Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia

“ His Majesty instructs me to recommend to you that the generals commanding the corps of army should have their troops reunited, and the isolated men should be reinstated, that the troops should be kept in the most perfect order, and that all the artillery and The ambulances they might have left behind. ”

“ His Majesty wishes that, if there is no inconvenience, you establish a division with cavalry at Genappe, and it orders that you carry another division on the side of Marbais, to cover the space between Sombreffe and the Trois-Bras. You will place near these divisions the cavalry division of the Imperial Guard commanded by General Lefebvre Desnouettes, as well as the 1st Hussar Regiment, which was detached yesterday to Gosselies. ”