[561] Mém. du Duc de Raguse, vol. 7, pp. 124, 125.
[562] Soult’s despatch to Grouchy: June 18th, 10 A.M.
[563] Even if the Emperor had been asleep when Grouchy’s aide arrived, or had been at the front, where he was between one and two o’clock in the morning, to see if the English army was still in position, a competent chief-of-staff should, of his own motion, have sent back at once to Grouchy the information possessed at headquarters.
[564] Especially when, according to Marshal Marmont, the subordinate was a man like Grouchy: Mém., vol. 4, p. 125. See, also, Napoléon à Waterloo, p. 226, n.
[565] Marbot, vol. 3, pp. 404 et seq.; Gérard: Dern. Obs. p. 44.
[566] Cf. La Tour d’Auvergne, pp. 232, 233, 245.
[567] Grouchy Mém., vol. 4, pp. 70, 87, 131, n.
[568] Gardner, pp. 160, 161. The italics are our own.
[569] Ib., pp. 161, 162.
[570] Maurice, p. 550: Sept. 1890., The italics are our own. It is possible that Colonel Maurice may have had in mind the language of Soult’s order dated 10 A.M., in which Grouchy’s movement on Wavre is approved. But this did not reach Grouchy till 4 P.M., as we have just stated. See, also, Kennedy, p. 159.