Author: DARGUE, I.
Title: The Victory of Waterloo, with the entry of the three Allied Sovereigns and Louis the XVIII into Paris with the Surrender of Buonaparte. A New Song... written exclusively for the benefit of Thomas Maugham.
Description: [Kirby Stephen?], c. 1815. Slip song, 270 x 165 mm. worn and creased, slight loss. An unrecorded, probably provincial ballad with a printed note to the foot: "...I was informed by Captain Philbert commanding the Amphirite Frigate, that Buonaparte had embarked on the Emperor Brig with a flag of truce, determined to give himself up to Captain Maitland of the Belorophon 74: Buonaparte was received on board the Englishs Ship, as well as persons belonging to his suit: the officer whom I left on the look out, informed me of this important news, which General Beker who arrived in a few minutes fully confirmed. Signed Bonnffoux." Either Joseph de Bonnefoux or his cousin François-Casimir de Bonnefoux, officers in the French navy.

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