The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy's Retreat / A study of an Obscure Part of the Waterloo Campaign - William Hyde Kelly

[6] This would mislead Napoleon, who would infer that Pajol’s Cavalry was included.

[7] Grouchy infers this from Pajol’s capture of the Horse Battery near Le Mazy.

[8] Grouchy seems to have avoided telling Napoleon that they were still there at two o’clock in the afternoon!

INDEX

Aisemont, village of, [68], [100], [103]
Aisne river, [13], [146]
Aix-la-Chapelle, [44]
Allies, earlier operations of the, [1-50]
Alten, General, Third British Division, [34], [42]
Anthing, General, Dutch-Belgians, [34], [39]
Antwerp, [8]
Artillery, Prussian, [54]
Asserre, [10]
Ath, [7-9], [34], [35]
Aulnay, [151]
Avesnes, [13-15], [135], [142], [143], [145], [146]
Bachelu, General, Infantry Division (French), [18], [33], [39], [42]
Balâtre, [62], [80]
Basle, [4]
Basse Wavre, [109-114], [117], [118], [123], [126]
Baudeset, [70]
Beaumont, [4], [7], [15], [142], [145]
Berthézène, Colonel, Eleventh Division, Third French Corps, [57]
Berton, General, Brigade of French Dragoons, [81], [82]
Bianchi, General (Austrians), [4]
Bierges, mill of, [111], [117-119], [122], [126], [127]
——, village of, [68], [103], [111], [113], [118], [120], [124], [126-129]
Binche, [33]
Blanc Mesnil, [151]
Blucher, General, [4], [71], [83], [133];
his army in Belgium, [9], [10];
at Sombreffe, [21], [22], [25], [26];
his reasons for concentrating at Ligny, [35-37], [43-47];
interview with Wellington at Bussy, [40];
defeated by Napoleon at Ligny, [73], [78];
his retreat, [84], [90], [92];
makes for Brussels, [94];
marches towards Mont St Jean, [100-107];
ordered to defend Wavre, [108];
pursues French by Charleroi, [135];
race for Paris between Grouchy and, [143-146], [151];
at Compiègne, [148];
captures bridges over the Oise, [150]
Bonne Espérance, [9]
Bonnemain, General, [88], [89], [92]
Borcke, General, Ninth Division, Third Prussian Corps, [52], [70], [109-111], [113], [115], [130], [131], [138]
Bornstaedt, Major, [114]
Borstel, General, [90]
Bourmont, General de, [61]
Braine, l’Alleud, [102]
Braine-le-Comte, [8], [34], [35], [39]
Brunswick, Duke of, [39], [42]
Brussels, Napoleon resolves to attack, [6], [7]
Bry, [73], [74]
Bulow, General, Fourth Corps, [10], [66], [69], [78], [102];
Gneisenau’s instructions—a serious delay, [22-24];
too late for Ligny, [45], [46];
at Baudeset, [70];
without news, [71];
at Dion-le-Mont, [100], [103];
reaches St Lambert, [105], [117];
pursues French to Genappe, [136];
marches to St Quentin, [146];
Ressons, [147];
Senlis, [149], [150];
and Marly la Ville, [151]
Bussy, mill of, [40]
Bylandt, General, First Brigade, Dutch-Belgians, [33], [39]
Cavalry, Prussian, [54]
Cérisy, [146]
Chambre, [128]
Chapelle St Lambert, [103], [105], [106], [109], [117]
Charlemont, [83]
Charleroi, [7], [9], [17], [25], [27], [28], [33], [36], [37], [141]
Chassé, General, [34]
Chastel, Colonel, Tenth Division, Second Cavalry Corps (French), [59]
Châtelet, [27], [30], [37]
Châtelineau, [30]
Chaumont, [136]
Chauny, [146], [147]
Chimay, [14]
Ciney, [10]
Clinton, General, Second British Division, [34], [35], [39]
Colville, General, Fourth British Division, [34], [35]
Compiègne, [146-148], [151]
Condé, [7], [8]
Cooke, General, First British Division, [34], [35], [42]
Corbaix, [71], [72], [94], [98], [137]
Courcelles, [27]
Courtrai, [8]
Couture, [104], [130]
Creil, [149]
Crepy, [147], [149-151]
Dammartin, [151]
Davoût, [5], [63]
Dender river, [8]
D’Erlon, General, First Corps (French), [12], [15], [16], [20], [21], [36], [39], [41-43], [46], [48-50], [144], [147-151]
Dessaix, [63]
Dinant, [9], [10], [72], [139], [141], [142]
