A battalion was quartered in a large brick building several stories high on the east side of the canal.

There was consequently much stir of life at that point, and from my summerhouse on the wall I could talk to the men passing by.

My billet was filled with a lot of heavy furniture which was prized very highly by its owners.

Madame told me that she had buried twelve valuable clocks in the garden in case of a German advance.

She also told me that her grandfather had seen from the windows the British going to the battle of Waterloo.