I.
Effective Strength of the French Army at Waterloo.
Infantry of the Line:—First Corps32 battalionsSecond Corps (3 divisions)28 battalions[46]Sixth Corps (2 divisions)12 battalions—72 battalions.Which, at 720 each, (according to the statements in theMoniteurand in the portfolio of Napoleon,) would amount to51,840Infantry of the Guard, stated by Gourgaud, p. 37, and Fleury, p. 167, at14,000Cavalry of the Guard, according to Fleury, pp. 165 and 1674,500Cavalry of 1st, 2nd, and 6th Corps, according to Fleury, p. 167 and Book ix4,200Reserve of Cavalry, 4 Corps, according to Book ix, p. 1287,400Artillerydittoditto6,500———88,440Losses sustained on the 16th, by these Corps, according to Book ix4,250———84,190
II.
Effective Strength of the Anglo-Allied Army at Waterloo.
British Infantry15,181“ Cavalry5,843“ Artillery2,967King’s German Legion—Infantry3,301““Cavalry1,997““Artillery526———Total British and German Legion29,815Hanoverian, Brunswick, and Nassau Infantry17,724“““Cavalry1,363“““Artillery975Dutch-Belgian Infantry13,402““Cavalry3,205““Artillery1,177———Total67,661Deduct: Retreated—Bylandt’s Belgian Brigade3,233Tripp’s Dutch-Belgian Carabiniers1,237Hanoverian Cumberland Hussars496D’Aubreme’s Dutch-Belgian Brigade3,1818,148[47]———Actual Combatants59,513
FOOTNOTES:[46]Book ix. tells us, in Table F, that four of the regiments in this Corps had three battalions.[47]There was probably the same backwardness in a few other cases; buttheseare distinctly recorded.
[46]Book ix. tells us, in Table F, that four of the regiments in this Corps had three battalions.
[46]Book ix. tells us, in Table F, that four of the regiments in this Corps had three battalions.
[47]There was probably the same backwardness in a few other cases; buttheseare distinctly recorded.
[47]There was probably the same backwardness in a few other cases; buttheseare distinctly recorded.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTEObvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.The punctuation after the Battle Name heading (.—) has been made consistent, eg ABOUKIR.— (some headings had ,— or only — ).The original Table onpage 215was very wide, and has been split into two parts; the first column has been duplicated in the second part.The ANCIENT CHRONOLOGY Table onpage 450has an abbreviation P. This has been marked with an asterisk and a note (not a footnote) placed under the Table ‘* P = Period.’, in the same manner as the original text.Two items in the CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE which starts onpage 451were out of sequence and have been moved to the correct place; 1097 has been moved above 1098, and 1207 has been moved above 1208.Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained: for example, hill-side, hill side, hillside; head-quarters, head quarters, headquarters; daybreak, day-break; punctilios; Affghan; cimetars; inclosed; rhetorician; debouching.Pg 25:‘men vieing with’ replaced by ‘men vying with’.Pg 39:‘28,000 prisioners’ replaced by ‘28,000 prisoners’.Pg 40:‘The seige is one’ replaced by ‘The siege is one’.Pg 47:‘saw Brigader-General’ replaced by ‘saw Brigadier-General’.Pg 49:‘advance of Balakalava’ replaced by ‘advance of Balaklava’.Pg 49:‘en enchelon’ replaced by ‘en échelon’.Pg 52:‘a lance thurst’ replaced by ‘a lance thrust’.Pg 55:‘gallont promptitude’ replaced by ‘gallant promptitude’.Pg 59:‘and 20 canons’ replaced by ‘and 20 cannons’.Pg 60:‘the kingdon, known’ replaced by ‘the kingdom, known’.Pg 64:‘crashed though’ replaced by ‘crashed through’.Pg 68:‘into thesalient’ replaced by ‘into the salient’.Pg 70:‘Prince Bragration’ replaced by ‘Prince Bagration’.Pg 72:‘Edward III beseiged’ replaced by ‘Edward III besieged’.Pg 78:‘putrified on their’ replaced by ‘putrefied on their’.Pg 80:‘them, and orcing’ replaced by ‘them, and forcing’.Pg 81:‘extreme inclemeny’ replaced by ‘extreme inclemency of’.Pg 84:‘was then siezed’ replaced by ‘was then seized’.Pg 86:‘a dreaful fire’ replaced by ‘a dreadful fire’.Pg 90:‘Gage, Jannuary’ replaced by ‘Gage, January’.Pg 100:‘flag of true, and’ replaced by ‘flag of truce, and’.Pg 100:‘of maze, they’ replaced by ‘of maize, they’.Pg 101:‘tossed of from’ replaced by ‘tossed off from’.Pg 104:‘a capita charge’ replaced by ‘a capital charge’.Pg 114:‘he clapsed him’ replaced by ‘he clasped him’.Pg 119:‘and gallopped off’ replaced by ‘and galloped off’.Pg 123:‘CUSTOZZO, BATTLE OF’ replaced by ‘CUSTOZZA, BATTLE OF’.Pg 123:‘afternoon, June 28th’ replaced by ‘afternoon, June 23rd’.Pg 124:‘but tells us’ replaced by ‘but tell us’.Pg 131:‘EDGEHLL, BATTLE OF’ replaced by ‘EDGEHILL, BATTLE OF’.Pg 133:‘and Montford slain’ replaced by ‘and Montfort slain’.Pg 136:‘Desparing of success’ replaced by ‘Despairing of success’.Pg 137:‘pursuing hostilites’ replaced by ‘pursuing hostilities’.Pg 138:‘in wasting upon’ replaced by ‘in waiting upon’.Pg 142:‘Anstrians, February’ replaced by ‘Austrians, February’.Pg 144:‘Napeleon in person’ replaced by ‘Napoleon in person’.Pg 148:‘to show symptons’ replaced by ‘to show symptoms’.Pg 149:‘to the route’ replaced by ‘to the rout’.Pg 151:‘peaceful posssession’ replaced by ‘peaceful possession’.Pg 151:‘the mottoe of the’ replaced by ‘the motto of the’.Pg 160:‘their minie rifles’ replaced by ‘their Minié rifles’.Pg 174:‘In a vew minutes’ replaced by ‘In a few minutes’.Pg 182:‘seige of Olmutz’ replaced by ‘siege of Olmutz’.Pg 184:‘Brigadier Churchhill’ replaced by ‘Brigadier Churchill’.Pg 193:‘May 2th, 1813’ replaced by ‘May 2nd, 1813’.Pg 194:‘Lewis XIV took’ replaced by ‘Louis XIV took’.Pg 202:‘Canadian Volunters’ replaced by ‘Canadian Volunteers’.Pg 208:‘as if valcanoes’ replaced by ‘as if volcanoes’.Pg 211:‘of General Bettenfeld.’ replaced by ‘of General Bittenfeld.’.Pg 219:‘ship, the _Conqérant_’ replaced by ‘ship, the _Conquérant_’.Pg 225:‘Peninsular hereos’ replaced by ‘Peninsular heroes’.Pg 239:‘Cardinal set of’ replaced by ‘Cardinal set off’.Pg 244:‘the Jacobins, but’ replaced by ‘the Jacobites, but’.Pg 254:‘Van Ransselaer. In’ replaced by ‘Van Rensselaer. In’.Pg 257:‘of every Cananadian’ replaced by ‘of every Canadian’.Pg 257:‘galantry and merit’ replaced by ‘gallantry and merit’.Pg 259:‘It surrended to’ replaced by ‘It surrendered to’.Pg 259:‘soon siezed with’ replaced by ‘soon seized with’.Pg 276:‘be would not allow’ replaced by ‘he would not allow’.Pg 287:‘Alles ist veloren’ replaced by ‘Alles ist verloren’.Pg 301:‘a garrison 1700’ replaced by ‘a garrison of 1700’.Pg 301:‘General Kutosoff’ replaced by ‘General Kutusoff’.Pg 303:‘one his mistresses’ replaced by ‘one of his mistresses’.Pg 311:‘that each man’ replaced by ‘than each man’.Pg 313:‘and exhilirating scene’ replaced by ‘and exhilarating scene’.Pg 315:‘à-ricohet’ replaced by ‘à-ricochet’.Pg 320:‘flying ignominously’ replaced by ‘flying ignominiously’.Pg 324:‘ariving in time’ replaced by ‘arriving in time’.Pg 337:‘18th, August, 1593’ replaced by ‘18th, August, 1513’.Pg 344:‘effect of the suprise’ replaced by ‘effect of the surprise’.Pg 353Footnotes[10] and [11]: small errors in the Greek phrases have been corrected.Pg 361:‘I feel someting’ replaced by ‘I feel something’.Pg 361:‘garrison surrended’ replaced by ‘garrison surrendered’.Pg 368:‘until there last’ replaced by ‘until their last’.Pg 372:‘event at a period’ replaced by ‘even at a period’.Pg 374:‘wife of Henry II’ replaced by ‘wife of Henry VI’.Pg 375:‘In many place the’ replaced by ‘In many places the’.Pg 386:‘which proceeded the’ replaced by ‘which preceded the’.Pg 404Footnote[37]: ‘give total of’ replaced by ‘give a total of’.Pg 419:‘own admision’ replaced by ‘own admission’.Pg 439:‘without amunition’ replaced by ‘without ammunition’.Pg 442:‘inland ressources’ replaced by ‘inland resources’.Pg 447:‘personaal ppearance’ replaced by ‘personal appearance’.Pg 449:‘by the initals’ replaced by ‘by the initials’.Pg 451:‘3347 Noah quits’ replaced by ‘2347 Noah quits’.Pg 452:‘a seige of ten’ replaced by ‘a siege of ten’.Pg 452:‘Agamemnon, Achillies’ replaced by ‘Agamemnon, Achilles’.Pg 453:‘727 Nabopolazzar’ replaced by ‘627 Nabopolazzar’.Pg 454:‘Cyrenaic philosopers’ replaced by ‘Cyrenaic philosophers’.Pg 458:‘Age Pomponius’ replaced by ‘Age of Pomponius’.Pg 462:‘aad swear allegiance’ replaced by ‘and swear allegiance’.Pg 463:‘Lady Berengera’ replaced by ‘Lady Berengaria’.Pg 472:‘aad the statutes’ replaced by ‘and the statutes’.Pg 476:‘Augbrim, in Ireland’ replaced by ‘Aughrim, in Ireland’.Pg 478:‘Newton died, aged 35’ replaced by ‘Newton died, aged 85’.Pg 488:‘Alma, Balaclava’ replaced by ‘Alma, Balaklava’.Pg 490:‘evacuted by them’ replaced by ‘evacuated by them’.Pg 493:‘Navy Apropriation’ replaced by ‘Navy Appropriation’.Pg 494:‘Winchester the next next’ replaced by ‘Winchester the next day’.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
The punctuation after the Battle Name heading (.—) has been made consistent, eg ABOUKIR.— (some headings had ,— or only — ).
The original Table onpage 215was very wide, and has been split into two parts; the first column has been duplicated in the second part.
The ANCIENT CHRONOLOGY Table onpage 450has an abbreviation P. This has been marked with an asterisk and a note (not a footnote) placed under the Table ‘* P = Period.’, in the same manner as the original text.
Two items in the CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE which starts onpage 451were out of sequence and have been moved to the correct place; 1097 has been moved above 1098, and 1207 has been moved above 1208.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained: for example, hill-side, hill side, hillside; head-quarters, head quarters, headquarters; daybreak, day-break; punctilios; Affghan; cimetars; inclosed; rhetorician; debouching.
