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WAR, &c. 



THE exercise of violence under sovereign com- 

 mand; forces; army; the profession of arms. 



Art of War. 



Jomini has demonstrated that the art of war re- 

 poses on one fundamental principle or maxim, which 

 is, " the effecting with the greatest mass of forces a 

 combined operation on a decisive point." 



Waterloo. 



18th June, 1815 British troops of the line 

 engaged in the battle 



Hanoverians, Brunswicker's, Belgians and 



other troops under the command of the > 50,000 

 Duke of Wellington, about . . . 



Total 90,000 



Killed and wounded of the British, about . 10,000 

 ditto of the auxiliaries in the British 7 ^ ^ _ 

 line, about 3 



Total 14,500 



Killed and wounded of the Prussian army 7 ^ . - _ 

 in the previous conflicts of 4 days, about j ' 



Total killed and wounded *36,500 



* This is extracted from the Report of the London Committee 

 for the Waterloo Subscription, dated the 27th October, 1815, 

 and is probably very near the reality. 



