CHAPTER XV.

PAGE Passage of the Army--The Road blocked up--Preparing to Bivouac--The Nassauers--The White Flag--Reception at Forêt--The Peasantry--Village of Montay--Ordered to Return--A Night Alarm--A Halt--Visit to Cateau--Our Allies Plundering--The German Bocks--Wretched Fare--Return to Forêt--Female Costumes--Louis XVIII.--Again on the Move--Difficulties of our March--Aspect of the Country--Lose our Way--Our Destination at Last--Rejoin the Main Army--Caulincourt’s Country House--Comfortable Quarters--A Warm Welcome--Our Sleeping-Quarters--French Cultivateurs--Their Characteristics--Our Dinner, 1