[Footnote 512:  Houssaye, ch. vii.  In the “Eng.  Hist.  Rev.” for October, 1900, p. 815, Mr. H. George gives a proof of this, citing the time it took him to pace the roads by which Grouchy might have advanced.]

[Footnote 513 “Waterloo Letters,” pp. 60-63, 70-77, 81-84, 383.  The whole brigade was hardly 1,000 sabres strong.  Sir E. Wood, pp. 126-146; Siborne, vol. ii., pp. 20-45.]

[Footnote 514:  Houssaye, pp. 354, 499, admits the repulse.]

[Footnote 515 B. Jackson, p. 34.  Mueffling says the defaulters numbered 10,000!  While sympathizing with the efforts of Dutch-Belgian writers on behalf of their kin, I must accept Jackson’s evidence as conclusive here.  See also Mr. Oman’s article in “Nineteenth Century,” Oct., 1900.]

[Footnote 516:  B. Jackson, p. 35; “Waterloo Letters,” pp. 129-144, 296; Cotton, p. 79.]

[Footnote 517:  Houssaye, pp. 365, 371-376; Kennedy, pp. 117-120; Mercer, vol. i., pp. 311-324.]

[Footnote 518:  Gourgaud (ch. vi.) states that the time of Lobau’s move was 4.30, though he had reconnoitred on his right earlier.  Napoleon’s statements on this head at St. Helena are conflicting.  One says that Lobau moved at 1.30, another at 4.30.  Perhaps Janin’s statement explains why Lobau did nothing definite till the later hour.]

[Footnote 519:  Baring’s account ("King’s German Legion,” App. xxi.) shows that the farm was taken about the time of the last great cavalry charge.  Kennedy (p. 122) and Ompteda (ad fin.) are equally explicit; and the evidence of the French archives adduced by Houssaye (p. 378) places the matter beyond doubt.]

[Footnote 520:  Ollech, pp. 243-246.  Reiche’s exorbitant claims (vol. ii., pp. 209-215) are refuted by “Waterloo Letters,” p. 22.]

[Footnote 521:  Lacoste (Decoster), Napoleon’s Flemish guide, told this to Sir W. Scott, “Life of Napoleon,” vol. viii., p. 496.]

[Footnote 522:  See Boulger’s “The Belgians at Waterloo” (1901), p. 33.]

[Footnote 523:  The formation and force of the French Guards in this attack have been much discussed.  Thiers omits all notice of the second column; Houssaye limits its force to a single battalion, but his account is not convincing.  On p. 385 he says nine battalions of the Guard advanced into the valley, but, on p. 389, he accounts only for six.  Other authorities agree that eight joined in the attack.  As to their formation, Houssaye advances many proofs that it was in hollow squares.  Here is one more.  On the 19th Basil Jackson rode along the slope and ridge near the back of Hougoumont and talked with some of the wounded of the Imperial Guard.  “As they lay they formed large squares, of which the centres were hollow” (p. 57).  Maitland ("Waterloo Letters,” p. 244.) says:  “There was one great column at first, which separated into two parts.”  Gawler (p. 292) adds that:  “The second column was subdivided in two parts, close together, and that its whole flank was much