Pg 25:‘men vieing with’ replaced by ‘men vying with’.Pg 39:‘28,000 prisioners’ replaced by ‘28,000 prisoners’.Pg 40:‘The seige is one’ replaced by ‘The siege is one’.Pg 47:‘saw Brigader-General’ replaced by ‘saw Brigadier-General’.Pg 49:‘advance of Balakalava’ replaced by ‘advance of Balaklava’.Pg 49:‘en enchelon’ replaced by ‘en échelon’.Pg 52:‘a lance thurst’ replaced by ‘a lance thrust’.Pg 55:‘gallont promptitude’ replaced by ‘gallant promptitude’.Pg 59:‘and 20 canons’ replaced by ‘and 20 cannons’.Pg 60:‘the kingdon, known’ replaced by ‘the kingdom, known’.Pg 64:‘crashed though’ replaced by ‘crashed through’.Pg 68:‘into thesalient’ replaced by ‘into the salient’.Pg 70:‘Prince Bragration’ replaced by ‘Prince Bagration’.Pg 72:‘Edward III beseiged’ replaced by ‘Edward III besieged’.Pg 78:‘putrified on their’ replaced by ‘putrefied on their’.Pg 80:‘them, and orcing’ replaced by ‘them, and forcing’.Pg 81:‘extreme inclemeny’ replaced by ‘extreme inclemency of’.Pg 84:‘was then siezed’ replaced by ‘was then seized’.Pg 86:‘a dreaful fire’ replaced by ‘a dreadful fire’.Pg 90:‘Gage, Jannuary’ replaced by ‘Gage, January’.Pg 100:‘flag of true, and’ replaced by ‘flag of truce, and’.Pg 100:‘of maze, they’ replaced by ‘of maize, they’.Pg 101:‘tossed of from’ replaced by ‘tossed off from’.Pg 104:‘a capita charge’ replaced by ‘a capital charge’.Pg 114:‘he clapsed him’ replaced by ‘he clasped him’.Pg 119:‘and gallopped off’ replaced by ‘and galloped off’.Pg 123:‘CUSTOZZO, BATTLE OF’ replaced by ‘CUSTOZZA, BATTLE OF’.Pg 123:‘afternoon, June 28th’ replaced by ‘afternoon, June 23rd’.Pg 124:‘but tells us’ replaced by ‘but tell us’.Pg 131:‘EDGEHLL, BATTLE OF’ replaced by ‘EDGEHILL, BATTLE OF’.Pg 133:‘and Montford slain’ replaced by ‘and Montfort slain’.Pg 136:‘Desparing of success’ replaced by ‘Despairing of success’.Pg 137:‘pursuing hostilites’ replaced by ‘pursuing hostilities’.Pg 138:‘in wasting upon’ replaced by ‘in waiting upon’.Pg 142:‘Anstrians, February’ replaced by ‘Austrians, February’.Pg 144:‘Napeleon in person’ replaced by ‘Napoleon in person’.Pg 148:‘to show symptons’ replaced by ‘to show symptoms’.Pg 149:‘to the route’ replaced by ‘to the rout’.Pg 151:‘peaceful posssession’ replaced by ‘peaceful possession’.Pg 151:‘the mottoe of the’ replaced by ‘the motto of the’.Pg 160:‘their minie rifles’ replaced by ‘their Minié rifles’.Pg 174:‘In a vew minutes’ replaced by ‘In a few minutes’.Pg 182:‘seige of Olmutz’ replaced by ‘siege of Olmutz’.Pg 184:‘Brigadier Churchhill’ replaced by ‘Brigadier Churchill’.Pg 193:‘May 2th, 1813’ replaced by ‘May 2nd, 1813’.Pg 194:‘Lewis XIV took’ replaced by ‘Louis XIV took’.Pg 202:‘Canadian Volunters’ replaced by ‘Canadian Volunteers’.Pg 208:‘as if valcanoes’ replaced by ‘as if volcanoes’.Pg 211:‘of General Bettenfeld.’ replaced by ‘of General Bittenfeld.’