[6] Gourgaud, pp. 42, 43.
[7] Corresp., vol. 31, pp. 195, 197, 198.
[8] Ante, pp. 4 et seq.
[9] Ellesmere, pp. 161, 162. See Maurice, pp. 333 et seq.; Jan. 1891.
[10] In the edition of 1850, this passage (as we suppose it to be) is found in vol. xiii, p. 625, and reads somewhat differently, but the idea is precisely the same.
[11] Thiers; vol. xx, book lx, p. 23, says: “He had conceived the belief that the English and Prussians * * * would leave between their respective forces a space, not very strongly guarded, and he thought that, by bringing the whole strength of his army to bear upon this point, he might become master of the position.”
[12] The italics are our own.
[13] In the edition of 1862, this passage is found in Chap. 22 on pages 46 and 47.
[14] Hooper, p. 58. See also, by the same author, Wellington, p. 207. To the same effect, see Clinton, p. 378. Cf. Rogniat, Considérations, p. 339, who was the first to announce this theory.
[15] Quinet, p. 75.