communicate with the Prussians near Sombref itself; it was not Grouchy who selected the hour of his own departure, nor was it he who chose the direction of his march. It was the Emperor who sent him too late, and who, when he did send him, gave him a false direction. Grouchy must bear the burden of his own mistakes; but every just mind will exonerate him from those which were committed by his great master.
CTE Additionnel, the, and its inauguration, 28.
Adam, Major Gen., and his brigade,
227, 239, 242, 325.
Allied Powers, their
against Napoleon, 12. Allies, the, in the Low Countries, 33; their armies, 33; armies at Water- loo, 254, 325; in France, 269; the march of upon Paris, 288; the ar- rival before Paris, 299; the capitu- lation, 305.
Alten, Lieut. Gen. Count, and his division, 183, 190, 228, 233, 325. Ammunition, failure of, with Baring's brigade, at Waterloo, 218. Avesnes, Napoleon's headquarters there, 64.
Bachelu, Gen., 190, 215.
Ball at Brussels on the eve of Water- loo, 84.
Baring, Major, his brigade, 184, 205; he is left without ammunition at La Haye Sainte, 218. Barnes, Major Gen., 133, 233. Bathurst, Lord, 35.
Bauduin, Gen., 196.
Baudus, Col. De., his story of Napo- leon asleep at Waterloo, 73. Belgian troops, 214; at Waterloo,
202. See also Allies, Dutch, &c. Belgium, the invasion of, by Napo-
leon, 60; Napoleon's anticipated conquest of, 65; end of the cam- paign in, 265. See also Low Coun- tries.
Bernard, Prince of Saxe Weimar. See Saxe Weimar.
Bertrand and Napoleon, 316.
Best, Col., his battalions at Waterloo, 184, 185, 326.
Blucher, Marshal, 35, 39; at Namur on the 14th of June, 65; his posi- tion on the 15th, 79; at Quatre Bras, 98; at Sombref, 79, 103; his defeat at Ligny, 121; at Wavre, June 17, 153; his flank march to Waterloo, 153, 164, 169; he attacks the French, 231; his meeting with Wellington on the field of Water- loo, 245; directing the pursuit after Waterloo, 257; before Paris, 301, 303; his attitude at the capitula- tion, 307; his army, 327; his character, 334. See also under Allies, Prussian, &c.
Bourbon rule in France, 7.
Bourmont, Gen., his desertion of Napoleon, 69, 160.
British troops in the campaign, 34, 40, 325. See also Allies, &c. Brunswick, Duke of, at the battle of Quatre Bras, 126; his death, 127. Brunswick troops, the, 38, 126, 127, 186, 220, 221, 326.
Brussels, Wellington's headquarters
at, 80; the ball at, 84. Bulow, Gen. Count, 79, 328; advance of his Prussians at Waterloo, 225, 230, 257; his attack upon Lobau, 231.
Bussy, the Mill of, 99. Bylandt, Maj.-Gen. Count de, 325; his Dutch-Belgic brigade, 184, 214,
Byng, Maj.-Gen. Sir John, his bri- gade, 183, 221, 325; he takes Pe- ronne, 290.
Cambacérès, Prince, 22. Cambronne, Gen., 245.
Carnot, M., 22, 272, 273, 276, 277, 294.
Caulaincourt, 275, 277, 294. Cavalry, the attacks of French at Waterloo, 221.
Cavalry against cavalry, 209. Chambers, the French meeting of, 30;
they turn against Napoleon after Waterloo, 272, 275, 278. Champ de Mai, the ceremony of the,
Charleroi and Fleurus, 89. Charras, Col, his account of the campaign, 42, 330; on Welling- ton's 66 procrastination on June 15th, 85; on the battle of Waterloo, 252. See also Criticism, &c. Chassé, Lt.-Gen. Baron, 186, 222, 325. Clarke, Capt., 212.
Cleeves, Capt,, 215.
Clinton, Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry, 186, 326.
Colborne, Sir John, and his 52nd
regiment, their charge in the rout of the Old Guard, 239; his pursuit following, 242.
Cole, Lt.-Gen. Sir G. Lowry, 186.
Constant, Benjamin, on Napoleon, 20. Cooke, Major-Gen. Sir Geo., 183. Criticism, errors of, on the campaign, 87. See also under Charras, Napo- leon, Wellington, &c. Cumberland Hussars, the infamous, 233.
Davoust, or Davout, Prince, 22, 294, 296, 302, 303. Decrès, 276, 282.
D'Enghien, Duc, 274, 318. D'Erlon, Lt.-Gen. Drouet, 108, 329;
his wanderings, 138; at Frasne, ib.; and the loss of the battle of Quatre Bras, 141; his corps at Waterloo, 190; his attack on the British left, 203; his fate, 246. Delancy, Col., 233.
Desnouettes, Lefebvre, and his cavalry at Waterloo, 222, 329. Diggle, Capt., 196.
Diplomatic Corps on the field, 194. Donzelot, Gen. his brigade, 190, 205, 217, 229.
Dörnberg, Major-Gen., Sir Wm., 185,
Duhesme, 231.
Du Plat, Col. 186, 233, 326. Durette, 190.
Dutch-Belgic troops, 186, 205, 210, 211; at Waterloo, 184. See also Belgians.
Elba, Napoleon's return from, 8. Ewart, Sergt., his capture of an eagle 213.
Excelmans, Lieut.-Gen., 330.
Fleurus and Charleroi, 89. Fouché, 22, 276; and the Provisional Government, 294; Edgar Quinet's portrait of him, 295; advancing the
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