The Campaign of Waterloo: A Military History / Third Edition

by John Codman Ropes

[848] That of Foy.

[849] A village on the Brussels turnpike half a mile north of Quatre Bras.

[850] Those of Jerome and Girard. This shows that Ney expected that Girard’s division would be returned to him.

[851] This mention of the 4th Corps, Gérard’s, must be an error.

---

INDEX.

• A.
• Adam, General Sir Frederick, commander British brigade, [35];
• his troops of the best quality, [315];
• his light brigade at Waterloo, [323-324], [332], [333], [335], [336].
• Albemarle, Earl of, his Fifty Years of My Life, reports story of Napoleon’s secluding himself on forenoon of battle of Waterloo, [30].
• Alison, Sir Archibald, his History of Europe criticised by Wellington and the Earl of Ellesmere, [10];
• not a military authority, [10];
• his view that Napoleon intended to throw himself between the allied armies, [10].
• Allies. (See [Armies].)
• Allix, General, commander division 1st French corps, [25];
• his division at Waterloo, commanded by Quiot, [302], [305].
• Alten, Lieutenant-General Count, commander 3d British division, [38];
• arrival of two of his brigades gives Wellington an equality of force at Quatre Bras, [179], [183];
• position at Waterloo, [300];
• wounded, his division rallied by Wellington, [314].
• Anglesea, Marquis of. (See [Uxbridge].)
• Anthing, commander brigade Dutch-Belgians, [36];
• his brigade ordered to Enghien, [83], [89];
• reported near Audenarde, at 7 A.M., June 16th, [108].
• Appendices:—
• A. On some Characteristics of Napoleon’s Memoirs, [351-354].
• B. On Marshal Grouchy and the Bertrand Order, [355-361].
• C. Orders and Despatches, [362-389].
• Arentsschildt, Colonel Sir F., commander cavalry brigade King’s German Legion, [35], [36].
• ARMIES:—
• Allied, in concert of action against Napoleon;
• troops of England, Belgium, Holland, Hanover, Brunswick, Nassau, and Prussia, [2-4];
• their cantonments on and behind the Belgian frontier, [3], [96];
• strength, organization, and internal economy of, [32-43].
• Anglo-Dutch, positions in Belgium before the campaign, [2-4];
• their extended cantonments, [2], [96];
• commanded by the Duke of Wellington, [34];
• heterogeneous character of, [34], [294];
• organization, [34-35];
• troops employed on garrison duty, [35];
• strength and composition in detail, [35-37], [39];
• location of the various divisions, [38-39];
• merits and defects of, [39-40], [43];
• principal officers, [40];
• Wellington as a commander, [40-41];
• internal economy of, [41-42];
• positions of troops as given in the “Disposition,” at 7 A.M., June 16, 85, n. [186];
• actual positions, [111-113];
• badly served with information from the front, [114];
• at Quatre Bras, [178-179], [183];
• strength at Quatre Bras [184];
• losses, [184];
• at Quatre Bras morning of 17th, [214];
• position, composition, and strength at Waterloo, [297-299];
• in the battle of Waterloo, [294] et seq.;
• 18,000 men detached at Hal and Tubize, [339].
• British, strength and composition in detail, [35];
• mainly relied upon by Wellington, [39], [298];
• at Quatre Bras, [178-179], [184];
• steadiness of infantry, [179];
• in the skirmish at Genappe, [216];
• strength at Waterloo, [298];
• positions at Waterloo, [299-300];
• charge of the Union brigade, [306-307];
• suffered severely in d’Erlon’s assault, [310];
• the brigades of Vivian and Vandeleur brought to the centre at a critical moment, [314];
• repulse of the Imperial Guard by the Guards, [319-321];
• skilful use of troops by Sir Colin Halkett and Colonel Elphinstone in support of the Guards, [322];
• services of the light brigade, [323-324], [332-336].
• Brunswick contingent (see also [Brunswick, Duke of]);
• strength and composition in detail, [37-38];
• in the action at Quatre Bras, [178-179], [183];
• broke in disorder, the Duke being killed, [179];
• strength at Waterloo, [299];
• position at Waterloo, [299-300];
• brought into action, [314];
• driven back by the French divisions of Donzelot and Quiot, [318].
• Dutch-Belgians, strength and composition of, in detail, [36];
• positions of, [38];
• raw troops, [39];
• occupation of Quatre Bras, [101];
• occupation criticised by Maurice, [103];
• fully justified, [104];
• the first troops to receive the attack at Quatre Bras, [101], [178];
• suffered severely, [183];
• strength and composition at Waterloo, [299], [314];
• Bylandt’s brigade badly placed, [299];
• breaks in confusion, [306];
• Chassé’s division supports the British guards, [314];
• opportune employment of Van der Smissen’s battery, [320].
• Hanoverians, strength and composition in detail, [36];
• raw troops, [39];
• at Quatre Bras, [179];
• fought stubbornly, [179];
• strength at Waterloo, [298];
• in the battle, [312].
• King’s German Legion, strength and composition in detail, [35-36];
• positions, [38-39];
• relied upon by Wellington, [39], [298];
• strength at Waterloo, [298];
• position, [300].
• Nassau contingent, strength and composition in detail, [37];
• in the reserve, [38];
• strength at Waterloo, [299];
• position, [300];
• suffered severely, [310];
• driven back by divisions of Donzelot and Quiot, [318].
• Prussians (allied), positions in Belgium before the campaign, [2-4];
• extended cantonments, [2], [96];
• strength and composition in detail, [32-33];
• locations of different corps, [33];
• composed mainly of veterans, [33];
• temper and spirit of, [34];
• Marshal Blücher, [34];
• internal economy of, [42];
• ordered to concentrate at Sombreffe on the 14th, [70], [143];
• strength and positions at Ligny, [143-144], [151-152], [172];
• in the battle of Ligny, [154-159];
• losses, [159];
• Blücher disabled, [158], [226], [229];
• retreat towards Wavre, [159], [226] et seq.;
• Blücher decides to join Wellington, [230];
• admirable conduct of commanders after the battle of Ligny, [231];
• pledged to support Wellington, [234], [237];
• delay in the march to support Wellington, [262], [264];
• the combat at Wavre, [264-265];
• in the battle of Waterloo, [307-309], [311], [313-314], [324-328], [336], [339-342].
• (See also Battles of [Ligny], [Wavre], and [Waterloo].)
