Chapter I

EFFECTIVE STRENGTH OF THE FRENCH ARMY AT WATERLOO.

Infantry of the Line:--
First Corps 32 battalions
Second Corps (3 divisions) 28 battalions[46]
Sixth Corps (2 divisions) 12 battalions
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72 battalions.

Which, at 720 each, (according to the statements in the
_Moniteur_ and in the portfolio of Napoleon,) would
amount to 51,840

Infantry of the Guard, stated by Gourgaud, p. 37, and
Fleury, p. 167, at 14,000

Cavalry of the Guard, according to Fleury, pp. 165 and 167 4,500

Cavalry of 1st, 2nd, and 6th Corps, according to Fleury,
p. 167 and Book ix 4,200

Reserve of Cavalry, 4 Corps, according to Book ix, p. 128 7,400

Artillery ditto ditto 6,500
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88,440
Losses sustained on the 16th, by these Corps, according
to Book ix 4,250
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84,190