[36] Bourmont deserted to the enemy early on the 15th June, and was succeeded by Hulot.
[37] We here follow many historians in calling Morand’s command the Middle Guard, “la moyenne Garde.”
[38] Charras’ summing up of the cavalry and artillery varies from ours, and would seem to be 500 less than the number before given by him.
[39] Thiers, vol. xx, book lx, p. 37, n.
[40] Chesney, p. 72, n.
[41] Charras, vol. 2, p. 203, n. H.
[42] Gardner; Quatre Bras, Ligny and Waterloo; pp. 31-37; p. 220, n. 138.
[43] Histoire de Napoleon et de la Grande Armée pendant l’année 1812. Paris, 1825. Book 4, chaps. 2 and 6.
[44] Fifty Years of my Life: by the Earl of Albemarle, p. 98. Cf. Thiers, vol. XX, p. 37, note.
[45] Charras, vol. 1, pp. 270, 271. This, as will be seen later on, was the third reconnoissance since midnight.