[769] Waterloo Letters, pp. 254, 255.
[770] Waterloo Letters, p. 257.
[771] Ib., p. 293; Cf. Colborne’s Letter, p. 285.
[772] Leeke, vol. 1, p. 104; Letter of Colonel Brotherton.
[773] Ib., p. 101.
[774] Charras, vol. 1, p. 321.
[775] Wellington brought up about this time to the right centre of his line Chassé’s Dutch-Belgian Division, besides other troops.
[776] Wellington about this time brought over the brigades of Vivian and Vandeleur to the threatened centre of his line, as well as the remnants of Somerset’s and Ponsonby’s brigades.
[777] On Marshal Ney’s state of mind at this time, see Gourgaud, pp. 48, n.; 111, 112; Corresp., vol. 31, pp. 249, 250; Muquardt, p. 149, n.; Life of Sir W. Napier, vol. 1, p. 505,—where Soult gives his opinion on Ney’s conduct; Berton, p. 41, where Ney’s extraordinary letter to Fouché (Jones, pp. 385 et seq.) is examined.
[778] Chesney, p. 217; Hamley, p. 198.