[491] Le Maréchal Drouet, p. 96.
[492] Napoléon à Waterloo, pp. 185, 186.
[493] Cf. Gourgaud, pp. 78, 79. Cf. Mercer’s Diary, vol. 1, p. 269.
[494] Charras, vol. 1, p. 233.
[495] Clausewitz, ch. 37, p. 95.
[496] Clausewitz, ch. 37, p. 93.
[497] The Memoirs are exceedingly unsatisfactory in regard to this part of the campaign. Napoleon evidently had no exact recollection of the order which he dictated to Bertrand. He was only sure that he gave Grouchy an intimation that he might need him. See App. A; post, p. 351.
[498] Very possibly Grouchy did tell “the simple truth” in his account of the interview between himself and the Emperor. The trouble with Grouchy was, that he did not tell “the whole truth.” He denied having received any written order.
[499] Clausewitz, ch. 48, p. 130.
[500] Chesney, p. 152.