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152; Blucher's aid at, 153; retro-
spect of operations of both armies
before the battle, 159.
Waterloo, the battle of, position on
the field on the morning of June
18, 164, 166; the field of battle,
177; English position at, 178,
187; French position at, 180, 187;
Allies' troops engaged, 181, 325,
327; Napoleon on the morning of
the battle, 187; his review of his
army, 189; French troops on the
field, 191, 329; the battle, 192;
Reille opens the battle, 195; the
attack on Hougoumont, 195; Ney's
attack on the Allies' left, 200, 203;
Wellington's coolness under fire,
220; attacks of the French, 221;
Napoleon's reserve of infantry,
228, 230; arrival of the Prussians,
230; their attack under Bulow,
231; charge and defeat of the Im-
perial Guard, 233, 234, 235; the
battle won, 241; after the rout of
the Imperial Guard, 242; the pur-
suit, and narrow escape of Napoleon,
243; losses, 247; Siborne's account
of the battle, 247; Jomini on, 192;
Napoleon on, 187; reflections on,
249; criticism of Napoleon and
Wellington relative to, 249; after
the battle, 256; Allied losses at,
247, 257; French losses at, 247;
the forces engaged, 325 et seq.;
criticism of the operations, 332.
Waterloo, church of, rolls of the killed
at Waterloo there, 233.
Waterloo, the village of, 178.
Wavre, 177; the combat of, 258.
Wellington, at the Congress of Vienna,

14; his arrival in Brussels, 34;
his disposal of his forces, 42; his
respect for Napoleon's abilities as

a general, 49; his plan of the cam-
paign, 51; at Brussels on the 14th
June, 65, 80; his inaction on June
14th and 15th, 80; his expectations
as to Napoleon's attack, ib.; his
order to advance on the evening of
June 15th, 84; at the Duchess of
Richmond's ball at Brussels on the
same night, 84; the delay in the
receipt of his orders to march, 88;
and Quatre Bras, 98; his interview
with Blucher at the Mill of Bussy
was the foundation of the victory
over Napoleon, 99; at Quatre Bras,
101;
his narrow escape at the battle
of Quatre Bras, 121, 128; Napo-
leon held him too cheap, 140;
after Quatre Bras, 143; he acted
upon certain information, while
Napoleon acted upon conjecture,
144; retrospect of the operations
of the Allies before the battle of
Waterloo, 159; the censure on,
161, 174; on the night before
Waterloo, 173; criticism on, as to
the force left at Hal, 174; Napo-
leon's opinion of, 140, 188; on the
morning of the battle of Waterloo,
193; he puts himself at the head of
the Brunswick troops, 220, 326;
his coolness under fire at Waterloo,
220; masses his troops to meet the
Imperial Guard, 235; his order,
"Up, Guards, and make ready!"
238; in action, 245; his meeting
with Blucher at the close of the
fight, 245; his plans criticised,
251; his generalship compared
with Napoleon's, 251; his view of
Waterloo, 252; after Waterloo,
256; on the battle and his losses,
257; the march to Paris, 269, 288;
his view of the Restoration of

66

Louis XVIII., 298; before Paris,
303; and the capitulation of Paris,
303; his army, 325.
Woodford, Col., 199.
Wyndham, Captain, 198.

Young Guard, the, at Planchenoit,
231.

Ziethen, Lieut.-Gen. von, 63, 65, 72,
77, 81, 105, 160, 162, 257, 327.

CHISWICK PRESS-C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

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