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operations on the morning of the 16th, 116-142;

in the battle of Ligny, 152-175;

strength at Ligny, 154, 171;

losses, 159;

in the battle of Quatre Bras, 176-196;

strength at Quatre Bras, 184;

losses, 184;

operations on the 17th, 197-225;

force detached with Grouchy, 212, 220;

pursuit of the English on the 17th led by the Emperor in person, 214;

skirmish at Genappe, 216;

Grouchy’s march on Wavre, 211-213, 245-262, 264-267, 272, 279, 288;

the combat at Wavre, 264-265;

position at Waterloo, 301;

strength and composition, 301;

in the battle of Waterloo, 289-342;

unwieldy formation of d’Erlon’s troops, 304-307;

the great cavalry charges upon the English centre, 308-311;

the charge of the Imperial Guard, 315-326, 331-338;

tactics employed at Waterloo, 329-331;

the rout of the French army due to vigorous attack of Zieten’s corps at close of the day, 340.

(See also Battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, Wavre, and Waterloo.)

Audenarde, on the Scheldt, one limit of Lord Uxbridge’s cantonment, 79.

Austria, concentrates a formidable force on the eastern frontier for ultimate coÖperation against Napoleon, 2.

Auvergne. (See La Tour d’Auvergne.)

Avesnes, Napoleon issued stirring order here “to conquer or die,” on the evening of June 14th, 45;

Marshal Mortier detained here by illness, June 14th, 46.

B.

Bachelu, General, commander division 2d French corps, 25;

advance to Frasnes, 49;

at Quatre Bras, 178;

position at Waterloo, 302;

in the attack upon Hougomont, 304;

Ney neglects to use this division to support his cavalry charge, 309;

or in support of the charge of the Guard, 337.

Baring, Major, his battalion of the King’s German Legion occupies farmhouse of La Haye Sainte, 300.

Battle of Ligny, 143-175;

Prussian strength and position, 143-144, 151;

Napoleon’s plan of battle, 152, 153;

position of the French, 153, 78;

his cantonments too greatly extended, 96 et seq.;

hears from Wellington, 144;

determines to fight Napoleon at Ligny on independent grounds, 143-147;

his reasons for accepting battle, 148-150;

his position, 151;

battle formation and force, 151, 152;

his position criticised by Wellington, 155, n. 15;

leads cavalry charge against the French and narrowly escapes capture, 158;

key to his position taken by the French Guard, 158;

falls back to Brye and Sombreffe, 159;

result of accepting battle with but three-fourths of his force unsupported by Wellington, 162;

held Brye and Sombreffe until after midnight, 204;

his retreat toward Wavre, 159, 226, 231-233;

not in communication with Thielemann and BÜlow after defeat of the corps of Zieten and Pirch I., 226, n. 516;

his age at time of the battle, 229, n. 526;

decides to join Wellington, 230, 234;

assures Wellington of support at Waterloo, 234, 237 et seq.;

he as well as Wellington desired to close the campaign with a great battle, 235;

advises MÜffling that though ill he will lead his army in person at Waterloo, 263.

Bonaparte, Jerome, commander French division, 2d corps, 25;

had nominal command only, 25, n. 35;

at Quatre Bras, 178, 179;

his division in the attack on Hougomont, 303, 304.

Bonaparte, Joseph, advised by Napoleon on morning of June 14th of his intended movement on Charleroi, 45.

Bourmont, General, deserted with his staff to the enemy, succeeded by Hulot, 26, n. 36, 47.

Braine-le-Comte, sixteen miles west of Quatre Bras, 82;

headquarters of the Prince of Orange, 102.

Braine-la-Leud ordered to be intrenched by Colonel Smyth, 296, 297.

Brunswick, Duke of, commander Brunswick corps, 38;

arrives opportunely at Quatre Bras, 178;

killed at Quatre Bras, 179.

Brussels, Wellington’s headquarters, 3, 74;

chief objective of Napoleon next to the dispersion of the allied armies, 142.

Brye, place of conference between Wellington and BlÜcher, 108, 144, 146.

Bullock, R. H., Journal of, cited, 113.

BÜlow, General, commander 4th Prussian corps, 33;

had in 1813 won the battle of Dennewitz against Ney, 34;

ordered to Ligny, 146, 149, 159, 204, 226, 228, 234.

D’Erlon, Count, commander 1st French corps, 18;

position in the advance, 46;

backwardness of his corps, 50-56, 94, 118, 119, 124, 127, 131, 132, 137-140, 156, 198;

his wandering march, 157-161, 170-172, 174-175, 180-182, 193-196;

ordered to halt at Frasnes, 177-178, 183;

presence of his corps at Quatre Bras would have assured Ney’s victory, 184-186;

ordered to pursue the English rear guard, 215;

in the first line at Waterloo, 289, 301;

his grand assault upon the allied line, 304-307;

unwieldy formation of his troops, 305, 329;

rallied to support the Guard, 318, 330;

his corps hopelessly disorganized, 325.

Dirom, Captain, of 1st British foot-guards, describes advance of Imperial Guard, 335.

