[471] Berton, pp. 47, 48. Berton supposed it to be the corps of Bülow, but it was really that of Thielemann. Ollech, p. 157.
[472] Pascallet, p. 79. Charras, vol. 1, p. 241. Appendix B; post, p. 358.
[473] This division belonged to the 6th Corps.
[474] Namur lay nearly south-east and Maestricht nearly north-east from Sombreffe.
[475] The italics are ours.
[476] The original is “et,” but this is plainly an error, very possibly caused by the fact that the letter was dictated.
[477] The italics are ours.
[478] There are other readings varying in unimportant points from the above.
[479] Whether it was wise under these circumstances for Napoleon to detach such a large force as that which he intrusted to Grouchy, is a question which will be discussed in the notes to Chapter XV.
[480] Charras, vol. 1, p. 242.