenant C.C. Edgecumbe was more fortunate.