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AFTER THE DOWNFALL 432

INDEX 437

ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTE-AIGLE, IMPERIAL GUARD, AND GRENADIER SERGEANT IN PARADE UNIFORM _Frontispiece_ From St. Hilaire’s _Histoire de la Garde Impériale_

FACING PAGE MARSHAL MORTIER 90

MARSHAL SOULT 104 In the uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Chasseurs of the Guard

MARSHAL DAVOUT 134

MARSHAL NEY WITH THE REARGUARD IN THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW 282 From a picture by A. Ivon, at Versailles Photo by Alinari

NAPOLEON AND THE “SACRED SQUADRON” ON THE WAY TO THE BERESINA 288 From the picture by H. Bellangé

NAPOLEON’S FAREWELL TO THE OLD GUARD AT FONTAINEBLEAU 312 From a print after H. Vernet, kindly lent by Messrs. T. H. Parker, 45, Whitcomb Street

THE FIGHT FOR THE STANDARD 396 Sergeant Ewart of the Scots Greys taking the Eagle of the 45th at Waterloo From the picture by R. Andsell, A.R.A., at Royal Hospital, Chelsea

THE SQUARE OF THE OLD GUARD AT BAY AFTER WATERLOO 412 From the picture by H. Bellangé

LA REVUE DES MORTS 434 From a picture by R. Demoraine

MAPS

OUTLINE MAP OF NAPOLEON’S CONCENTRATION IN REAR OF ULM, SEPTEMBER 27 TO OCTOBER 18, 1805 82

SKETCH PLAN OF THE POSITIONS OF THE ARMIES AT THE OPENING OF THE BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ 98

SKETCH PLAN OF THE BATTLEFIELD OF EYLAU 154

PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF BARROSA 222

WATERLOO. THE CHARGE OF THE UNION BRIGADE 394

WATERLOO--THE FINAL PHASE. SKETCH PLAN TO SHOW THE ATTACK AND THE DEFEAT OF THE COLUMNS OF THE GUARD 410

GENERAL MAP 436

LIST OF AUTHORITIES

ALISON: History of Europe.

AVRILLON, PION DES LOCHES, PELET, COMBES, DU ROURE DE PAULIN, VIONNET, BERTIN, THIRION, NOEL, DUPUY, BLAZE, ST. CHAMANS, VIGÉE-LEBRUN, ETC.: Souvenirs.

BARBOUX, GENERAL: War Services.

BARDIN: Dictionnaire de l’Armée. BARDIN: Memorial de l’Officier.

BEAMISH: The King’s German Legion.

BEAUVAIS: Victoires des Français, 1792–1815.

BERTHEZÉNE, GENERAL: Souvenirs Militaires.

BIGNON: Memoirs of Napoleon’s Campaigns.

BOUILLÉ: Les Drapeaux Français.

BOURRIENNE: Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte.

BUGEAUD, MARSHAL: Memoirs.

BYRNE, MILES: Memoirs.

Catalogue:--Heeres Museum--Wien.

Catalogue:--Real Armeria--Madrid.

CATHCART, HON. SIR C.: Commentaries--1812–13.

CAULAINCOURT: Recollections.

CHAMBRAY: History of the Russian Expedition.

CHAMPEAUX: Honneur et Patrie.

CHARBOUCLIÈRE: Dictionnaire de l’Armée.

CHARRAS: Campagne de 1815.

CHICHESTER and SHORT: Records and Badges of the British Army.

COLBORN: United Service Journal (_passim_): Regimental Histories (British and French), etc.

Correspondance Militaire de Napoléon.

COTTON: A Voice from Waterloo.

DALTON: The Waterloo Roll Call.

Das Zeughaus zu Berlin.

DAVOUT, MARSHAL: Memoirs.

DE GONNEVILLE: Souvenirs Militaires.

DEMMIN: Weapons of War.

DESJARDINS: Recherches sur les Drapeaux.

DE SUZANNE, GENERAL: L’Infanterie Française.

DE SUZANNE, GENERAL: La Cavalerie Française.

DUCASSE: Visite à l’Hôtel des Invalides.

DUCOR: Aventures d’un Marin de la Garde.

DUMAS, M.: Souvenirs Militaires.

DUMAS, M.: Précis des Evènemens Militaires.

FANTIN DES ODOARDS, GENERAL: Journal.

FÉZENSAC: Journal of the Russian Campaign--1812–13.

