Note 18 — CYCLOPÆDIA OF THE BATTLES OF THE WORLD. (continued 10)
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“Information which might be depended upon had made known the position of the Allies in all particulars.—Fleury, vol. ii, p. 161.
“To anticipate the Allies, and to commence hostilities before they were ready, it was necessary to take the field on the 15th June.”—Hist. Memoir, Book ix, p. 59.
“The period of the arrival of the English army from America was known. The Allied armies could not be in readiness to act simultaneously until July.”—Gourgaud’s Campaign, p. 29.