.Pg 219:‘ship, the _Conqérant_’ replaced by ‘ship, the _Conquérant_’.Pg 225:‘Peninsular hereos’ replaced by ‘Peninsular heroes’.Pg 239:‘Cardinal set of’ replaced by ‘Cardinal set off’.Pg 244:‘the Jacobins, but’ replaced by ‘the Jacobites, but’.Pg 254:‘Van Ransselaer. In’ replaced by ‘Van Rensselaer. In’.Pg 257:‘of every Cananadian’ replaced by ‘of every Canadian’.Pg 257:‘galantry and merit’ replaced by ‘gallantry and merit’.Pg 259:‘It surrended to’ replaced by ‘It surrendered to’.Pg 259:‘soon siezed with’ replaced by ‘soon seized with’.Pg 276:‘be would not allow’ replaced by ‘he would not allow’.Pg 287:‘Alles ist veloren’ replaced by ‘Alles ist verloren’.Pg 301:‘a garrison 1700’ replaced by ‘a garrison of 1700’.Pg 301:‘General Kutosoff’ replaced by ‘General Kutusoff’.Pg 303:‘one his mistresses’ replaced by ‘one of his mistresses’.Pg 311:‘that each man’ replaced by ‘than each man’.Pg 313:‘and exhilirating scene’ replaced by ‘and exhilarating scene’.Pg 315:‘à-ricohet’ replaced by ‘à-ricochet’.Pg 320:‘flying ignominously’ replaced by ‘flying ignominiously’.Pg 324:‘ariving in time’ replaced by ‘arriving in time’.Pg 337:‘18th, August, 1593’ replaced by ‘18th, August, 1513’.Pg 344:‘effect of the suprise’ replaced by ‘effect of the surprise’.Pg 353Footnotes[10] and [11]: small errors in the Greek phrases have been corrected.Pg 361:‘I feel someting’ replaced by ‘I feel something’.Pg 361:‘garrison surrended’ replaced by ‘garrison surrendered’.Pg 368:‘until there last’ replaced by ‘until their last’.Pg 372:‘event at a period’ replaced by ‘even at a period’.Pg 374:‘wife of Henry II’ replaced by ‘wife of Henry VI’.Pg 375:‘In many place the’ replaced by ‘In many places the’.Pg 386:‘which proceeded the’ replaced by ‘which preceded the’.Pg 404Footnote[37]: ‘give total of’ replaced by ‘give a total of’.Pg 419:‘own admision’ replaced by ‘own admission’.Pg 439:‘without amunition’ replaced by ‘without ammunition’.Pg 442:‘inland ressources’ replaced by ‘inland resources’.Pg 447:‘personaal ppearance’ replaced by ‘personal appearance’.Pg 449:‘by the initals’ replaced by ‘by the initials’.Pg 451:‘3347 Noah quits’ replaced by ‘2347 Noah quits’.Pg 452:‘a seige of ten’ replaced by ‘a siege of ten’.Pg 452:‘Agamemnon, Achillies’ replaced by ‘Agamemnon, Achilles’.Pg 453:‘727 Nabopolazzar’ replaced by ‘627 Nabopolazzar’.Pg 454:‘Cyrenaic philosopers’ replaced by ‘Cyrenaic philosophers’.Pg 458:‘Age Pomponius’ replaced by ‘Age of Pomponius’.Pg 462:‘aad swear allegiance’ replaced by ‘and swear allegiance’.Pg 463:‘Lady Berengera’ replaced by ‘Lady Berengaria’.Pg 472:‘aad the statutes’ replaced by ‘and the statutes’.Pg 476:‘Augbrim, in Ireland’ replaced by ‘Aughrim, in Ireland’.Pg 478:‘Newton died, aged 35’ replaced by ‘Newton died, aged 85’.Pg 488:‘Alma, Balaclava’ replaced by ‘Alma, Balaklava’.Pg 490:‘evacuted by them’ replaced by ‘evacuated by them’.Pg 493:‘Navy Apropriation’ replaced by ‘Navy Appropriation’.Pg 494:‘Winchester the next next’ replaced by ‘Winchester the next day’.