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  army of, 49, 165

  closed his line, 88

  despair, 86

  Dutch troops, and, 50

  against execution of Napoleon, 122

  and his hat, 90

  his view, 119

  importance of Waterloo, 51

  meets Blücher, 93–4

  nickname, 241

  report of Waterloo, 46

  ‘scum of the earth’, 99

  in Spain, 24

  well-organised republic, 244

  Whig government, 136

  wine, 230–1

  women, equality of, 145, 213–14

  Wybkici, Jozef, 195

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