Excerpt from The Battle of Waterloo: As Viewed From the Battlefield in 1877

To give the finishing stroke, at half past seven all the Guard unite and carry the strong position of Mont St. Jean, which was thought would certainly insure the balance in their favor. But this illusion was of short duration. The French cavalry had hardly rallied its victorious squadrons, when Blucher himself with one or more of his corps arrived.

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