[86] In some unaccountable way Chesney (Waterloo, pp. 118, 119) has overlooked these orders that Napoleon gave to d’Erlon to close up on Reille at Gosselies. The Documents Inédits are not among the authorities given in the List which follows his Table of Contents, although they are referred to on page 119, and this may account for this regrettable oversight. His blame of Napoleon, which is very severe, is, therefore, entirely undeserved.
[87] Charras, vol. 1, p. 110.
[88] La Tour d’Auvergne, p. 91; Siborne, vol. 1, p. 82; Quinet, p. 90; Hooper, p. 76: The author of “Napoléon à Waterloo” alone states (p. 34) that a part of the 1st Corps had not crossed at night. See also p. 60.
[89] Napoléon à Waterloo, p. 144; App. C, vii; post, p. 368.
[90] Charras, vol. 1, p. 98.
[91] Corresp. vol. 31, p. 199: Gourgaud, p. 47.
[92] Corresp. vol. 31; p. 202.
[93] Corresp. vol. 28; p. 330, No. 22,055.
[94] United Service Magazine: Sept., 1890: pp. 541 et seq.
[95] Doc. Inéd., p. 71. Statement of General Durutte. As we have before remarked, this officer probably mistook Jumet for Gosselies. See ante, p. 50, note 25.