[42] Gardner; Quatre Bras, Ligny and Waterloo; pp. 31-37; p. 220, n. 138. [43] Histoire de Napoleon et de la Grande Armée pendant l’année 1812. Paris, 1825. Book 4, chaps. 2 and 6. [44] Fifty Years of my Life: by the Earl of Albemarle, p. 98. _Cf._ Thiers, vol. XX, p. 37, note. [45] Charras, vol. 1, pp. 270, 271. This, as will be seen later on, was the third reconnoissance since midnight. [46] _Cf._ Fraser, Words on Wellington, p. 250. The Caillou house was set on fire by the Prussians, but the principal rooms were spared, and the house was afterwards carefully restored. CHAPTER III. THE ALLIED ARMIES. The army which was commanded by Field Marshal Blücher numbered about 124,000 men, and was thus composed:—[47] Ist Corps: Zieten. Four divisions of infantry,— Steinmetz,—Pirch II.,—Jagow—Henckel 27,887 Men One division of cavalry,—Röder 1,925 „ Artillery,—96 guns,—engineers, &c. 2,880 „ ------- Total 32,692 „ IId Corps: Pirch I. Four divisions of infantry,— Tippelskirchen,—Krafft,—Brause,—Langen 25,836 „ One division of cavalry,—Jürgass 4,468 „ Artillery,—80 guns,—engineers, &c. 2,400 „ ------- Total 32,704 „ ------ IIId Corps: Thielemann. Four divisions of infantry,-- Borcke,--Kämpfen,--Luck,--Stülpnagel 20,611 „ One division of cavalry,--Marwitz 2,405 „ Artillery,--48 guns,--engineers, &c. 1,440 „ ------- Total 24,456 „ IVth Corps: Bülow. Four divisions of infantry,-- Hacke,--Ryssel,--Losthin,--Hiller 25,381 „ One division of cavalry,-- Prince William of Prussia 3,081 „ Artillery,--88 guns,--engineers, &c. 2,640 „ ------- Total 31,102 „ Workmen, waggoners, &c., about 3,120 „ ------- Grand total 124,074 „ Leaving out the last item, we have an army consisting of 120,954 men. Of these, the infantry numbered 99,715 Men „ cavalry „ 11,879 „ „ artillery, 312 guns, numbered 9,360 „ ------- Total as above 120,954 „ The headquarters of Zieten’s Corps were at Charleroi, of Pirch I. at Namur, of Thielemann at Ciney, and of Bülow at Liége. The first three of these places were near the frontier.