six o'clock
It was wet and muddy that evening , and we were hungry and dispirited when we reached Quatre Bras , about eight o'clock . We were not allowed to halt here , but marched on to a village called Jemappes , and at midnight we settled down in a furrow to wait for morning . The red coats of the English were visible before us when we awoke next morning ; behind their lines was the village of Mont St. Jean , and they had also the farmhouses of La Haie-Sainte and Hougomont . At six o'clock I looked at their position , with Zébédé , Captain Florentin , and Buche , and it seemed to me it was a difficult task before us . It was Sunday , and I could hear the bells of villages , recalling Phalsbourg . But in a very little while we heard no more bells , for at half-past eight our battalion was on its way to the high road in front , and the battle of Waterloo had begun . _ IV .