• French, condition of, upon Napoleon’s return from Elba, [1], [16], [17];
• Soult made chief of staff, [17];
• confidence in Napoleon, [17];
• the corps commanders, [18];
• estimates of general officers, [19];
• what Napoleon expected of his lieutenants, [20];
• Ney sent for at last moment, [20];
• Grouchy suddenly appointed to command of right wing, [21];
• Napoleon’s mistake in leaving Davout at Paris, [22];
• estimate of the army, [24-25];
• strength and composition in detail, [25-28];
• internal economy of, [41];
• assembled near Charleroi, [44-45];
• addressed by Napoleon at Avesnes on the 14th, [45];
• general order of movement, [45-46];
• desertion of Bourmont, [47];
• operations on the 15th, [47-69];
• arrival of Ney, [49];
• delays in movement, [46], [50-53], [55], [118-119], [121-122], [125-127], [130-132], [138], [139-140], [157], [161], [163] et seq., [176-178], [180-187], [197] et seq., [211-212], [252-254], [256-257];
• the 2d corps attacks the Dutch-Belgians at Quatre Bras on the 15th, [101];
• operations on the morning of the 16th, [116-142];
• in the battle of Ligny, [152-175];
• strength at Ligny, [154], [171];
• losses, [159];
• in the battle of Quatre Bras, [176-196];
• strength at Quatre Bras, [184];
• losses, [184];
• operations on the 17th, [197-225];
• force detached with Grouchy, [212], [220];
• pursuit of the English on the 17th led by the Emperor in person, [214];
• skirmish at Genappe, [216];
• Grouchy’s march on Wavre, [211-213], [245-262], [264-267], [272], [279], [288];
• the combat at Wavre, [264-265];
• position at Waterloo, [301];
• strength and composition, [301];
• in the battle of Waterloo, [289-342];
• unwieldy formation of d’Erlon’s troops, [304-307];
• the great cavalry charges upon the English centre, [308-311];
• the charge of the Imperial Guard, [315-326], [331-338];
• tactics employed at Waterloo, [329-331];
• the rout of the French army due to vigorous attack of Zieten’s corps at close of the day, [340].
• (See also Battles of [Ligny], [Quatre Bras], [Wavre], and [Waterloo].)
• Audenarde, on the Scheldt, one limit of Lord Uxbridge’s cantonment, [79].
• Austria, concentrates a formidable force on the eastern frontier for ultimate coöperation against Napoleon, [2].
• Auvergne. (See [La Tour d’Auvergne].)
• Avesnes, Napoleon issued stirring order here “to conquer or die,” on the evening of June 14th, [45];
• Marshal Mortier detained here by illness, June 14th, [46].
• B.
• Bachelu, General, commander division 2d French corps, [25];
• advance to Frasnes, [49];
• at Quatre Bras, [178];
• position at Waterloo, [302];
• in the attack upon Hougomont, [304];
• Ney neglects to use this division to support his cavalry charge, [309];
• or in support of the charge of the Guard, [337].
• Baring, Major, his battalion of the King’s German Legion occupies farmhouse of La Haye Sainte, [300].
• Battle of Ligny, [143-175];
• Prussian strength and position, [143-144], [151];
• Napoleon’s plan of battle, [152], [153];
• position of the French, [153], [154];
• battle begins at [2].[30], [154];
• orders to Ney, [154], [155];
• fought with determination on both sides, [156];
• nearly all the Prussian divisions under fire, [156];
• Napoleon decides to put in the Guard, [156], [157];
• delay caused by d’Erlon’s corps, [157];
• the Guard breaks Prussian centre, [158];
• Prussians fall back to Brye and Sombreffe, [159];
• Prussian desertions, [159];
• losses, [159];
• non-employment of the 6th French corps, [159], [160];
• extent of the French victory, [161], [162];
• discussion of the battle, [163-175].
• Battle of Quatre Bras, [176-196];
• attack begun by Ney at 2 P.M., [178];
• at that hour only Perponcher’s Dutch-Belgian division opposed him, [178];
• at 2.30 Wellington arrived and took command, [178];
• arrival an hour later of Picton’s division followed by the Duke of Brunswick’s corps, [178];
• the Dutch-Belgians retire after two hours’ fighting, [179];
• the Brunswickers break, the Duke being killed, [179];
• at 5 P.M. two brigades of Alten’s division arrive, [179], [183];
• Ney even then has in action only half the force assigned him, [179];
• and is therefore unable to execute Napoleon’s orders, [183];
• Kellermann’s gallant charge, [183], [184];
• arrival of Cooke’s division of the English guards, [184];
• the French retire, [184];
• forces engaged, [184];
• losses, [184];
• defeat of the French due to diversion of d’Erlon’s corps, [184];
• and to Ney’s disregard of orders, [187];
• Wellington’s skilful handling of his troops, [187], [188];
• discussion of the battle, [189-196].
• Battle of Waterloo, [289-342];
• the field surveyed before the campaign by English engineers, [296];
• strength and composition of the Anglo-Dutch army, [298], [299];
• positions, [297], [299-301];
• strength of the French army engaged, [301];
• position, [301], [302];
• relative strength and efficiency of the two armies, [302];
• Napoleon’s plan of battle, [302];
• the French attack upon Hougomont, [303-304];
• d’Erlon’s assault upon the allied centre, [304-307];
• unwieldy formation of his troops, [305], [306];
• gains the crest of the British position, [306];
• deadly fire and bayonet charge of Picton’s division, [306], [307];
• the charge of Ponsonby’s British cavalry, [306], [307];
• repulse of d’Erlon’s charge, [307];
• the French capture La Haye Sainte at great sacrifice, [307];
• Bülow’s corps (Prussian) advances and threatens Planchenoit, requiring Napoleon’s withdrawal from the field, [309];
• Ney left in command, [309];
• splendid onsets of French cavalry, [309-311];
• repulse of Bülow, [311];
• return of Napoleon to the front, [314];
• Alten’s British division rallied by Wellington, [314];
• the Brunswick troops brought forward, [314];
• Chassé’s Dutch-Belgian division placed in rear of British guards, [314];
• the light cavalry brigades of Vivian and Vandeleur brought to the centre, [314];
• the English troops exhausted, the allies discouraged, much artillery dismounted, [314];
• the reserves, with Maitland’s guards and Adam’s brigade combined at centre, [315];
• Ney ordered to collect infantry and cavalry to support an attack by the Imperial Guard, [315];
• the attack upon the Anglo-allied line by Donzelot and Quiot, [318];
• the broken lines rallied by Wellington, [318];
• steady advance of the Imperial Guard, [318], [319];
• destructive repulse of the Guard, [319] et seq.;
• persistency of the rear battalions of the Guard, [323-324];
• timely charge of the 52d regiment, supported by the rest of Adam’s brigade, [324];
• the rout of the Guard complete, [324];
• Zieten’s attack, [324], [325];
• the French right wing shattered, [325];
• charge of the British cavalry brigades of Vivian and Vandeleur, [325];
• Wellington orders his whole line to advance, [325];
• the French routed, [326];
• Napoleon borne away in one of the squares of the Guard, [326];
• the victory of the allies complete, [326];
• discussion of the battle, [329-342].
• Battle of Wavre, Thielemann’s corps left to defend the town, [264];
• Grouchy’s attack without skill, [264];
• the troops of Vandamme entangle themselves in the attempt to carry the lower bridges, [264-265];
• the 4th French corps in vain attack the Mill of Bierges, above the town, [265]; Gérard wounded, [265];
• Pajol carried the bridge of Limale, [265];
• battle conducted gallantly by the French, but without method, [265];
• resistance of the Prussians worthy of all praise, [265].
