6tO Say^s Catechism of 



bis force, at tlie time, for n division of the 

 Prusisiaii army. — Erlon was now made 

 acquiiiiitcd wiih tlit- defeat of tlte Prus. 

 Maiiit; ;ind, without thinking it necessary 

 l» have awy cominuiiicalion with N'\- 

 poleoii, a.s to future operations, returned 

 to his uri^innl position. Titat (Jivi^ion of 

 the army, therefoie, became totally use- 

 Jess for iliat day both to the Emperor 

 and to iMarshid Ney.— Grouchy, losing 

 si^ht of Biucher, and taking tlie circui- 

 tous route which he pursued, was repre- 

 sented as having cnniinitted a inou latal 

 error. — While tlie right wing of the 

 I-'rencli, in tlie battle of the Idiii, was 

 ftns;aged, in defeatiiii; the flank move-, 

 nient of Bulow, of whici* they were 

 perfectly apprised. Marshal Ney ha4 

 orders In en^uj^etlie attention oftlte En-, 

 glish during ihis part of the uctiuii) but 

 hy no means to hazard the los« of bis 

 troops, or to exhauiii llieir strength. 



JNey, it appears, did not obey the 

 Arder, or met with circumstances that' 

 rendered ii inipraciicable for him to 

 adhere to it. Ue was stated to havecoit" 

 tended for the occupation of n height, 

 and thus weakened his corps; so that« 

 tth^n the imperial guards were brought 

 to the chartie, lie was unable to assist 

 them.—rl uiiderstonri that Nnpoleon had 

 crossed the Sambre with 111 000 men. 

 In (lie battles of Ligny and Qnatie Uras 

 lie lost 10,000. Grouchy's division con- 

 sisted of i>0,000, detached to follow 

 Blucljer, leaving an effective force, ou 

 the morning of the 18ih, of 71,000. I 

 liiope you will comprehend my account, 

 which t think was the purport of Gene- 

 ital Gour<;ond's statement to me : thougli 

 I do not know any two characters more 

 liable to a small share of perplexity, than 

 a sailor describing a leira-firma battle, 

 and a soldier entering into the particulars 

 of a naval engagement. — But, by way of 

 climax, I was assured that the report of 

 Bonaparte's standing on an elevated 

 wooden frame to otttain a commanding 

 'view of the field of b;ittle, is altogether a 

 ■lisrepresentation,— It was, on the con- 

 trary, a raised inuuiid of earth, where he 

 {jtaced iiimseif with his stuff; and, the 

 ground beint; sloppy and slippery, he or- 

 dered some trusses of straw to be placed 

 Milder his feet to keep them dry, and pre- 

 vent his sliding. 



This was the last visit I paid to Napo- 

 leon; and, when I look my leave of him, 

 he rose from his chair, and said, " I wish 

 jou health and happiness, and a safe voy- 

 age to your couiiiiy, where I hope you 

 mil find your fiicnt^ in liealih, and reud^ 

 tv receive jimu" 



Political Economi/. 



1 had been uniformly treated with such" 

 respectful kindness, and, in some degree^ 

 with such partial confidence by General 

 Bertrnnd, Mons. De las Cases, and, 

 ictdeed, by every one of the suite, that I 

 could not take my leave of them without 

 a considerable degree of sensibility. A 

 more amiable, united, and delightful fa- 

 mily than that of General Bertrand I 

 never yet saw : nor is his afft^ctiun as a 

 husband, and his fondness as a father, 

 less striking tiian h<» Gdelity to bis 

 Master. 



CATECHISM 



POLITICAL EC c)r:sf9,^Yi 



5ramil:ac iConyjcciJfatio'n^ 



On the manner h>vvhicli 

 WEALTH 



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SOCIETY', ►.-.hiuH ■»" 

 Bj JEAN-BAPTISTE'^SAY,-^" 



ProffSior ef PnUtkal Ec»notmj tntlte "'y/yW 

 «#>(' Rnyul" of Paris, Kmald of ,S^ WolO' 

 liom'ir of Ruxna, Member' of the ^ocictie/i 

 Of' Znrich, Bolof^va, i,'c. and Autkdr^iif^f 

 TnalLse»n Pulii'uril Economy, '" ; "i4t 



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