Frank,
That refers to the events of the evening of the 5th (and may not be all that correct anyway, don't rely on Thiers). The Macdonald quote was from the main battle on the 6th, sorry I didn't make that clear.

I'm not saying that what happened was Bernadotte's fault, just that the account he gave in his proclamation was complete nonsense - even by Napoleon's low standards of veracity.

regards,

Susan