• Batty, Captain, Historical Sketch of Campaign of 1815, cited, [333].
• Baudus, Lieutenant-Colonel de, his Études sur Napoléon, cited, [193], [194], [195], [196], [279], [292].
• Beaumont, headquarters of Napoleon on the evening of June 14th, [45].
• Belgium, acts in concert with other nations of Europe against France and Napoleon, [2-4] (see also [Armies Allied]);
• territory occupied by the cantonments of the allied armies, [3], [74];
• Brussels the headquarters of Wellington, [3];
• daylight in, from before sunrise at 4 A.M. until 9 P.M., [52], [251].
• Bernhard, Prince. (See [Saxe-Weimar].)
• Berthier, Marshal, Napoleon’s old chief of staff, retired into Belgium with Louis XVIII., [17].
• Berton, General, commander French brigade, reports to Napoleon the discovery of a Prussian corps at Gembloux, [209];
• his Précis, historique, militaire et critique, des batailles de Fleurus et de Waterloo, cited, [258], [286], [338].
• Bertrand, Grand Marshal (French), to whom Napoleon dictated order to Grouchy, [209], [210]. (See [Grouchy].)
• Bierges, Mill of, Gérard wounded in attack upon, [265].
• Blücher, Field-Marshal Prince, commander of the Prussian army, [32];
• his character as an officer, [34];
• hatred of Napoleon, [34];
• chose the line of the brook of Ligny as a possible battle-field, [70];
• orders concentration of his army at Sombreffe, [70], [143];
• his understanding with Wellington, [70] et seq., [91], [100], [143-145];
• advises Müffling of the concentration of the Prussian army at Sombreffe, [78];
• his cantonments too greatly extended, [96] et seq.;
• hears from Wellington, [144];
• determines to fight Napoleon at Ligny on independent grounds, [143-147];
• his reasons for accepting battle, [148-150];
• his position, [151];
• battle formation and force, [151], [152];
• his position criticised by Wellington, [155], n. [15];
• leads cavalry charge against the French and narrowly escapes capture, [158];
• key to his position taken by the French Guard, [158];
• falls back to Brye and Sombreffe, [159];
• result of accepting battle with but three-fourths of his force unsupported by Wellington, [162];
• held Brye and Sombreffe until after midnight, [204];
• his retreat toward Wavre, [159], [226], [231-233];
• not in communication with Thielemann and Bülow after defeat of the corps of Zieten and Pirch I., 226, n. [516];
• his age at time of the battle, 229, n. [526];
• decides to join Wellington, [230], [234];
• assures Wellington of support at Waterloo, [234], [237] et seq.;
• he as well as Wellington desired to close the campaign with a great battle, [235];
• advises Müffling that though ill he will lead his army in person at Waterloo, [263].
• Bonaparte, Jerome, commander French division, 2d corps, [25];
• had nominal command only, 25, n. [35];
• at Quatre Bras, [178], [179];
• his division in the attack on Hougomont, [303], [304].
• Bonaparte, Joseph, advised by Napoleon on morning of June 14th of his intended movement on Charleroi, [45].
• Bourmont, General, deserted with his staff to the enemy, succeeded by Hulot, 26, n. [36], [47].
• Braine-le-Comte, sixteen miles west of Quatre Bras, [82];
• headquarters of the Prince of Orange, [102].
• Braine-la-Leud ordered to be intrenched by Colonel Smyth, [296], [297].
• Brunswick, Duke of, commander Brunswick corps, [38];
• arrives opportunely at Quatre Bras, [178];
• killed at Quatre Bras, [179].
• Brussels, Wellington’s headquarters, [3], [74];
• chief objective of Napoleon next to the dispersion of the allied armies, [142].
• Brye, place of conference between Wellington and Blücher, [108], [144], [146].
• Bullock, R. H., Journal of, cited, [113].
• Bülow, General, commander 4th Prussian corps, [33];
• had in 1813 won the battle of Dennewitz against Ney, [34];
• ordered to Ligny, [70];
• not fully informed of situation, delayed execution of order, [73];
• his arrival expected by Blücher, [151], [172];
• his non-arrival, [231];
• on the march to Waterloo, [262], [263];
• attacks the right flank of the French army, [308], [309];
• attacks Planchenoit and is repulsed, [311];
• capture of Planchenoit, [325];
• assures the allied victory, [340].
• Bylandt, Major-General Count de, commander Dutch-Belgian brigade, [36];
• at Quatre Bras, [102], [114];
• dangerous position of his brigade at Waterloo, [299], [300].
• Byng, Major-General Sir John, commander brigade British guards, [35];
• position at Waterloo, [300].
• C.
• Caillou house, on the Brussels road near tavern of La Belle Alliance, Napoleon’s headquarters evening of June 17th, [30], [245], [289].
• Charleroi, the general objective point June 15th, [46];
• occupied by the main French column at noon, June 15th, [47], [114];
• headquarters of Napoleon, [48].
• Charras, Lieutenant-Colonel, his Histoire de la Campagne de 1815, cited, [13], [17], [19], [25], [28], [29], [30], [32], [34], [46], [47], [48], [49], [50], [51], [52], [56], [57], [58], [59], [63], [67], [69], [70], [71], [73], [77], [80], [94], [96], [97], [98], [106], [122], [123], [124], [125], [136], [139], [144], [151], [152], [153], [154], [156], [157], [158], [159], [160], [163], [170], [171], [177], [178], [179], [183], [184], [189], [190], [193], [195], [201], [209], [212], [213], [214], [217], [222], [251], [252], [253], [258], [259], [262], [265], [270], [280], [282], [283], [284], [285], [289], [291], [292], [293], [298], [301], [304], [305], [306], [307], [312], [313], [316], [317], [319], [321], [324], [325], [326], [337], [352];
• admits no merit in Napoleon, [iv].
• Chassé, General, commander Dutch-Belgian division, [38];
• position at Waterloo, [300];
• opportunely brings into play Van der Smissen’s battery, [308];
• ordered to the rear of the British guards, [314].
• Chesney, Colonel Charles C., his Waterloo Lectures, cited, [25], [29], [51], [69], [70], [71], [73], [74], [76], [77], [90], [95], [101], [104], [128], [141], [188], [219], [221], [268], [278], [280], [339], [349].
• Clausewitz, General Carl von, his Der Feldzug von 1815, etc., cited, [3], [10], [11], [13], [14], [58], [59], [70], [71], [73], [96], [97], [98], [139], [154], [163], [164], [165], [166], [167], [169], [170], [171], [172], [173], [205], [208], [217], [218], [219], [243], [253], [262], [280].
• Clinton, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry, commander 2d British division, [38];
• position at Waterloo, [300].
• Clinton, H. R., his The War in the Peninsula, etc., concurs with Hooper in opinion as to Napoleon’s intention to wedge himself between the opposing armies, 11, n. [14], [141].
• Colborne, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John (afterward Lord Seaton), commander British 52d regiment, [324];
• resists advance of the Imperial Guard, [324], [331-336].
