[371] Unless he erred in arresting the attack of the Guard on the appearance of the strange corps. See post, p. 174, note 8.
[372] Clausewitz, ch. 25, p. 53.
[373] Cf. Charras, vol. 1, pp. 182, 183.
[374] Clausewitz, ch. 34.
[375] Cons. sur l’Art de la Guerre, p. 339, cited in Corresp., vol. 31, p. 472.
[376] Davout, p. 545.
[377] Corresp., vol. 31, p. 472.
[378] Clausewitz (ch. 34, pp. 81 et seq.) points out that Ney’s coöperation could not have formed an essential part of Napoleon’s plan of battle, for Napoleon “could not know whether Ney would be able to spare him a single man.”
[379] Corresp., vol. 31, p. 206.
[380] Davout, p. 545.