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6、fighting,shoutingmassesastheyswirledpast,wild-cycdandpanic-stricken.Thesemen-theiliteoftheilite-werethetwobattalionsoftheFirstRegimentofFootGrena•diersoftheImpcrialGuard.ThcywereallAtaboutg.oop.m.on18June1815,aftermorethaneighthoursoffighting,theFrenchArmywa
7、sinflightfromthcbattlcfieldofWaterloo.ThousandsofFrenchtroopsofallarms,infantry,cavalry,artillerymenandsappersjostled,cursedandevenfoughteachotherastheystumbledsouthwards,harriedbytheAlliedcavalryandthefreshhordesofPrussiansdesperatelyeagertoavengethedefeats
8、andhumiliationsofformerycars.ThealmostinstantaneousdisintegrationofthemightyFrenchArmyispracticallywithoutparallelinmilitaryhistory.ThecompleterepulseofthefinalinfantryattackonMontStJeanhad,itse