• Cole, Sir Lowry, commander British 6th division, [38];
• position at Waterloo, [299];
• not in the action, 299, n. [696].
• Colville, General Sir Charles, commander British 4th division, [38];
• his division withheld from the field of Waterloo by Wellington, [339].
• Communication between allied armies, lines of, not to be confounded with lines of supplies, [14].
• Cooke, Major-General, commander 1st division, [38];
• at Quatre Bras, [184];
• position at Waterloo, [300].
• Correspondance de Napoléon, cited, [5], [14], [19], [45], [47], [52], [53], [54], [57], [64], [65], [66], [68], [96], [98], [99], [100], [134], [135], [141], [142], [165], [180], [191], [215], [243], [289], [317], [332], [338], [351], [352], [353].
• D.
• Dalton, Charles, his Waterloo Roll Call cited, [86].
• Damitz, Major, his Histoire de la Campagne de 1815, cited, [144], [148], [149], [227], [285], [316], [317].
• D’Auvergne. (See [La Tour d’Auvergne].)
• Davout, Marshal, desired field service, but was left at Paris, [22];
• would probably have prevented defeat at Waterloo, if in place of Ney or Grouchy, [22];
• Napoleon writes him, anticipating battle or retreat of Prussians, [45];
• his Histoire de la Vie Militaire, etc., cited, [22], [164], [166], [173].
• Daylight in Belgium, through June from before sunrise at 4 A.M. until 9 P.M., [52], [251].
• De Lancey, Colonel Sir William, Wellington’s chief of staff, [81];
• instructions to, lost, [81-82];
• his “Disposition” of the British army at 7 A.M., June 16th, 85-86, n. [186];
• hurriedly drawn up, 114, n. [245];
• is furnished copy of Wellington’s survey-sketches, [296].
• Delbrück, Hans, his Das Leben des Feldmarschalls Grafen Reithardt von Gneisenau, cited, [34], [73], [78], [81], [109], [144], [145], [146], [149], [159], [204], [226], [228], [234].
• D’Erlon, Count, commander 1st French corps, [18];
• position in the advance, [46];
• backwardness of his corps, [50-56], [94], [118], [119], [124], [127], [131], [132], [137-140], [156], [198];
• his wandering march, [157-161], [170-172], [174-175], [180-182], [193-196];
• ordered to halt at Frasnes, [177-178], [183];
• presence of his corps at Quatre Bras would have assured Ney’s victory, [184-186];
• ordered to pursue the English rear guard, [215];
• in the first line at Waterloo, [289], [301];
• his grand assault upon the allied line, [304-307];
• unwieldy formation of his troops, [305], [329];
• rallied to support the Guard, [318], [330];
• his corps hopelessly disorganized, [325].
• Dirom, Captain, of 1st British foot-guards, describes advance of Imperial Guard, [335].
• Documents Inédits sur la Campagne de 1815, cited, [48], [49], [50], [51], [55], [67], [116], [117], [119], [120], [121], [122], [123], [124], [129], [131], [134], [141], [154], [155], [156], [169], [178], [180], [182], [189], [190], [191], [195], [196], [201], [203], [292], [302], [307], [308], [314], [326], [352].
• Domon, General, commander cavalry division 3d French corps, [26];
• with Napoleon on march to Waterloo, [212];
• reported retreat of the Prussians, [246];
• at Waterloo, [301].
• Donzelot, General, commander division 1st French corps, [25];
• in d’Erlon’s assault at Waterloo, [305];
• supports cavalry charge, [310];
• brilliant attacks upon the allied line in support of the Guard, [318], [322], [330], [337], [338].
• Dörnberg, Major-General Sir William, commander British cavalry brigade, [35], [36];
• reports Napoleon as having turned towards Charleroi, [80], [83];
• as to Wellington’s pledge of support to Blücher on the 16th, [145].
• Drouot, General, Adjutant-General of the Imperial Guard, an officer of great merit, [20];
• advised Napoleon to delay battle at Waterloo, [292].
• Du Casse, A., Le Général Vandamme et sa Correspondance, cited, [139].
• Durutte, General, commander division 1st French corps, [25];
• in the advance, [50], [129], [176], [179] et seq.;
• position at Waterloo, [302];
• in d’Erlon’s assault, [305];
• his division routed, [325], [341].
• E.
• Elchingen, Duke of. (See [Ney].)
• Ellesmere, Earl of, Essays on History, etc., cited, [10], [43], [74], [139], [239].
• Elphinstone, Colonel, skilfully supports the British guards at Waterloo, [322].
• Erckmann-Chatrian, Waterloo, cited, [306].
• Exelmans, General, commander 2d French cavalry corps, [27];
• at Ligny, [154];
• in the march to Wavre, [212], [251] et seq.
• F.
• Flahaut, General, on Napoleon’s staff, the bearer to Ney of the Emperor’s plans for the operations of the 16th, [121], [131], [134], [135];
• returns, bringing news of the result at Quatre Bras, [200].
• Fleurus, point of retreat of the Prussians on the 15th, [48], [70];
• occupied by the French army on the 16th, [153-154];
• headquarters of Napoleon after battle of Ligny, [159], [200].
• Foy, General, his History of the War in the Peninsula, portrait of Napoleon, [23];
• commander division 2d French corps, [25];
• in the advance to Quatre Bras, [49], [122], [129], [130];
• at Quatre Bras, [178];
• at Waterloo, [301-302];
• joins in attack upon Hougomont, [304].
• Fraser, Letters of Colonel Sir A. S., cited, [30].
• Fraser, Sir William, Words on Wellington, cited, [105].
• Friant, General, commander division Old Guard, [26];
• at Waterloo, [316].
• G.
• Gardner, Mr. Dorsey, his Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo, cited, [29], [105], [249], [268].
• Gawler, an officer of the British 52d regiment, his Crisis and Close of the Action at Waterloo, cited, [333].
• Genappe, a smart skirmish at, [216];
• after the battle of Quatre Bras Wellington spent the night at, [233];
• the French retreat blocked at, [326].
• Gérard, General Count, commander 4th French corps, [18];
• in the advance, [44], [46];
• at Ligny, [153], [154], [157-159], [165];
• in the march to Wavre, [211];
• urged Grouchy to march to the sound of the cannon, [256], [257], [262];
• wounded in the attack on Wavre, [265];
• his Quelques Documents and Dernières Observations, etc., cited, [212], [247], [251], [252], [258], [259], [267], [271].
• Girard, General, commander division 2d French corps, [25];
• in pursuit of the Prussians, [49];
• at Ligny, [153], [154];
• mortally wounded, [203]
• his division left at Ligny to care for the wounded, [203].
• Gleig, Rev. G. R., his Life of the Duke of Wellington, cited, [92], [93].
• Gneisenau, General, chief of staff to Blücher, an able administrator, [34];
• remiss in not fully informing Bülow of the situation, [73];
• believed that Wellington had given assurance of support at Ligny, [145], [149];
• assumed command after Blücher’s injury, [226];
• gave order for the retreat on Wavre, [226], [227];
• his want of confidence in Wellington, [229], [264].
