Prince Blücher declined taking any notice of the application, conceiving his former verbal reply quite sufficient. The Duke of Wellington referred the Commissioners to his note of the 26th on the proposed Suspension of Hostilities; and stated that, with regard to the passport for Napoleon, he had no authority from his Government, or from the Allies, to give any answer to such demand.
The Anglo-Allied Army advanced this day from Nesle, so as to bring its Right in rear of St Just, and its Left in rear of La Taulle, where the high road from Compiegne joins the high road from Roye to Paris.
The Second Corps, under Lord Hill, as also the British and Hanoverian Cavalry, marched by Montdidier to Petit Crevecœur.
The First Corps, under Sir John Byng, marched upon Couchy.
The Reserve, under Sir James Kempt, marched upon Roye.
The following were the positions of the respective Armies on the evening of the 28th:—
The Fourth Prussian Corps d'Armée, which was the nearest to Paris, was posted at Marly la Ville; having Detachments pushed forward close to Le Bourget and Stains.
The First Prussian Corps d'Armée stood in rear of Nanteuil; having its Advanced Guard at Le Plessis, Belleville, and Dammartin.
The Third Corps d'Armée was at Crespy and in its vicinity.
Prince Blücher's Head Quarters were at Senlis.
The Anglo-Allied Army had its Right behind St Just and its Left behind La Taulle.
Its Reserve was at Roye.
The Advanced Guard (Vivian's Hussar Brigade) was at Antheuil.
The Second and Fourth Divisions, the Nassau troops, and the Hanoverian Cavalry, were encamped at Petit Crevecœur, on the road to St Just.
The British Cavalry was encamped near La Taulle and Ressons.
The First and Third Divisions, and the Dutch-Belgian troops, were encamped near Couchy.
The Fifth and Sixth Divisions, the Brunswick troops, and Reserve Artillery, were encamped near Roye.
The Duke of Wellington's Head Quarters were at Orville.
The remains of the First and Second French Corps d'Armée, after forming a junction at Gonesse, where the high roads from Nanteuil and Senlis unite, reached the suburbs of Paris. The Imperial Guard and the Sixth Corps, immediately under Grouchy, were in full retreat from Meaux by Claie and Vincennes. The Third and Fourth Corps, under Vandamme, having crossed the Marne at Meaux, were retreating by Lagny and Vincennes.