![]() ‘We have nevertheless ninety chances in our favour, and not ten against us.’ At this, Marshal Ney – ‘the bravest of the brave’ – who had only just arrived having reconnoitred the Anglo-Allied lines, warned: ‘Without doubt, Sire, provided Wellington be simple enough to wait for you. ‘The army of the enemy is superior to ours by one-fourth,’ Napoleon announced (incorrectly, as in fact the 72,000 French outnumbered the 68,000 Anglo-Allied troops). The meal was served on silver plate bearing the Imperial arms, and once it was cleared away maps of the area were spread across the table and the council of war began. He had feared that the Anglo-Allied army under the Duke of Wellington might have withdrawn from its defensive positions on the ridge of Mont St Jean during the night, but dawn had revealed it still in place. ![]() “The Emperor Napoleon seemed confident of victory when he breakfasted with his senior generals at Le Caillou farmhouse on the Charleroi – Brussels road at eight o’clock on the morning of Sunday, 18th June 1815. ![]()
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