• Gomm, Sir William Maynard, Letters and Journals of, cited, [83], [112], [178], [299].
• Gore, Captain Arthur, An Historical Account of the Battle of Waterloo, cited, [316], [319], [332].
• Gourgaud, General, Campagne de 1815, cited, [4], [19], [52], [56], [63], [64], [66], [195], [215], [216], [338].
• Grouchy, Marshal, commander French cavalry reserve, [18], [21];
• a veteran, [18];
• unfit for independent command, [208], [273];
• given command of the right wing, [21], [22], [135];
• in the first day’s advance, [47], [48];
• in the battle of Ligny, [154];
• given verbal orders by Napoleon to pursue the Prussians, [206], [209];
• his objections to order, [207], [208];
• the order dictated to General Bertrand, [209-211], [218-221], [223], [249] et seq., [345], [350], [358];
• force given him for pursuit, [209], [212], [220];
• his letter to Napoleon from Gembloux, [212-213], [245], [250];
• his movement on Wavre, [211-213], [245-262], [264-267], [272], [279], [288];
• issues orders for the morning of the 18th, [250];
• his letter to Pajol morning of 18th, [251];
• makes no change in his orders, [252];
• should have marched for the bridge of Moustier at daybreak, [253];
• neglects proper reconnoissance, [254];
• his despatch from Walhain, [255], [256];
• heard the sound of the cannon of Waterloo at Walhain, not Sart-à-Walhain, [256], [259], [287], [288], [345];
• refused to accept Gérard’s advice, [256], [257];
• was expected to arrive on left bank of the Dyle by the bridge of Moustier, [268] et seq., [345];
• probable result had he marched for Moustier at daybreak, [281], [283], [284], [326-328], [339], [342];
• or had followed the counsel of Gérard at noon, [261], [339], [342];
• in the battle of Wavre, [264-265];
• receives further orders from Napoleon, [265], [270];
• is supposed to be bearing toward the main army, [271], [272];
• carried the bridge of Limale, [271];
• expected to keep off Blücher, not to fight Wellington, [278];
• not solely responsible for defeat at Waterloo, [328], [342].
• Guard. (See [Imperial Guard].)
• Gudin, General, Napoleon’s page at Waterloo, credited with story as to Napoleon’s health on morning of battle of Waterloo, [30].
• Guilleminot, General, according to Charras, the real commander of Jerome Bonaparte’s division, 25, n. [35], [304].
• Gurwood, Lieutenant-Colonel, The Despatches of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, cited, [39], [71], [77], [78], [79], [80], [81], [82], [295], [328].
• Guyot, General, commander cavalry division Imperial Guard, [27];
• at Ligny, [157];
• in Ney’s charge upon the allied centre, [310], [311].
• H.
• Halkett, General Sir Colin, commander British brigade, [35];
• assists in opposing charge of Imperial Guard at Waterloo, [320], [322], [331].
• Hamilton, Lieutenant-General Sir F. W., his Grenadier Guards, cited, [111].
• Hamley, General Edward Bruce, The Operations of War, etc., cited, [221], [222], [280], [281], [339].
• Hardinge, General Sir Henry, English military attaché at Blücher’s headquarters, gives Wellington’s criticism of Blücher’s position, [155];
• lost his left hand at Ligny, [229];
• story of discussion between Blücher and Gneisenau as to remaining in communication with the English, [230].
• Harlet, General, commander 4th regiment grenadiers of the Guard at Waterloo, [316].
• Henrion, General, commander 4th regiment chasseurs of the Guard at Waterloo, [316].
• Heymès, Colonel, Ney’s aide-de-camp, [67];
• regarding interview between Ney and Napoleon, 49, n. [75], [67], [68];
• reports account of Ney’s interview with Napoleon at midnight of the 15th, [116];
• reports conference between Ney and Reille, [116];
• as to the inactivity of Ney on morning of 16th, [119];
• as to arrival of the 3.15 P.M. order to Ney from Napoleon, 195, n. [442];
• overestimates Napoleon’s loss in taking La Haye Sainte, 307, n. [712];
• denies that Ney ordered Guyot to charge upon the allied centre, [311].
• Hill, Lieutenant-General Lord, commander 2d British corps, [38];
• a valuable man, [40];
• orders to, morning of the 16th, [82], [88], [89].
• Histoire de l’Ex-Garde, cited, [326].
• Hooper, George, his Waterloo, cited, [11], [77], [104], [155], [182], [183], [184], [190], [222], [282], [307].
• Hougomont, Chateau of, description of, [297];
• occupied by the English, [300];
• French attack upon, [303], [304], [329], [330].
• Hulot, General, succeeded General Bourmont to command of division 4th French corps, [26];
• at Ligny, 153, n. [345], [154].
• I.
• Imperial Guard, strength of, [26];
• leaves Paris, [44];
• ordered to advance [45-46];
• leaves its commander, Marshal Mortier, behind, ill, [46];
• a division of cavalry of, supports Ney at Frasnes, [49], [157];
• in reserve near Fleurus at beginning of battle at Ligny, [154];
• led by Napoleon in person at Ligny, [157], [158];
• loss, [161], [197];
• pursues the retreating English, [214-216];
• position at Waterloo, [301];
• in defence of Planchenoit, [309], [311];
• attack on the English line by the cavalry of, [309], [311];
• the élite of the army, [312];
• position, condition, and strength of, [315-318];
• charge of, and repulse by British guards and Adam’s brigade, [318-324];
• the attack pressed, but again repulsed, [323], [324];
• resisted heroically to the last, [326];
• the Emperor finally forced to take refuge in one of its squares, [326];
• the charge of, reviewed, [331], [332], [335-338].
• Inniskilling Dragoons, a part of the British Union brigade at Waterloo, [300].
• J.
• Jomini, General Baron de, The Political and Military History of the Campaign of Waterloo, cited, [12], [56], [59], [63], [66], [71], [139], [142], [153], [158], [170], [176], [177],[186], [192], [193], [200], [205], [253], [280], [281], [357].
• Jones, George, The Battle of Waterloo, cited, [125], [144], [146], [200], [235], [317], [332], [334], [338].
• K.
• Kellermann, Count of Valmy, commander 3d French cavalry corps, [27];
• at Quatre Bras, [183], [184], [197];
• in reserve at Waterloo, [301];
• in the charge upon the allied centre, [309-310].
• Kempt, Major-General Sir James, commander British brigade, [35];
• at Waterloo, [306], [312].
• Kennedy, General Sir James Shaw,—his Notes on the Battle of Waterloo, cited, [96], [97], [99], [100], [250], [268], [274], [278], [280], [284], [294], [299], [301], [308], [310], [312], [339], [349].
• Kielmansegge, Count, commander Hanoverian brigade, [36];
• his brigade unable to hold its position at the close of the battle of Waterloo, [312].
• Kruse, General von, commander Nassau contingent, [37];
• did not arrive at Quatre Bras in time to take part in the action, [113].
