but that is a minimum. It is quite possible that another 3000 should be
added to the prisoners and other 5000 to those who fell. The estimates
differ so widely because the numerous desertions after the fall of the
Empire make it very difficult to compare the remnant of the army with its
original strength.
Transcriber's Notes:
Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.
The following misprints have been corrected:
"prople" corrected to "people" (page 19)
"Quartre" corrected to "Quatre" (page 49)
"Brussells" corrected to "Brussels" (page 155)
Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in
spelling and hyphenation usage have been retained.