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Fouche. Minister of Police (1804-10). Duc d'Otranto. *Grouchy. Comte. Jomini. Baron. *Jourdan. Comte. Junot. Duc d'Abrantes. *Kellermann. Duc de Valmy. *Lannes. Duc de Montebello. Larrey. Baron. Latour-Maubourg. Baron. Lauriston. Comte. Lavalette. Comte. Minister of Posts. *Lefebvre. Duc de Danzig. *Macdonald. Duc de Taranto. Maret. Minister of Foreign Affairs (1811-14.) Duc de Bassano. *Marmont. Duc de Ragusa. *Massena. (Duc de Rivoli.) Prince d'Essling. Miot. Comte de Melito. Meneval. Baron. Mollien. Comte. Minister of the Treasury. *Moncey. Duc de Conegliano. Montholon. Comte. *Mortier. Duc de Treviso. Mouton. Comte de Lobau. *Murat. (Grand Duc de Berg.) King of Naples. *Ney. (Duc d'Elchingen.) Prince de la Moskwa. *Oudinot. Duc de Reggio. Pajol. Baron. Pasquier, Duc de. Prefect of Police. *Perignon. *Poniatowski. Rapp. Comte. Reynier. Duc de Massa. Remusat. Chamberlain. Savary. Duc de Rovigo. Minister of Police (1810-14). Sebastiani. Comte. *Serurier. *Soult. Duc de Dalmatia. *St. Cyr, Marquis de. *Suchet. Duc d'Albufera. Talleyrand. Minister of Foreign Affairs (1799-1807). Grand Chamberlain (1804-8). Prince de Benevento. Vandamme. Comte. *Victor. Duc de Belluno. APPENDIX II THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO Some critics have blamed me for underrating the _role_ of the Prussians at Waterloo; but after careful study I have concluded that it has been overrated by some recent German writers. We now know that the Prussian advance was retarded by Gneisenau's deep-rooted suspicion of Wellington, and that no direct aid was given to the British left until nearly the end of the battle. Napoleon always held that he could readily have kept off the Prussians at Planchenoit, that the main battle throughout was against Wellington, and that it was decided by the final charge of British cavalry. The Prussians did not wholly capture Planchenoit until the French opposing Wellington were in full flight. But, of course, Bluecher's advance and onset made the victory the overwhelming triumph that it was. An able critic in the "Saturday Review" of May 10, 1902, has charged me with neglecting to say that the French left wing (Foy's and Bachelu's divisions) supported the French cavalry at the close of the great charges. I stated (p. 502) that French infant
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