• L.
• La Haye Sainte, farm-house on Brussels road, [301];
• attack upon, by the French, [305], [307];
• captured shortly before 4 P.M., 307, n. [712], [308], [312].
• La Tour d’Auvergne, Lieutenant-Colonel Prince Édouard de, his Waterloo: Étude de la Campagne de 1815, cited, [13], [46], [51], [56], [59], [63], [69], [71], [118], [130], [136], [146], [154], [157], [158], [177], [202], [248], [250], [251], [257], [270], [304], [306].
• Leeke, Rev. William, an officer of the British 52d regiment, [333];
• his History of Lord Seaton’s Regiment at the Battle of Waterloo, cited, [111], [333], [334], [336].
• Lefebvre-Desnouettes, General, commander division of cavalry Imperial Guard, [27];
• in support of troops at Frasnes, [49], [157];
• in the charge upon the allied centre at Waterloo, [309].
• L’Heritier, General, commander of division 3d French cavalry corps, [27];
• his division at Quatre Bras, [183].
• Life Guards, Historical Record of the, cited, [113].
• Ligny. (See [Battle of].)
• Lines of supply, [4].
• Lobau, Count of (Mouton), commander French 6th corps, [18], [26];
• in the advance on the 15th, [46];
• delayed in reaching Ligny, [160];
• as to non-employment of his corps at Ligny, [160];
• at Waterloo, [301];
• made gallant defence of Planchenoit, [311], [325], [331].
• Lockhart, J. G., his History of Napoleon Buonaparte, cited, [238], [239].
• M.
• Mackworth, Sir Digby, on Lord Hill’s staff at Waterloo, describes advance of Imperial Guard, [332].
• Maitland, Major-General, commander brigade British guards, [35];
• repulses attack of Imperial Guard at Waterloo, [319-323], [331-335].
• Malmesbury, Letters of the First Earl of, cited, [81], [233].
• Marbot, Colonel, his Mémoires, cited, [247], [254], [258], [268], [269], [270].
• Marcognet, General, commander division 1st French corps, [25];
• position at Waterloo, [302];
• in d’Erlon’s assault [305]; forced to abandon his position, [325], [341].
• Marette, Chateau, at Walhain, [255], [288].
• Marmont, Marshal, Mémoires, cited, [246], [247].
• Maurice, Colonel J. F., his Articles on Waterloo, cited, [46], [47], [55], [71], [73], [74], [75], [76], [80], [83], [84], [85], [86], [94], [103], [106], [167], [204], [220], [221], [224], [227], [230], [237], [238], [241], [250], [262], [263].
• Memorandum on the Battle of Waterloo, cited, [72], [74], [90], [95].
• Mercer, General Cavalié, Journal of the Waterloo Campaign, cited, [216], [310].
• Michel, General, commander brigade chasseurs of Imperial Guard at Waterloo, [316].
• Milhaud, General Count, commander French 4th cavalry corps, [27];
• at Ligny, [154], [157-159];
• at Waterloo, [301];
• in the charge upon the allied centre, [309].
• Morris, William O’Connor, his Great Commanders of Modern Times, and the Campaign of 1815, cited, [69], [307].
• Morvan, General Poret de, commander 3d regiment grenadiers of the Imperial Guard at Waterloo, [316], [317].
• Mortier, Marshal, commander Imperial Guard, taken ill just before the opening of the campaign, [20], [46].
• Mouton. (See [Lobau].)
• Mudford, William, his Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands in 1815, cited, [105].
• Müffling, General Baron von, his Passages from my Life, cited, [39], [42], [71], [77], [78], [80], [81], [105], [109], [144], [145], [146], [159], [229], [233], [340], [341].
• Muquardt, his Précis de la Campagne de 1815, cited, [118], [159], [177], [338].
• N.
• Napier, General Sir William, Life of, cited, [24], [191], [338].
• Napier’s battery at Waterloo, [317], [318].
• Napoleon, his return to Paris from Elba, [1];
• general military situation, [2];
• his reasons for taking the offensive, [2], [3];
• his plan of campaign, [4-15], [45], [59] et seq., [343], [348];
• his army, [16-28];
• gives Ney command of the left wing, [21], [49];
• his bodily strength and vigor, [23], [24], [29-31], [140], [200], [202], [290], [347], [348];
• leaves Paris for the field, [44];
• assembles his army near Charleroi, [44], [45];
• issues general order of movement, [45], [46];
• the advance to Fleurus, [46-53], [55] et seq.;
• fixes his headquarters at Charleroi, [48];
• as to verbal orders to Ney to seize Quatre Bras, [52], [62-69], [343];
• midnight conference, with Ney on the 15th, [54], [116], [129], [130], [132], [140];
• orders to Ney on the 16th, [120-125], [130], [131], [134], [141-142], [154-156];
• his reasons for delay on morning of 16th, [132-142], [163];
• his arrival at Fleurus about 11 A.M., [152];
• examines the position at Ligny, [152];
• his plan for the battle, [152-153], [164] et seq.;
• battle of Ligny, [152-175];
• delays decisive blow upon the unexpected appearance of d’Erlon’s corps, [157-158], [160], [161], [170], [171], [174], [198];
• spends the night after the battle of Ligny at Fleurus, [159], [200];
• his skill conspicuous at Ligny, [171];
• not responsible for d’Erlon’s wandering, [182], [193] et seq.;
• his delay on the morning of the 17th, [197] et seq.;
• loses the opportunity of overwhelming Wellington at Quatre Bras, [199-202], [344], [348];
• orders to Ney on the 17th, [201], [203] (see [Ney]);
• his march to join Ney, [203], [213-214];
• misconceives movement of Blücher, [203-206];
• his neglect of proper reconnoissance on the morning of the 17th, [205], [217], [218], [223-225], [344], [348];
• gives verbal order to Grouchy to pursue the Prussians, [206], [209] (see [Grouchy]);
• the Bertrand order to Grouchy, [209-211], [218-223], [248], [249], [274], [345];
• leads pursuit of the English from Quatre Bras, [214], [215];
• not to blame for not pursuing the Prussians on the early morning of the 17th, [217];
• expects Grouchy to arrive by the bridge of Moustier, [247], [268] et seq., [290], [293], [294], [345];
• orders to Grouchy on the 18th, [265-272], [291];
• his headquarters at the Caillou house, [289];
• reconnoitres the field of battle of Waterloo at 1 A.M., [289];
• his conduct on the morning of the 18th, [289-294];
• his plan of battle, [292], [302] (see [Battle of Waterloo]);
• decides to defer the main attack until about 1 P.M., [292], [302];
• the attack upon Hougomont, [303], [304], [329];
• called from the front to resist Prussian attack upon his right flank, [308-309], [311] et seq., [330], [345], [346];
• returns to the front, [314];
• organizes general advance upon the British position, [315-317], [336];
• the attack of the Guard repulsed, [318-324], [331-338];
• his efforts to rally the Guard, [325];
• his army routed, [326];
• borne from the field in a square of the Guard, [326].
