about eight o'clock
On the plateau behind Ligny , where our cavalry had been at work , the slaughter had been terrible . The dozen or so remaining of our company rested for a few hours that night in the ruins of a farmhouse , and next day came the roll-call of our battalion , and the sending off of the wounded . More than 360 of our men , including Commandant Gémeau and Captain Vidal , were disabled , and we were busy all day over the wounded . 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 .