Our people were ordered to breakfast where we stood; and a little after seven o'clock a staff officer came riding down the line, followed in a few moments after by General Crawfurd, when no sooner was his well-known brown cob recognized by the troops than a hearty cheer greeted him along the whole division.
"Thank ye, boys; thank ye, boys, with all my heart.

No man feels more sensibly what that cheer means than I do.

Guards, Lord Wellington relies upon your maintaining this position, which is essential to the safety of the whole line.

You will be supported by the light division.

I need say no more.