[67] He had recently received reinforcements from England.
[68] Napoleon dominated practically the whole of Northern Europe. He was then planning a confederacy which was to consist of Sweden, Denmark, and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw.
[69] Wellington’s instructions to Hill will be found in “Dispatches,” vol. viii. pp. 180–82.
[70] “Cambridge Modern History,” vol. ix. p. 469.
[71] i.e. The province of Leon, in which Ciudad Rodrigo is situated.
[72] “Autobiography,” pp. 64–5.
[73] Sir Herbert Maxwell, vol. i. p. 280.
[74] A monument to the memory of Major-General Gaspard Le Marchant is in St Paul’s Cathedral.
[75] It is given in Gurwood, vol. x. pp. 61–66.
[76] Lützen was fought on the 3rd May 1813, and Bautzen on the 20th and 21st May. In both battles the Prussians and Russians, who at the opening of the Leipzig campaign bore all the fighting for the Allies, were defeated. The only result of the armistice was that Austria threw in her lot with Russia, Prussia, and Sweden.—See the author’s “Story of Napoleon,” pp. 296–299.