Dion-le-Mont, village of, [71], [98], [100], [103], [104], [109], [110], [115], [117], [136]
Dittfurth, Major, [55], [56], [110]
Domon, General, [76]
Dornberg, General, [34], [35]
Durutte, General, [21]
Dyle river, [68], [72], [93], [96], [98-100], [104-106], [110-112], [114], [118], [122], [124], [126], [129], [136], [138]
Enghien, [8], [9], [34], [35], [39]
Ernage, [72], [89]
Excelmans, General, Second Cavalry Corps (French), [13], [56], [59], [63], [73], [75], [76], [80-90], [92], [95-98], [107], [109], [110], [115], [117], [119], [123], [136]
Ferdinand, Archduke, [3]
Fleurus, [10], [17], [21], [27], [29], [32], [75]
Florennes, [15], [16]
Fontaine l’Evêque, [28]
Foy, General, [18], [38], [42]
Frasnes, [8], [18], [19], [33], [35], [38-41], [135]
Frimont, Marshal, [4]
Frischermont, [109]
Gembloux, [40], [56], [66], [68-70], [81-88], [94], [95], [137], [138], [141]
Genappe, [8], [41], [136]
Gentinnes, [66-68], [70], [72]
Gérard, General, Fourth Corps (French), [12], [15-17], [30], [36], [58], [61], [62], [64], [73], [85-87], [94], [95], [99], [107], [115], [117-119], [124], [127], [136-139]
Gerpinnes, [9], [15]
Ghent, [8]
Gillicourt, [149]
Gilly, [17], [27], [28], [30]
Girard, General, [29], [41], [42], [47-49]
Givet, [4], [7]
Gneisenau, General, chief of Blucher’s Staff, [22-24], [66], [67], [102], [106]
Gonesse, [150], [151]
Gosselies, [18], [27], [28], [38], [48], [135]
Grammont, [8], [34], [35]
Grand Leez, [92], [99], [136]
Grouchy, Marshal Count, [5], [13-15], [17], [18], [30], [42], [55], [57], [62], [64], [74-76], [78], [100], [105-107], [112];
summary of his Forces, [60];
unfit for independent command, [63];
the only man available, [65];
his pursuit of the Prussians, [80-99];
battle of Wavre, [115], [117], [118], [120], [123-132];
his retreat after Wavre, [133-152]
Guiscard, [147]
Guise, [146]
Habert, General, Tenth Division, Third French Corps, [57], [116]
Ham, [146], [147]
Ham-sur-Heure, [15]
Hannut, [10], [22-24]
Hautain-le-Val, [33]
Heppignies, village of, [29]
Heron, [9]
Hill, Lord, [8]
Hirson, [146]
Hobe, General, Reserve Cavalry, Third Prussian Corps, [53], [70], [113], [119]
Hologne, [10]
Houssaye, quoted, [6], [7], [61], [85]
Hulot, Colonel, Fourteenth Division, Fourth French Corps, [58], [118], [119], [127]
Huy, [9], [10]
Infantry, Prussian, [54]
Jacquinot, General, Reserve Cavalry, Fourth French Corps, [50], [58]
Jagow, Colonel, [148]
Jamioux, [15]
Jerome, General, [18], [38], [42]
Jumet, [18], [21], [28]
Kampfen, Colonel, [52], [113]
Kellermann, General, Third Cavalry Corps (French), [13], [39-43], [63], [150]
Kleist, General, [2]
La Baraque, [72], [95], [97-99], [109], [115]
La Bavette, [72], [103], [113], [114], [130], [136]
La Bavette-Rosieren, [136]
La Falize, [138]
La Fère, [146]
La Ferté, [151]
La Haye, [102]
La Huzelle, wood of, [98], [106]
Lagny, [151]
Lambusart, [31]
Landrécies, fortress of, [143]
Langres, [4]
Lannes, General, [63]
Laon, [4], [13], [14], [135], [142], [143], [146]
Lasne, valley of the, [104], [105]
Laurent, Napoleon’s A.D.C., [48]
Le Boquet, [81]
Le Bourget, [151]
Le Caillou farm-house, [99]
Le Mazy, [81], [82], [84], [89], [92]
Lecourbe, General, [5], [142]
Ledebur, Colonel, [71], [97], [98], [104], [106], [125]
Leers, [15], [18]
Lefebvre-Desnouette, General, Cavalry of the Guard (French), [19], [39]
Lefol, Colonel, Eighth Division, Third French Corps, [57], [117], [118]
Letort, General, [31]
Leuze, [8]
Liège, [10], [24], [33], [90]
Liers, [10]
Ligny, [32], [35], [37], [38], [40], [41], [43], [44], [47], [55], [57], [62], [67], [74]
Lille, [7], [12], [14]
Limale, village of, [99], [100], [111], [114], [117], [119], [120], [124], [126], [132], [136]