Documents InÉdits sur la Campagne de 1815, cited, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 67, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 129, 131, 134, 141, 154, 155, 156, 169, 178, 180, 182, 189, 190, 191, 195, 196, 345, 350, 358;

force given him for pursuit, 209, 212, 220;

his letter to Napoleon from Gembloux, 212-213, 245, 250;

his movement on Wavre, 211-213, 245-262, 264-267, 272, 279, 288;

issues orders for the morning of the 18th, 250;

his letter to Pajol morning of 18th, 251;

makes no change in his orders, 252;

should have marched for the bridge of Moustier at daybreak, 253;

neglects proper reconnoissance, 254;

his despatch from Walhain, 255, 256;

heard the sound of the cannon of Waterloo at Walhain, not Sart-À-Walhain, 256, 259, 287, 288, 345;

refused to accept GÉrard’s advice, 256, 257;

was expected to arrive on left bank of the Dyle by the bridge of Moustier, 268 et seq., 345;

probable result had he marched for Moustier at daybreak, 281, 283, 284, 326-328, 339, 342;

or had followed the counsel of GÉrard at noon, 261, 339, 342;

in the battle of Wavre, 264-265;

receives further orders from Napoleon, 265, 270;

is supposed to be bearing toward the main army, 271, 272;

carried the bridge of Limale, 271;

expected to keep off BlÜcher, not to fight Wellington, 278;

not solely responsible for defeat at Waterloo, 328, 342.

Guard. (See Imperial Guard.)

Gudin, General, Napoleon’s page at Waterloo, credited with story as to Napoleon’s health on morning of battle of Waterloo, 30.

Guilleminot, General, according to Charras, the real commander of Jerome Bonaparte’s division, 25, n. 35, 304.

Gurwood, Lieutenant-Colonel, The Despatches of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, cited, 39, 71, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 152-175;

delays decisive blow upon the unexpected appearance of d’Erlon’s corps, 157-158, 160, 161, 170, 171, 174, 198;

spends the night after the battle of Ligny at Fleurus, 159, 200;

his skill conspicuous at Ligny, 171;

not responsible for d’Erlon’s wandering, 182, 193 et seq.;

his delay on the morning of the 17th, 197 et seq.;

loses the opportunity of overwhelming Wellington at Quatre Bras, 199-202, 344, 348;

orders to Ney on the 17th, 201, 203 (see Ney);

his march to join Ney, 203, 213-214;

misconceives movement of BlÜcher, 203-206;

his neglect of proper reconnoissance on the morning of the 17th, 205, 217, 218, 223-225, 344, 348;

gives verbal order to Grouchy to pursue the Prussians, 206, 209 (see Grouchy);

the Bertrand order to Grouchy, 209-211, 218-223, 248, 249, 274, 345;

leads pursuit of the English from Quatre Bras, 214, 215;

not to blame for not pursuing the Prussians on the early morning of the 17th, 217;

expects Grouchy to arrive by the bridge of Moustier, 247, 268 et seq., 290, 293, 294, 345;

orders to Grouchy on the 18th, 265-272, 291;

his headquarters at the Caillou house, 289;

reconnoitres the field of battle of Waterloo at 1 A.M., 289;

his conduct on the morning of the 18th, 289-294;

his plan of battle, 292, 302 (see Battle of Waterloo);

decides to defer the main attack until about 1 P.M., 292, 302;

the attack upon Hougomont, 303, 304, 329;

called from the front to resist Prussian attack upon his right flank, 143, 151, 159;

falls back towards Wavre, 159, 226, 232, 246, 339, 340, 346;

delayed in leaving Wavre, 262, 263;

supports BÜlow’s assaults upon Planchenoit, 325, 340.

PirÉ, Lieutenant-General, commander cavalry division 2d French corps, 25;

in the advance, 49;

at Quatre Bras, 178;

at Waterloo, 301, 337.

Planchenoit, 313, n. 722;

attacked successfully by BÜlow, retaken by Napoleon, 311;

gallantly defended by the Young Guard and Count de Lobau, 311.

Ponsonby, Major-General Sir William, commander Union brigade English cavalry, 35;

his charge at Waterloo, 306, 307, 313.

Porter’s History Royal Engineers, cited, 296, 312.

Powell, Captain, 1st British footguards, 334;

describes advance of Imperial Guard at Waterloo, 319, 324.

Q.

Quatre Bras, value of the position, 3 et seq., 12, 13, 61 et seq., 94 et seq. (See Battle of.)

Quinet, Edgar, Histoire de la Campagne de 1815, cited, 11, 58, 282.

Quiot, General, commanded Allix’s division at Waterloo, 302;

assigned to the task of capturing La Haye Sainte, 305;

brilliant attacks upon the allied line in support of the Guard, 318, 330, 337.

R.

Raguse, Duc de, MÉmoires, see Marmont.

Rebecque, General Constant, chief of staff to the Prince of Orange, orders Perponcher to the support of Prince Bernhard’s brigade at Quatre Bras, 101-103.

Reille, General Count, commander 2d French corps, 18;

in the advance, 44, 46, 48, 50, 101;

conference with Ney on the 16th, 116;

his Notice Historique, cited, 121;

disobedience of orders, 121-122, 168, 176, PART OF BELGIUM
from a tracing of a portion of Sheet XIII of the Comte de Ferraris’
“CARTE CHOROGRAPHIQUE DES PAYS-BAS AUTRICHIENS”
made by Edward A. Reeves, Assistant Map Curator, R.G.S. London, 1889.
Retraced, omitting the features immaterial to the Campaign of 1815, by Wm. H. Munroe, Boston, 1892.
GEO. H. WALKER & CO. LITH. BOSTON.

PLAN OF THE FIELD
OF
WATERLOO
1815
Compiled from the Carte Topographique de la Belgique
PUBLISHED IN 1882
and from
CraÄn’s Plan of the Battle of Waterloo
PUBLISHED AT BRUSSELS IN 1817
The positions of the troops are taken from Map No. 1 in Siborne’s Waterloo Letters.
Map No. 13. The Field of Waterloo at 11.15 A.M. June 18, 1815.
GEO. H. WALKER & CO. LITH. BOSTON.

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