Duc de Bassano.
*Marmont. Duc de Ragusa.
*Massena. (Duc de Rivoli.) Prince d'Essling.
Miot. Comte de Melito.
Meneval. Baron.
Mollien. Comte. Minister of the Treasury.
*Moncey. Duc de Conegliano.
Montholon. Comte.
*Mortier. Duc de Treviso.
Mouton. Comte de Lobau.
*Murat. (Grand Duc de Berg.) King of Naples.
*Ney. (Duc d'Elchingen.) Prince de la Moskwa.
*Oudinot. Duc de Reggio.
Pajol. Baron.
Pasquier, Duc de. Prefect of Police.
*Perignon.
*Poniatowski.
Rapp. Comte.
Reynier. Duc de Massa.
Remusat. Chamberlain.
Savary. Duc de Rovigo. Minister of Police (1810-14).
Sebastiani. Comte.
*Serurier.
*Soult. Duc de Dalmatia.
*St. Cyr, Marquis de.
*Suchet. Duc d'Albufera.
Talleyrand. Minister of Foreign Affairs (1799-1807). Grand
Chamberlain (1804-8). Prince de Benevento.
Vandamme. Comte.
*Victor. Duc de Belluno.
APPENDIX II
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
Some critics have blamed me for underrating the _role_ of the
Prussians at Waterloo; but after careful study I have concluded that
it has been overrated by some recent German writers. We now know that
the Prussian advance was retarded by Gneisenau's deep-rooted suspicion
of Wellington, and that no direct aid was given to the British left
until nearly the end of the battle. Napoleon always held that he could
readily have kept off the Prussians at Planchenoit, that the main
battle throughout was against Wellington, and that it was decided by
the final charge of British cavalry. The Prussians did not wholly
capture Planchenoit until the French opposing Wellington were in full
flight. But, of course, Bluecher's advance and onset made the victory
the overwhelming triumph that it was.
An able critic in the "Saturday Review" of May 10, 1902, has charged
me with neglecting to say that the French left wing (Foy's and
Bachelu's divisions) supported the French cavalry at the close of the
great charges. I stated (p. 502) that French infantry was not "at hand
to hold the ground which the cavaliers seemed to have won." Let me
cite the exact words of General Foy, written in his Journal a few days
after the battle (M. Girod de L'Ain's "Vie militaire du General Foy,"
p. 278): "Alors que la cavalerie francaise faisait cette longue et
terrible charge, le feu de notre artillerie etait deja moins nourri,
et notre infanterie ne fit aucun mouvement. Quand la cavalerie fut
re
|