about one in the morning
Hiley , Courceuil , and Boislaurier led and placed their men . Hiley hid in ambush with Minard , Cabot , and Bruce at the right of the Chesnay forest ; Boislaurier , Grenier , and Horeau took the centre ; Courceuil , Herbomez , and Lisieux occupied the ravine to the left of the wood . All these positions are indicated on the ground-plan drawn by the engineer of the government survey-office , which is here subjoined . The diligence , which had left Mortagne about one in the morning , was driven by one Rousseau , whose conduct proved so suspicious that his arrest was judged necessary . The vehicle , driven slowly , would arrive about three o'clock in the forest of Chesnay . A single gendarme accompanied the diligence , which would stop for breakfast at Donnery . Three passengers only were making the trip , and were now walking up the hill with the gendarme .