First week (18 June – 7 July) Waterloo Campaign
after combined victory @ waterloo anglo-allies under command of duke of wellington , prussians under command of prince blücher, agreed 2 commanders, on field of waterloo, prussian army, not having been crippled , exhausted battle, should undertake further pursuit, , proceed charleroi towards avesnes , laon; whilst anglo-allied army, after remaining during night on field, should advance nivelles , binche towards péronne. the 4,000 prussian cavalry, kept energetic pursuit during night of 18 june, under guidance of marshal gneisenau, helped render victory @ waterloo still more complete , decisive; , effectually deprived french of every opportunity of recovering on belgian side of frontier , abandon of cannons. a defeated army covers retreat rear guard, here there nothing of kind. rearmost of fugitives having reached river sambre, @ charleroi, marchienne-au-pont, , châtelet, daybreak of 19 june 1815, indulged hope might enjoy short rest fatigues relentless pursuit prussians had entailed up