The account provides a description of the part Friedrich May played in the battle of Waterloo, which was noticed by his superior officer: 'As early as 3 o'clock in the afternoon we realised that the ammunition was in very short supply and we could not use the ammunition from the 2nd Battalion because they had French muskets and were using a different calibre. Therefore, I removed all of my leather accoutrements and ran back through the line of fire to the British troops, from whom I received sufficient cartridges to fill my haversack. Having returned to the battalion and distributed the cartridges, I ran back a second time, but on my way back I was struck just beneath the hip by a spent musket ball (which I later found in my underwear). But this did not prevent me from returning a third time. However, when I returned on this occasion with my haversack full of cartridges I met Prince Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar.' This  file is available within the on-line archive. 

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