Leaving out the last item as consisting chiefly of non-combatants, we have an army consisting of 124,588 men. Of these, the infantry numbered, 89,415 Men the cavalry, including the horse artillery of the reserve cavalry, numbered, 23,595 „ the artillery (344 guns including the above) numbered, 11,578 „ -------- Total,[38] as above, 124,588 „ FOOTNOTES: [23] Charras, vol. 1, pp. 69, 70: Histoire de la Garde Imperiale: Saint Hilaire, p. 654. [24] Ib., pp. 653, 654. [25] Corresp., vol. 31, p. 249. [26] _Cf._ Gourgaud, pp. 67, 68. [27] Charras, vol. 1, p. 70. [28] Ney’s letter to the Duke of Otranto; Jones, p. 385. [29] Davout, p. 540. [30] Foy’s History of the War in the Peninsula; vol. 1, pp. 110-112: Histoire de la Guerre de la Peninsule; pp. 161-164. [31] Thiers, vol. xx, book lx, p. 37, n.: Grouchy Mém., vol. 4, p. 44, n. 2; id. in Le Mal de G., p. 18, n. 2. [32] Soult told Sir W. Napier: “The Emperor seemed at times to be changed; there were moments when his genius and activity seemed as powerful and fresh as ever; at other moments he seemed apathetic. For example, he fought the battle of Waterloo without having himself examined the enemy’s position. He trusted to General Haxo’s report. In former days he would have examined and re-examined it in person.” Life of Sir W. F. W. Napier, vol. 1, p. 505. [33] As do Chesney, p. 67, and Hooper, pp. 62, 161. [34] Charras, vol. 1, pp. 65-68. [35] Charras, vol. 1, p. 196, n., says that Jerome’s command was purely nominal, and that Guilleminot, his chief-of-staff, really commanded this division. [36] Bourmont deserted to the enemy early on the 15th June, and was succeeded by Hulot. [37] We here follow many historians in calling Morand’s command the Middle Guard, “la moyenne Garde.” [38] Charras’ summing up of the cavalry and artillery varies from ours, and would seem to be 500 less than the number before given by him. _NOTE TO CHAPTER II._ The opinion expressed here in regard to the health of the Emperor is substantially that entertained by Thiers and Chesney. The former says that the Emperor’s brother Jerome, and also one of the surgeons on the Emperor’s staff, both told him that Napoleon was a sufferer at this time from an affection of the bladder. But this was, he says, denied by Marchand, the Emperor’s valet. “Whatever may have been the health of Napoleon at this epoch, his activity was not diminished.”[39]