[142] As does Chesney, for instance (p. 77), who says that the English and Prussian chiefs agreed to assemble their armies respectively at the points given in the above citation from Müffling. Maurice also (pp. 145, 146, May, 1890) makes the same statement. Both these writers evidently rest on the statement of Müffling, cited above, which does not seem to us to sustain them. They are, however, careful to confine the agreement to the measures to be taken in case the French advanced by way of Charleroi. _Cf._ La Tour D’Auvergne, p. 107. Siborne (vol. 1, pp. 39 and 40) says that Blücher and Wellington had agreed in the above-mentioned event to concentrate respectively at Sombreffe and Quatre Bras, but he gives no authority for the statement. Jomini (p. 122) says substantially the same thing. Charras (vol. 1, p. 84) makes the same statement, also without citing any authority for it. Very possibly he took it from Siborne. _Cf._ Chesney, p. 93. [143] _Cf._ Supp. Desp., vol. x, p. 521: Memorandum on the Battle of Waterloo. App. C, xv; _post_, pp. 374, 375, 376. [144] “Naturally, then, Prince Blücher * * * would expect to be supported by Wellington, so far as the existing situation would make this support possible to the Duke.” Ollech, p. 124. [145] Clausewitz, ch. 20; Chesney, pp. 82, 101; Siborne, vol. 1, pp. 70, 71, n. Charras, vol. 1, p. 128, n.; Gneisenau, vol. 4, pp. 360 _et seq._; Ollech, pp. 90 _et seq._ _Cf._ Maurice, p. 259: June, 1890; also, p. 546: Sept., 1890. [146] Supp. Desp., vol. x, p. 521; Memorandum on the Battle of Waterloo; App. C, XV; _post_, pp. 374, 375, 376; Ellesmere, p. 171. [147] Supp. Desp., vol. x, p. 530. App. C, XV; _post_, pp. 374, 375, 376. [148] Maurice, pp. 148, 149: May, 1890. [149] Chesney, p. 76. [150] Siborne, vol. 1, p. 33. [151] See this information collated in Maurice, pp. 147, 148: May, 1890. He is also inclined to think that Napoleon ordered the temporary occupation of Binche, with the intention of creating the belief that a part, at least, of the French army was moving on Mons. [152] Ollech, p. 115. [153] Ib., pp. 114, 115. Maurice, p. 540: Sept., 1890. [154] Steinmetz sent this message to Van Merlen at 8 A.M. Van Loben Sels, p. 125, note. Chesney, p. 94, note. [155] Charras, who says, vol. 1, p. 130, that Wellington received at nine o’clock in the morning a despatch from Zieten, announcing that his advance posts had been attacked, is clearly in error. Hooper, p. 83, points out that the expression on which Charras bases his conclusion really means that 9 A.M. was the date of the latest intelligence from Charleroi. Siborne, vol. 1, p. 164, n., severely criticises the arrangements of the Prince of Orange for the transmission of intelligence. [156] Müffling, Passages, p. 228.