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HISTORICALRECORDS OF THE1814. French arrived to attack the redoubts. They madea most desperate attempt, but the firmness of theBritish troops forcedthem to retire and abandontheir position. During the action Major-GeneralPack was wounded, but was able to remain onthe field.The division now halted in order that Beresfordshould reform his order of battle, the sixthdivision having been hardly handled. Soult,however, seeing how matters stood, and deemingfurther resistance useless, withdrew the wholearmybehind the canal at 5 o'clock.The French that day had lost 5 generalsand 3000 men killed and wounded ;while theallies lost 4 generals and 4600 men. The 91sthad 1 sergeant and 17 men killed, and 7officers namely, Colonel William Douglas, whocommanded the brigade after Pack was wounded ;Meade, Walsh, Callander, J. Macdougall, Hood,and Colin Macdougall and 98 men wounded :a lamentable spilling of blood, and useless, asNapoleon had already abdicated.On the llth Soult was again ready to fight,but Wellington was not prepared togoon untilthe 12th. In the interval the French generalchanged his mind, and in a surprising manner