The first Napoleon : a sketch, political and military . >^xInVEnt of. CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO. Situation of tfie opposing Armies at 9 A. M., June 16tfi, , ? English. ? I Napoleons Headquaitors, ^ English Headiiuarters, ?• jfeys B Prussians, ^ Prussian Headquarters, ^ THE RETURN FROM ELBA. 251 miinlcations of the English with Osteiid andBrussels. Hence the Dukes first orders di-rected the assembling of his divisions at variouspoints on the west of the Brussels turnpike, sothat a concentration of his army to meet a Frenchadvance by way of Mons, or to the westwardof it, might easily be
The first Napoleon : a sketch, political and military . >^xInVEnt of. CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO. Situation of tfie opposing Armies at 9 A. M., June 16tfi, , ? English. ? I Napoleons Headquaitors, ^ English Headiiuarters, ?• jfeys B Prussians, ^ Prussian Headquarters, ^ THE RETURN FROM ELBA. 251 miinlcations of the English with Osteiid andBrussels. Hence the Dukes first orders di-rected the assembling of his divisions at variouspoints on the west of the Brussels turnpike, sothat a concentration of his army to meet a Frenchadvance by way of Mons, or to the westwardof it, might easily be effected; and it was notuntil he was certain that the main body of theFrench under Napoleon was in face of the Prus-sians at Ligny that the Duke felt warranted inissuing orders for his whole army to march toQuatre Bras. Then there seems to have beensome delay, either on the Dukes part or on thatof his staff, as these orders were not issued tillthe early morning of the 16th, when there wasnot time enough for them to be effectually car-ried out. But fortune on
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