[739] Captain Powell, in Waterloo Letters, pp. 254, 255.
[740] This is an error. “La Moyenne Garde” consisted solely of the chasseurs of the Guard; the grenadiers constituted the Old Guard, strictly so called. It is not uncommon to find the grenadiers and chasseurs spoken of as constituting the Old Guard; this is Charras’ usage. But it is an error to speak of the grenadiers of the Middle Guard. The grenadiers whom he saw were the 1st battalion of the 3d regiment,—ante, p. 317. See Napoléon à Waterloo, p. 315, n. 1; pp. 321, 325, 327, n. 1. Contra, Gore, p. 75.
[741] The 1st brigade of guards, about 1,800 strong,—Siborne, vol. 1, p. 460. App. xxx. They were formed in four ranks.
[742] Relation Belge, pp. 74 et seq.
[743] Waterloo Letters, pp. 244, 245.
[744] Charras, vol. 1, pp. 325, 326.
[745] See Waterloo Letters, pp. 320, 321; Siborne, vol. 2, pp. 170, 171, n.; See, also, Waterloo Letters, pp. 330, 331, 339, 340.
[746] Waterloo Letters, p. 245; Maitland’s narrative.
[747] Waterloo Letters; Colborne’s narrative, pp. 284, 285; Gawler’s narrative, p. 293.
[748] Charras, vol. 1, p. 327, n.