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Excerpt from Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Vol. 9: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution
Chap. LXXXIX. - Strength of the two armies - Plans of their generals.-the battle OF waterloo com menced on the forenoon of the 18th june-french at tack directed against the British centre - shifted to their right charges of the Cuirassiers - and their reception. Advance of the prussians.-ney's charge at the head of the guards.-his repulse - and Napoleon's orders for retreat. - The victorious Generals meet at La Belle Al liance. - Behaviour of Napoleon during the engagement. -blucher's pursuit of the French. - Loss of the British _of the French. - Napoleon's subsequent attempts to undervalue the military skill of the Duke of Wellington answered - His unjust censures of grouchy.-the notion that the British were on the point of losing the battle when the Prussians came up, shown to be erroneous.
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