• Napoléon à Waterloo, cited, [48], [50], [51], [69], [157], [181], [214], [215], [222], [247], [269], [270], [314], [319], [357].
• Ney, Marshal, placed in the field at the last moment, [20], [21], [49], [55];
• given command of the left wing, [21], [49];
• overtakes the army near Charleroi, [49];
• movement on Quatre Bras on the 15th, [49-54], [55], [56], [62], [69], [139];
• verbal orders from Napoleon on the 15th to seize Quatre Bras, [52], [62-69], [343];
• midnight interview with Napoleon on the 15th, [54], [116], [129], [130], [132], [140];
• lacks a competent staff, [55], [119], [129], [140];
• his defective preparations and disobedience of orders on the 16th, [116-128], [140], [176-183], [186-187], [191], [344], [348];
• orders from Napoleon on the 16th, [120-125], [130], [131], [134], [141-142], [154-156];
• in the battle of Quatre Bras, [178-196];
• prevented Wellington’s aiding Blücher, [187];
• makes no report of the result of the battle to Napoleon, [200], [202];
• orders from Napoleon on the 17th, [201], [203];
• his neglect to pursue Wellington on the morning of the 17th, [214];
• with Napoleon in pursuit of Wellington to Waterloo, [214] et seq.;
• his great attack with d’Erlon’s infantry upon the allied line, [304-307];
• the capture of La Haye Sainte, [307];
• cavalry attacks upon the allied centre, [309-311];
• non-employment of infantry, [309], [311], [318], [324], [337];
• responsible for mistakes in assaults upon the allied line, [311] et seq., [329], [330], [345];
• his lack of preparations for an attack by the Imperial Guard, [315], [317], [337], [338], [346];
• leads the charge of the Imperial Guard, [318-324], [331-338];
• contrasted with Wellington, [338].
• O.
• O’Connor Morris, William (see [Morris]).
• Oldfield, Major John, his Letters on the Battle of Waterloo, cited, [89], [105], [296], [301].
• Ollech, General von, Geschichte des Feldzuges von 1815, cited, [72], [73], [76], [77], [83], [84], [85], [106], [109], [134], [136], [143], [144], [145], [149], [154], [205], [208], [209], [226], [227], [228], [229], [231], [232], [233], [238], [258], [262], [263], [285].
• Ompteda, Colonel von, commander brigade King’s German Legion, [35];
• his brigade nearly annihilated near La Haye Sainte, [312].
• Orange, Prince of, commander British 1st corps, [38];
• character as an officer, [40];
• hears of the French advance, [76];
• notifies Wellington at Brussels, [77];
• at Quatre Bras, [102], [178].
• P.
• Pack, Major-General Sir Denis, commander British brigade, [35];
• at Waterloo, [306].
• Pajol, General, commander 1st French cavalry corps, [27];
• in the advance on the 15th, [46], [47];
• at Ligny, [154];
• in pursuit of the Prussians after Ligny, [205];
• with Grouchy in the march on Wavre, [212];
• in the battle of Wavre, [265].
• Papelotte, small village in front of Wellington’s position at Waterloo, [297];
• occupied by Zieten’s corps, [324].
• Pascallet, M. E., Notice Biographique sur M. le Maréchal Marquis de Grouchy, cited, [209], [357].
• Perponcher, General, commander division Dutch-Belgians, [38];
• at Quatre Bras, [102], [103], [112], [178];
• his position at Waterloo, [299].
• Picton, Sir Thomas, commander 5th British division, [38];
• a man of energy and capacity, [40];
• at Quatre Bras, [178];
• in battle of Waterloo, [299];
• repulses d’Erlon’s charge, [306], [307].
• Pirch I., General von, commander 2d Prussian corps, [32];
• headquarters at Namur, [33];
• at Ligny, [143], [151], [159];
• falls back towards Wavre, [159], [226], [232], [246], [339], [340], [346];
• delayed in leaving Wavre, [262], [263];
• supports Bülow’s assaults upon Planchenoit, [325], [340].
• Piré, Lieutenant-General, commander cavalry division 2d French corps, [25];
• in the advance, [49];
• at Quatre Bras, [178];
• at Waterloo, [301], [337].
• Planchenoit, 313, n. [722];
• attacked successfully by Bülow, retaken by Napoleon, [311];
• gallantly defended by the Young Guard and Count de Lobau, [311].
• Ponsonby, Major-General Sir William, commander Union brigade English cavalry, [35];
• his charge at Waterloo, [306], [307], [313].
• Porter’s History Royal Engineers, cited, [296], [312].
• Powell, Captain, 1st British footguards, [334];
• describes advance of Imperial Guard at Waterloo, [319], [324].
• Q.
• Quatre Bras, value of the position, [3] et seq., [12], [13], [61] et seq., [94] et seq. (See [Battle of].)
• Quinet, Edgar, Histoire de la Campagne de 1815, cited, [11], [58], [282].
• Quiot, General, commanded Allix’s division at Waterloo, [302];
• assigned to the task of capturing La Haye Sainte, [305];
• brilliant attacks upon the allied line in support of the Guard, [318], [330], [337].
• R.
• Raguse, Duc de, Mémoires, see [Marmont].
• Rebecque, General Constant, chief of staff to the Prince of Orange, orders Perponcher to the support of Prince Bernhard’s brigade at Quatre Bras, [101-103].
• Reille, General Count, commander 2d French corps, [18];
• in the advance, [44], [46], [48], [50], [101];
• conference with Ney on the 16th, [116];
• his Notice Historique, cited, [121];
• disobedience of orders, [121-122], [168], [176], [192-193];
• his corps at Quatre Bras, [178];
• position at Waterloo, [301];
• attacks Hougomont, [303-304], [314], n. [54], [329], [330], [337];
• failed to realize his opportunity for retreat, [326].
• Relation Belge sur la Bataille de Waterloo, cited, [320].
• Rogniat, his Considérations de l’Art de la Guerre, and Réponse aux Notes Critiques de Napoléon, cited, [12], [56], [57], [58], [164].
• Roguet, General, commander brigade Imperial Guard at Waterloo, [316].
• Royal Dragoons, a part of the British Union Brigade at Waterloo, [300].
• Russia, sets her army in motion for the general attack upon France, [1];
• expected to reinforce the Austrian army, [2].
• S.
• Saint Hilaire, Émile Marco de, Histoire de la Garde, cited, [319].
• Saltoun, Lord, at Waterloo, [320].
• Sart-à-Walhain, Grouchy orders troops there, [250];
• erroneously supposed to be the place where he heard the cannon of Waterloo, [255], [286-288].
• Saxe-Weimar, Prince Bernhard of, commander brigade Dutch-Belgians, [36], 36, n. [51];
• driven from Frasnes, [49], [101];
• at Quatre Bras, [90], [101-103];
• his position at Waterloo, [299].
• Scots Greys, a part of the British Union brigade at Waterloo, [300].
• Scott, Sir Walter, Life of Napoleon, cited, [93].
