[146] Supp. Desp., vol. x, p. 521; Memorandum on the Battle of Waterloo; App. C, XV; post, pp. 374, 375, 376; Ellesmere, p. 171.
[147] Supp. Desp., vol. x, p. 530. App. C, XV; post, pp. 374, 375, 376.
[148] Maurice, pp. 148, 149: May, 1890.
[149] Chesney, p. 76.
[150] Siborne, vol. 1, p. 33.
[151] See this information collated in Maurice, pp. 147, 148: May, 1890. He is also inclined to think that Napoleon ordered the temporary occupation of Binche, with the intention of creating the belief that a part, at least, of the French army was moving on Mons.
[152] Ollech, p. 115.
[153] Ib., pp. 114, 115. Maurice, p. 540: Sept., 1890.
[154] Steinmetz sent this message to Van Merlen at 8 A.M. Van Loben Sels, p. 125, note. Chesney, p. 94, note.
[155] Charras, who says, vol. 1, p. 130, that Wellington received at nine o’clock in the morning a despatch from Zieten, announcing that his advance posts had been attacked, is clearly in error. Hooper, p. 83, points out that the expression on which Charras bases his conclusion really means that 9 A.M. was the date of the latest intelligence from Charleroi.