[12] Had general Zieten been equally alert in making the duke of Wellington acquainted with the attack of the French, as he was in communicating the intelligence to Blücher, the battle of Ligny might have either not been fought at all, or would have terminated less disastrously to his countrymen. (GLEIG’S _Story of the Battle of Waterloo_.) [13] _See_ Appendix, No. I. [14] A pity the poet did not put, _Soigné_. [15] What appears most astonishing is, that the real line of retreat of the Prussian columns was not discovered by the victorious French until the afternoon of the 17th. [16] The road by which the Prussians retreated upon Wavre, was examined by lieutenant-colonel Jackson, of the Royal staff corps, and a report thereof sent to the Prussian head-quarters, before the campaign opened. [17] _See_ anecdote, Appendix, No. VI. [18] Lord Uxbridge was created Marquis of Anglesey, for his distinguished conduct on the field of Waterloo. [19] _See_ Outline map of the Waterloo campaign. [20] _See_ GURWOOD, _Dispatches_, vol. XII, page 129. [21] The cannon-ball entered the west end of the large building still in existence; consequently must have passed through four, if not five walls, before it came out at the east end looking into the garden, or park. [22] Sergeant-major Cotton, the author of this “VOICE FROM WATERLOO,” also lies buried in the same garden, not far from captain Blackman’s grave. He died at Mont-St.-Jean, the 24th June, 1849. (_Editor._) [23] _En potence_, is a military phrase which expresses a bending or throwing back of either flank or wing of an army. [24] Now the Rifle brigade. [25] Since called Grenadier guards, on account of their gallant conduct when opposed to the Imperial grenadiers of France, at the close of the day of Waterloo. [26] Now Major-General Taylor and deputy governor of Sandhurst college. [27] Every house in the neighbourhood was used for the wounded; the farm of Mont-St.-Jean was the chief hospital, or the head-quarters for the medical staff. [28] _See_ Outline map of the Waterloo campaign. CHAPTER III.