FÉZENSAC: Souvenirs Militaires.

FOY, GENERAL: History of the War in Spain.

GARDNER, DARSEY: Quatre Bras, Ligny, Waterloo.

GLEIG: Narrative of the Battle of Leipsic.

GOURGAUD: Napoleon and the Grand Army in Russia.

GROSE: Military Antiquities.

HOME: Précis of Modern Tactics.

HOOPER: Waterloo: The Downfall of the First Napoleon.

HOUSSAYE: Napoléon, Homme de Guerre.

HOUSSAYE: Waterloo.

JEANNENEY: Le Glorieux Passé d’un Régiment.

JOMINI: L’Art de Guerre.

JOMINI: Life of Napoleon I.

JUNOT, MARSHAL: Memoirs.

JURIEN DE LA GRAVIÈRE: Guerres Maritimes.

LABAUME: History of the Campaign in Russia.

LACROIX, D.: Les Maréchaux de Napoléon.

LACROIX, D.: Histoire Anecdotique du Drapeau Français.

LALLEMAND: Les Drapeaux des Invalides--1814.

LAMARTINE: History of the Restoration.

LANFREY: History of Napoleon I.

LA VALETTE: Memoirs.

LEJEUNE: Memoirs.

LEMONNIER-DELAFOSSE: Campagnes de 1810–15.

LYDEN: Nos 144 Régiments de Ligne.

MACDONALD, MARSHAL: Recollections.

MACGEORGE: Flags and their History.

MARBOT: Memoirs.

MARBOT et DE NOIRMONT: Costumes Militaires Françaises.

MARMONT, MARSHAL: The Spirit of Military Institutions.

MASSON: Cavaliers de Napoléon. MASSON: Livre du Sacre de l’Empereur. MASSON: Souvenirs et Recits des Soldats.

MAXWELL, SIR H.: Life of Wellington. MAXWELL, SIR H.: Victories of the British Armies.

MAXWELL, W. H.: Peninsular War Sketches.

Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne.

MENÉVAL: Memoirs.

Military Costumes of Europe--1812.

MILNE: Standards and Colours.

MORVAN: Le Soldat Impérial.

NAPIER: History of the Peninsular War.

Narrative of Captain Coignet.

NEY, MARSHAL: Memoirs.

NIOX, GENERAL: Drapeaux et Trophées.

ODELEBEN: Napoleon’s Campaign in Saxony, 1813.

[Officially Published] Historiques des Régiments de l’Armée.

[Officially Published] Publications de la Réunion des Officiers.

OUDINOT, MARSHAL: Memoirs.

PARQUIN: Campagnes d’un Vieux Soldat.

PATTISON: Napoleon’s Marshals.

PENGUILLY L’HARIDON: Catalogue Musée d’Artillerie.

Potsdam und seine Umgebung.

RAPP, GENERAL: Memoirs.

REY: Histoire du Drapeau.

ROBERT, COLONEL: Catalogue, Musée d’Artillerie.

ROSE: Life of Napoleon I.

ST. HILAIRE: Histoire de la Garde Impériale. ST. HILAIRE: Histoire Populaire de Napoléon I.

SAVARY: Memoirs.

SÉGUR: Au Drapeau. SÉGUR: History of the Expedition to Russia. SÉGUR: Memoirs. SÉGUR: Procès Verbal de la Couronnement de Napoléon.

SERUZIER: Memoirs.

SHAW KENNEDY, SIR JOHN: Notes on Waterloo.

SHERER, MOYLE: Tales of the Wars.

SHOBERL: Narrative of the Battle of Leipsic.

SIBORNE: Campaign of Waterloo.

SIBORNE: Waterloo Letters.

SLOANE: Life of Napoleon I.

SOULT, MARSHAL: Memoirs.

SOUTHEY: History of the Peninsular War.

STENDHAL: Journal and Correspondence.

STOCQUELER: The British Soldier.

TAYLOR, SIR HERBERT: Waterloo.

THIÉBAULT, BARON: Memoirs.

THIERS: Consulate and Empire.

WELLINGTON: Despatches.

WILSON, SIR R.: Narrative of Events in Russia, 1812. WILSON, SIR R.: Private Journal of the Russian Campaign.

WOOD, SIR EVELYN: Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign.

(NOTE.--This list is approximately complete, representing about 90 per cent. of the total of authorities consulted and laid under contribution.)

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