[431] Corresp., vol. 31, p. 209.
[432] Doc. Inéd., XVII, p. 46; App. C, xxvii; post, pp. 384, 385.
[433] Life of General Sir W. Napier, vol. 1, p. 505.
[434] Siborne, vol. 1, p. 146, n.
[435] Jomini, pp. 219, 221.
[436] Ib., p. 226.
[437] Charras, vol. 2, pp. 242 et seq.
[438] Vol. 1, pp. 210 et seq. Paris: 1841.
[439] This is exactly what was enjoined on Ney by the 3.15 P.M. order. It is to be noted that, while the 2 P.M. order expressly directed Ney to attack the English, and only after having vigorously pushed them, to turn back and operate against the Prussians, the 3.15 P.M. order directed him to manœuvre at once,—that is, without waiting until he should have driven the English,—so as to surround the Prussian right wing. This is precisely what Baudus says the Emperor and Soult desired him so strongly to urge upon Marshal Ney.
[440] See note 16, on page 194.