Limelette, Village of, [98], [99], [112]
Lobau, General, Sixth Corps (French), [13], [15-17], [36], [56], [59], [73], [76]
Lobbes, village of, [9], [25]
Longwy, [13]
Lootz, [10]
Losthin, General, [104]
Lottum, Colonel Count, Reserve Cavalry, Third Prussian Corps, [53], [70], [72], [114], [128]
Louvain, [81], [100], [103], [130]
Luck, Colonel, Eleventh Division, Third Prussian Corps, [52], [113]
Lutzow, Colonel, [28]
Lyons, [5]
Maestricht, [83]
Maladrie, hamlet of, [25], [26]
Maransart, [104], [105]
Marbais, [41], [47], [48], [79]
Marchienne, [15], [18], [21], [26], [27]
Marcinelle, [15], [28]
Marle, [146]
Marly la Ville, [151]
Marwitz, Colonel (Prussians), [49], [50], [70], [72], [113], [126], [128-130]
Masséna, General, [63]
Maubeuge, fortress of, [4], [14], [15], [143]
Maurin, General, [107]
Meaux, [151]
Mellery, [66], [135], [137]
Metz, [13]
Meuse valley, [7], [139]
Mézières, [12], [14], [143], [146]
Milhaud, General, Fourth Cavalry Corps (French), [13], [62], [63], [73]
Mohnhaupt, Colonel, Reserve Artillery (Prussian), [53]
Mons, [8], [25], [33], [34], [44]
Mont Potriaux, [55], [56]
Mont St Guibert, [66], [68], [71], [97], [100], [103], [104], [106]
Mont St Jean, [44], [95], [99];
Blucher marches towards, [100-107]
Montigny, [26]
Moustier, [93], [96], [99], [107]
Muffling, [102]
Murat, [63]
Namur, [9], [10], [24], [33], [35], [83], [90], [100], [134-136], [138-141]
Nancy, [4]
Nanteuil, [150], [151]
Napoleon, his waiting tactics and inaction, [2], [3], [36], [37], [44], [50], [76], [78];
his scheme of campaign, [5], [11];
resolves to attack Brussels, [6];
his army for invasion of Belgium, [12];
his first movements, [14];
his position on 15th June, [35];
his instructions to Ney, [40], [41];
Ligny and after, [45], [47], [48], [73-78];
Blucher’s reasons, [46];
Grouchy and, [64], [65], [93], [105];
his orders to Grouchy, [80], [83-85], [87], [99], [117];
Grouchy’s despatches to, [90], [94];
routed at Mont St Jean, [124];
defeated at Wavre, [133];
“no party, no power,” [145]
Neuf Sart, [97]
Ney, Marshal, the “bravest of the brave,” [13];
in command of Left Wing, [18], [29];
his cautious methods, [19], [20];
Frasnes, [33], [35];
interview with Napoleon, [36];
hesitation about Quatre-Bras, [37-39], [42], [43], [75-77];
Napoleon’s instructions to, [40], [41], [47], [48];
his orders to d’Erlon, [49];
no news from, [75-77]
Nil Perrieux, [72]
Nil St Vincent, [88], [97], [98]
Ninove, [8], [35]
Nivelles, [9], [34], [39], [41]
Nouvion, [146]
Noyon, [147]
Ohain, [106]
Oise river, [146], [147], [150]
Orange, Prince of, commander of troops in the Netherlands, [2], [8], [34], [35], [39], [40], [42]
Origny, [146], [147]
Orneau, valley of the, [82]
Ostend, [8]
Ottenburg, village of, [130]
Ottignies, [93], [99], [107]
Oudenarde, [7-9]
Pajol, General, First Cavalry Corps (French), [13], [17], [26-28], [59], [60], [63], [73], [75], [76], [80-84], [87], [89], [92], [99], [115], [117-120], [127], [137], [138]
Pecheux, Colonel, Twelfth Division, Fourth French Corps, [58], [127]
Peronne, [4]
Perponcher, General (Dutch-Belgians), [33], [34], [36], [39]
Perwez, [88], [90]
Philippeville, [7], [15], [141-143]
Picton, General, [39], [42]
Piéton stream, [28]
Pirch I., General, Second Corps (Prussians), [9], [10], [32], [35], [41], [66-68], [73], [98], [100], [103], [105], [106], [135], [137], [139-144]
Pirch II., General, [30-32]
Piré, General, French Cavalry, [18], [29], [33], [36], [39], [41], [42]
Plancenoit, [105]
Point-du-Jour, [70], [85-87], [121], [126]
Pont St Maxence, [146], [150]
Provence, [4]
Prussian Corps, Third, [52-65]
Quatre-Bras, [7-9], [19], [20], [33], [35-45], [83];
results of battle, [43]
Ransart, [29]
Rapp, General, [6]