• Siborne, Captain W., History of the War in France and Belgium in 1815, cited, [13], [34], [35], [71], [73], [75], [77], [80], [82], [83], [84], [91], [111], [112], [114], [139], [154], [158], [159], [179], [183], [184], [191], [192], [199], [205], [212], [229], [232], [234], [237], [238], [254], [258], [261], [262], [270], [279], [283], [284], [285], [298], [301], [306], [310], [312], [319], [322], [333].
• Sidney, Rev. Edwin, The Life of Lord Hill, cited, [332].
• Sombreffe, its military value, [12-14], [57] et seq.;
• point of concentration for the Prussian army, [70];
• the centre of the Prussian army at the battle of Ligny, [151].
• Somerset, Major-General Lord Edward, commander cavalry brigade British guards, [35]; position at Waterloo, [300];
• charge of his brigade, [307], [313].
• Soult, Marshal, succeeds Berthier as Napoleon’s chief of staff, [17];
• unfit for the position, [18];
• told Sir W. Napier that Napoleon fought Waterloo without examination of the enemy’s position, 24, n. [32];
• not at fault on the morning of the 16th, [128];
• orders Ney to envelop the enemy’s right, [155];
• told Sir W. Napier that Ney neglected his orders at Quatre Bras, [191];
• of no assistance to Napoleon on morning of 17th, [202];
• opposed to detaching Grouchy with so large a force, 279, n. [641];
• negligent as a staff officer, [246], [348].
• Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl, Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington, cited, [42], [46], [155], [230].
• Steinmetz, General von, commander division Prussian 1st corps, [32];
• at Waterloo, [324-325].
• Supplementary Despatches of the Duke of Wellington, edited by his son, cited, [72], [74], [85], [90], [374] et seq.
• Supplies, lines of, not to be confounded with lines of communication between the allied armies, [14].
• T.
• Thielemann, General von, commander 3d Prussian corps, [33];
• at Ligny, [144], [151], [159];
• his corps placed where it could not aid Zieten and Pirch I., [204];
• in the retreat to Wavre, [231], [232], [234], [261];
• his corps left alone, defended Wavre against Grouchy, [264-265]. (See [Battle of Wavre].)
• Thiers, M. A., his History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon, cited, [10], [24], [29], [30], [66], [154], [193], [292], [354].
• U.
• Union Brigade, British, commanded by Major-General Ponsonby, composed of the Royal Dragoons, Scots Greys, and the Inniskilling Dragoons, at Waterloo, [300], [306], [307], [313].
• Uxbridge, Lord (afterwards Marquis of Anglesea), commander of combined cavalry of British and King’s German Legion, [38];
• leads charge of Somerset’s cavalry at Waterloo, [307];
• calls Wellington’s attention to danger of pursuit of the French with weakened battalions, [341].
• V.
• Vandamme, Count, commander 3d French corps, known as a hard fighter, [18];
• delayed in the advance on the 15th, [47];
• at Ligny, [153], [154], [157-159];
• delayed in the march with Grouchy to Gembloux, [211], [252];
• his troops entangled in attempt to carry bridges at Wavre, [264], [265].
• Vandeleur, Major-General Sir John, commander British light cavalry brigade, [35];
• his position at Waterloo, [299];
• brought to the centre with Vivian’s brigade at a critical time, [314];
• in the final charge, [325].
• Van Löben Sels, E., Précis de la Campagne de 1815 dans les Pays-Bas, cited, [49], [76], [77], [92], [101], [102], [112], [279], [280], [284], [291], [310], [312], [317].
• Vaudoncourt, General Guillaume de, Histoire des Campagnes de 1814 et 1815 en France, cited, [59], [289], [291].
• Vivian, Major-General Sir Hussey, commander British light cavalry brigade, [35];
• his position at Waterloo, [299];
• brought into action at a critical moment, [314];
• in the final charge, [325].
• W.
• Walhain, where Grouchy heard the cannon of Waterloo, [255], [256], [259], [286-288].
• Waterloo, the field of, [296];
• surveyed by English engineers before the opening of the campaign, [296]. (See [Battle of].)
• Waterloo Letters, cited, [83], [112], [233], [299], [300], [310], [312], [319], [321], [322], [323], [324], [332], [333], [334], [335].
• Wavre, regarded by Napoleon as the proper point of concentration for the Prussian army, [98];
• the Prussian rendezvous after battle of Ligny, [233]. (See [Battle of].)
• Weather, [198], [211], [216], [289], [291], [292], [348].
• Wellington, Duke of, headquarters at Brussels, [3], [74];
• his qualifications as a commander, [40], [41];
• his army, [34-40], [43], [294], [302];
• anticipates French advance by way of Mons, [74-77];
• his understanding with Blücher, [70] et seq., [91], [346];
• delays advance upon Quatre Bras, [77-115], [346-347];
• at Quatre Bras on the 16th, [106], [109];
• his conference with Blücher at Brye, [108], [144-146], [150];
• disapproves of Blücher’s position at Ligny, 155, n. [353];
• in the battle of Quatre Bras, [178], [179], [183-185], [187], [188];
• retreats from Quatre Bras, [214], [233], [297];
• learns of Prussian defeat at Ligny, [233];
• did not receive assurance of support from Blücher until the morning of the 18th, [234], [238], [347];
• his ride to Wavre to consult with Blücher, [238] et seq., [347];
• his preparations for the battle of Waterloo, [294-297];
• occupies Hougomont, [297];
• his command at Waterloo, [297-300];
• fortifies La Haye Sainte, [301];
• his justification in accepting battle based upon assurance of support from Blücher, [294], [295], [302], [327];
• his efforts to restore his shattered line, [310], [312], [314], [318];
• his imminent peril, [314];
• repulses charge of the Imperial Guard, [318-325], [332-336];
• final advance of his whole line, [325], [340], [341];
• his retention of 18,000 men at Hal and Tubize, [339];
• contrasted with Ney, [338], [339].
• Y.
• Yonge, C. D., Life of Wellington, cited, [296].
• Young, Rev. Julian Charles, A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Tragedian cited, [239-241].
• Z.
• Zieten, General von, commander 1st Prussian corps, [32];
• headquarters at Charleroi, [33];
• resists French advance on the 15th, [47], [70], [77];
• at Ligny, [143], [151];
• falls back toward Wavre, [159], [226], [232];
• delay in movement on the 18th, [262];
• arrival of his corps at Waterloo, [324];
• his probable course indicated if Grouchy had detained Bülow and Pirch I., [328];
• his intervention not anticipated, [336];
• his appearance and decisive attack upon the right flank of French army assured the allied victory, [340], [341].

PART OF BELGIUM
from a tracing of a portion of Sheet XIII of the Comte de Ferraris’
“CARTE CHOROGRAPHIQUE DES PAYS-BAS AUTRICHIENS”
made by Edward A. Reeves, Assistant Map Curator, R.G.S. London, 1889.
Retraced, omitting the features immaterial to the Campaign of 1815, by Wm. H. Munroe, Boston, 1892.
GEO. H. WALKER & CO. LITH. BOSTON.