About eight o'clock
Then they looked around them at the great squares of infantry , the squadrons of cuirassiers , of dragoons , chasseurs , lancers , etc. , encamped amid the growing grain . Nobody had any fears now that the English would beat a retreat , we lighted as many fires as we pleased , and the smoke from the damp straw filled the air . Those who had a little rice left , put on their camp-kettles , while those who had none looked on thinking : `` Each has his turn ; yesterday we had meat , and we despised the rice , now we should be very grateful for even that . '' About eight o'clock the wagons arrived with cartridges and hogsheads of brandy ; each soldier received a double ration : with a crust of bread we might have done very well , but the bread was not there . You can imagine what sort of humor we were in . This was all we had that day : immediately after , the grand movements commenced . Regiments joined their brigades , brigades their divisions , and the divisions re-formed their corps .