ten o'clock in
the evening
The rest of the Prussian army concentrated round the villages of Fleurs and Ligny . Accordingly at ten o'clock in the evening orders were issued by Wellington for the third division to march at once from Braine-le-Comte to Nivelles , for the first to move from Enghien to Braine-le-Comte , and for the second and fourth divisions to march from Ath and Grammont on Enghien . No fresh orders were issued to the troops round Brussels ; and although it was known at the ball that the troops were in readiness to march at a moment 's notice , there were none except the generals and a few members of the staff who had an idea that the moment was so near at hand . The regiments stationed at a distance from Brussels were assembled in the park by ten o'clock in the evening ; then arms were piled , and the men permitted to fall out . Only a few lighted fires , for the night was warm . The artillery , however , who had all along been bivouacked in the park , had their fires going as usual , and round these many of the troops gathered , but the greater part wrapped themselves in their cloaks and went quietly to sleep . Ralph strolled about for an hour or two , chatting with other officers and looking at the groups of sleepers , and listening to the talk of the soldiers gathered round the fires .