Second week (25 June – 1 July) Waterloo Campaign
on 25 june napoleon received fouché, president of newly appointed provisional government (and napoleon s former police chief), intimation must leave paris. retired malmaison, former home of joséphine, had died shortly after first abdication. on 27 june, le quesnoy surrendered wellington s army. garrison, amounted 2,800 men, chiefly national-guards, obtained liberty retire homes. on 26 june, péronne taken british troops. first brigade of guards, under major-general maitland, took storm horn-work covers suburbs on left of somme, , place surrendered, upon garrison obtaining leave retire homes. on 28 june, prussians, under blücher, @ crépy, senlis, , la ferté-milon; and, on 29 june, advanced guards @ saint-denis , gonesse. resistance experienced british army @ cambrai , péronne, detained them 1 day behind prussian army; forced marches enabled them overtake in neighbourhood of paris. in meantime, soult displaced chief command of army, conferred on marshal grouchy. reason of remarkable step,