[19] See [map opposite title-page].
[20] There is conflict of evidence as to how long the brigade was exposed to this terrible ordeal. It was slightly withdrawn at some moment, but what moment is doubtful.
[21] The group marked “C” upon the [coloured map]. It was for the most part under the command of Milhaud, but the rear of it was under the command of Desnoettes.
[22] See sketch opposite page [134].
[23] This is the wood upon the extreme right hand of the [coloured map].
[24] In the model on p. [155] Plancenoit is not shown. It would be out of the model, nearer the spectator, behind Napoleon’s position at A, and between A and N.
[25] The Guard as a whole had lain behind the French line in reserve all day upon the point marked D upon the [coloured map].
[26] Virtually, this advance in echelon had turned into four columns.
[27] We may allow certainly 7000 prisoners and 30,000 killed and wounded, but that is a minimum. It is quite possible that another 3000 should be added to the prisoners and other 5000 to those who fell. The estimates differ so widely because the numerous desertions after the fall of the Empire make it very difficult to compare the remnant of the army with its original strength.