Note 11 — WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. (continued 2)

Nevertheless, it was the decided opinion of Napoleon, (Las Casas, vii., 184,) that cavalry must always break infantry, if led by equally brave and resolute men. His cavalry won the victories of Marengo, Austerlitz, and Jena; and a charge of English dragoons, on the flank of his Old Guard, lost him the day at Waterloo. It should be borne in mind, however, that the mounted men of Colonel Johnson were armed with rifles only, and, with the exception of the officers, were without pistols and sabres.