Chapter 37 of 40 · 318 words · ~2 min read

I.

Imperial Guard, strength of, 26; leaves Paris, 44; ordered to advance 45-46; leaves its commander, Marshal Mortier, behind, ill, 46; a division of cavalry of, supports Ney at Frasnes, 49, 157; in reserve near Fleurus at beginning of battle at Ligny, 154; led by Napoleon in person at Ligny, 157, 158; loss, 161, 197; pursues the retreating English, 214-216; position at Waterloo, 301; in defence of Planchenoit, 309, 311; attack on the English line by the cavalry of, 309, 311; the _élite_ of the army, 312; position, condition, and strength of, 315-318; charge of, and repulse by British guards and Adam’s brigade, 318-324; the attack pressed, but again repulsed, 323, 324; resisted heroically to the last, 326; the Emperor finally forced to take refuge in one of its squares, 326; the charge of, reviewed, 331, 332, 335-338.

Inniskilling Dragoons, a part of the British Union brigade at Waterloo, 300.

J.

Jomini, General Baron de, _The Political and Military History of the Campaign of Waterloo_, cited, 12, 56, 59, 63, 66, 71, 139, 142, 153, 158, 170, 176, 177,186, 192, 193, 200, 205, 253, 280, 281, 357.

Jones, George, _The Battle of Waterloo_, cited, 125, 144, 146, 200, 235, 317, 332, 334, 338.

K.

Kellermann, Count of Valmy, commander 3d French cavalry corps, 27; at Quatre Bras, 183, 184, 197; in reserve at Waterloo, 301; in the charge upon the allied centre, 309-310.

Kempt, Major-General Sir James, commander British brigade, 35; at Waterloo, 306, 312.

Kennedy, General Sir James Shaw,—his _Notes on the Battle of Waterloo_, cited, 96, 97, 99, 100, 250, 268, 274, 278, 280, 284, 294, 299, 301, 308, 310, 312, 339, 349.

Kielmansegge, Count, commander Hanoverian brigade, 36; his brigade unable to hold its position at the close of the battle of Waterloo, 312.

Kruse, General von, commander Nassau contingent, 37; did not arrive at Quatre Bras in time to take part in the action, 113.