Reille, General, Second Corps (French), [12], [15], [18], [21], [25], [29], [36], [38-42], [142], [144], [150], [151]
Reims, [146], [147]
Ressons, [147], [149]
Réthel, [146]
Rixensart, [109], [127], [128], [131]
Rochefort, [10]
Rocroi, fortress of, [14], [143]
Roder, General, Reserve Cavalry (Prussian), [28], [31]
Rouelx, [8]
Roye, [146]
Ryssel, General, Fourteenth Division (Prussians), [71], [105]
Saarbruck, [4]
Saarlouis, [4]
St Achtenrode, village of, [130]
St Amand, [41], [49], [74], [85]
St Anne, village of, [68], [100]
St Denis, [81], [89], [92], [137], [138], [151]
St Géry, [93], [96]
St Lambert, [117], [125], [138]
St Quentin, [146]
St Robert, [131]
St Symphorien, [26]
Sambre river, [15], [27], [28], [139], [140]
Sart à Walhain, [88], [90], [92], [136]
Sauvenière, village of, [88], [90], [95], [137]
Saxe-Weimar, Prince Bernard of, [19], [20], [33], [35]
Schwarzenberg, General (Austrian Army), [34]
Seneffe, [8]
Seulis, [147], [149-151]
Sohr, Colonel, [71], [106]
Soignies Forest, [8], [9], [93]
Soissons, [146-148]
Soleilmont, [30]
Solre-sur-Sambre, [15]
Sombreffe, [10], [18], [21], [32], [37], [41], [42], [44], [55];
retreat of Thielemann’s corps from, [66-79]
Sossoye, [9], [10]
Sottegheim, [35], [39]
Soult, Marshal, [14], [16], [21], [40], [64], [80], [89], [142], [143], [146], [147]
——, Baron, [60], [137]
Steedman, General, [34], [39]
Steinmetz, General, First Division of Zieten’s Corps (Prussian), [25-29], [32-34], [39]
Stengel, Colonel, [114];
at Wavre, [119-121], [124], [130]
Strolz, Colonel, Ninth Cavalry Division, Second Cavalry Corps (French), [59]
Stulpnagel, Colonel, Twelfth Division Third Prussian Corps, [52], [109], [113];
at Wavre, [119-121], [124], [126-128]
Suchet, General, [5], [65], [142]
Sydow, General, [149], [150]
Temploux, [137], [138], [141]
Teste, General, Twenty-first Division Third Prussian Corps, [59], [76], [81], [83], [96], [115], [119], [124], [127], [128], [137], [139-141]
Thielemann, Lieutenant-General, Third Prussian Corps, [10], [52], [55], [56], [62], [81], [82], [87], [88], [90], [95], [100], [103], [106], [117], [119], [124-134], [136-139], [141], [145-147], [151];
his retreat from Sombreffe, [66-79];
his instructions and dispositions at Wavre, [108-114]
Thionville, [13], [14]
Thorembey les Beguignes, [9]
Thuin, [9], [15], [26], [143]
Tilly, [66-68], [71], [73]
Tirlemont, [2]
Tolly, Barclay de, [2], [4]
Tongrenelles, [62]
Tongres, [10]
Tourinnes, [88], [99], [115], [136]
Uxbridge, Lord, [8], [35], [39]
Valenciennes, [12], [14]
Vallin, Colonel, [136]
Vandamme, General, Third Corps (French), [12], [15-18], [31], [47], [48], [57], [62], [64], [73], [85-88], [92], [94], [95], [97-99], [108], [109], [111], [134], [136], [138-140], [146], [147], [151];
at Wavre, [115-119], [122], [124], [127], [129], [130], [132]
Van Merlen, General, [26], [33], [34]
Vervins, [146]
Vichery, Colonel, [58], [127]
Vieux Sart, [71], [100]
Villers Perruin, [33], [49]
Villets Coterets, [148-151]
Vilvorde, [35]
Walhain, [71], [92], [95], [97], [137]
Warème, [10]
Wavre, [44], [67-69], [72], [92-94], [98-101], [104], [106], [136];
Thielemann’s instructions and dispositions at, [108-114];
battle of, [115-132]
Wellington, Duke of, [4], [37], [38], [78], [83], [90], [93], [101];
disposition of his troops in Belgium, [7];
his plans, [25], [35];
order for concentration, [34];
a message to Blucher, [102]
Wrede, Prince, [3]
Zeppelin, Colonel, [109-111], [113], [129], [132]
Zieten, General, First Corps (Prussian), [8-10], [17], [22], [25-29], [31], [32], [34], [35], [66-68], [70], [72], [73], [100], [103], [106], [114], [125], [142], [143], [145], [146-151]

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