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FOOTNOTES:[84]A large quantity of these proclamations was found amongst the Imperial baggage.[85]Campagne et Bataille de Waterloo, parAchille de Vaulabelle, p. 95-96. Paris, 1845.[86]A positive proof that Napoleon was of opinion that the Prussians were retiring upon Namur and the Meuse; or why did he direct the communication to be kept up by the paved road of Quatre-Bras?[87]It is notorious that Ney was one amongst the last who quitted the scene of carnage; it is also certain, we had our hands full to wrest victory from the French. Had all Napoleon’s generals acted with the same energy, gallantry and constant audacity as Ney did on his last field, our day’s work would have been more troublesome, and not so many of us left to tell the tale. As a soldier, I am sorry that both Ney and the Emperor did not die a soldier’s death at Waterloo.[88]Military life of the Duke of Wellington, by majorBasil Jacksonand captainRochfort Scott; page 609, vol. II.[89]SeeGurwood, vol. XII, p. 352.[90]Quarterly Review, No. LXX, page 478.[91]SeeGurwood, vol. XII, page 441.[92]Histoire de Napoléon, parA. Gabourd, p. 345-346.[93]Military life of the Duke of Wellington, by majorBasil Jacksonand captainRochfort Scott; vol. II, page 604.[94]SeeGeneral orders, inGurwood’sSelections from Dispatches, page 865.[95]SeeGurwood,Dispatches, vol. XII, page 438.[96]SeeGurwood,Dispatches, vol. XII, p. 449, 453, 457.[97]SeeAppendix,No. V.[98]4th, 27th, 40th, (Lambert’s); 52d, 71st, 95th, (Adam’s); 14th, 23d, 51st, (Mitchell’s); 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th line of the German legion, (Duplat’s); with Vivian’s 10th and 18th British, and 1st German hussars, and Vandeleur’s 11th, 12th, and 16th light dragoons.[99]At the time the Prussians first became engaged, Duplat’s Germans, a part of Halkett’s Hanoverians, with Adam’s brigade, altogether above five thousand bayonets, stood in their advanced position, between the north-east angle of the orchard of Hougoumont and a little to the right of where the Lion now stands.[100]SeeAppendix,No. V, page 252.[101]Geschichte des Preussischen Staates, 1763-1815; Frankfort, 1820; vol. III, page 371.[102]SeeNey’s letter, Appendix,No. V, page 253.
[84]A large quantity of these proclamations was found amongst the Imperial baggage.
[84]A large quantity of these proclamations was found amongst the Imperial baggage.
[85]Campagne et Bataille de Waterloo, parAchille de Vaulabelle, p. 95-96. Paris, 1845.
[85]Campagne et Bataille de Waterloo, parAchille de Vaulabelle, p. 95-96. Paris, 1845.
[86]A positive proof that Napoleon was of opinion that the Prussians were retiring upon Namur and the Meuse; or why did he direct the communication to be kept up by the paved road of Quatre-Bras?
[86]A positive proof that Napoleon was of opinion that the Prussians were retiring upon Namur and the Meuse; or why did he direct the communication to be kept up by the paved road of Quatre-Bras?
[87]It is notorious that Ney was one amongst the last who quitted the scene of carnage; it is also certain, we had our hands full to wrest victory from the French. Had all Napoleon’s generals acted with the same energy, gallantry and constant audacity as Ney did on his last field, our day’s work would have been more troublesome, and not so many of us left to tell the tale. As a soldier, I am sorry that both Ney and the Emperor did not die a soldier’s death at Waterloo.
[87]It is notorious that Ney was one amongst the last who quitted the scene of carnage; it is also certain, we had our hands full to wrest victory from the French. Had all Napoleon’s generals acted with the same energy, gallantry and constant audacity as Ney did on his last field, our day’s work would have been more troublesome, and not so many of us left to tell the tale. As a soldier, I am sorry that both Ney and the Emperor did not die a soldier’s death at Waterloo.
[88]Military life of the Duke of Wellington, by majorBasil Jacksonand captainRochfort Scott; page 609, vol. II.
[88]Military life of the Duke of Wellington, by majorBasil Jacksonand captainRochfort Scott; page 609, vol. II.
[89]SeeGurwood, vol. XII, p. 352.
[89]SeeGurwood, vol. XII, p. 352.
[90]Quarterly Review, No. LXX, page 478.
[90]Quarterly Review, No. LXX, page 478.
[91]SeeGurwood, vol. XII, page 441.
[91]SeeGurwood, vol. XII, page 441.
[92]Histoire de Napoléon, parA. Gabourd, p. 345-346.
[92]Histoire de Napoléon, parA. Gabourd, p. 345-346.
[93]Military life of the Duke of Wellington, by majorBasil Jacksonand captainRochfort Scott; vol. II, page 604.
[93]Military life of the Duke of Wellington, by majorBasil Jacksonand captainRochfort Scott; vol. II, page 604.
[94]SeeGeneral orders, inGurwood’sSelections from Dispatches, page 865.
[94]SeeGeneral orders, inGurwood’sSelections from Dispatches, page 865.
[95]SeeGurwood,Dispatches, vol. XII, page 438.
[95]SeeGurwood,Dispatches, vol. XII, page 438.
[96]SeeGurwood,Dispatches, vol. XII, p. 449, 453, 457.
[96]SeeGurwood,Dispatches, vol. XII, p. 449, 453, 457.
[97]SeeAppendix,No. V.
[97]SeeAppendix,No. V.
[98]4th, 27th, 40th, (Lambert’s); 52d, 71st, 95th, (Adam’s); 14th, 23d, 51st, (Mitchell’s); 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th line of the German legion, (Duplat’s); with Vivian’s 10th and 18th British, and 1st German hussars, and Vandeleur’s 11th, 12th, and 16th light dragoons.
[98]4th, 27th, 40th, (Lambert’s); 52d, 71st, 95th, (Adam’s); 14th, 23d, 51st, (Mitchell’s); 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th line of the German legion, (Duplat’s); with Vivian’s 10th and 18th British, and 1st German hussars, and Vandeleur’s 11th, 12th, and 16th light dragoons.
[99]At the time the Prussians first became engaged, Duplat’s Germans, a part of Halkett’s Hanoverians, with Adam’s brigade, altogether above five thousand bayonets, stood in their advanced position, between the north-east angle of the orchard of Hougoumont and a little to the right of where the Lion now stands.
[99]At the time the Prussians first became engaged, Duplat’s Germans, a part of Halkett’s Hanoverians, with Adam’s brigade, altogether above five thousand bayonets, stood in their advanced position, between the north-east angle of the orchard of Hougoumont and a little to the right of where the Lion now stands.
[100]SeeAppendix,No. V, page 252.
[100]SeeAppendix,No. V, page 252.
[101]Geschichte des Preussischen Staates, 1763-1815; Frankfort, 1820; vol. III, page 371.
[101]Geschichte des Preussischen Staates, 1763-1815; Frankfort, 1820; vol. III, page 371.
[102]SeeNey’s letter, Appendix,No. V, page 253.
[102]SeeNey’s letter, Appendix,No. V, page 253.