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The removal of the wounded continued until night. About noon shouts of _Vive l'Empereur_ extended along the whole line of our bivouac from the village of Bry to Sombref. Napoleon had left Fleurus with his staff and had passed in review the whole army on the plateau. These shouts continued for an hour, and then all was quiet and the army took up its march.
We waited a long time for the orders to follow, but as they did not come, Captain Florentin went to see what was the matter, and came back at full speed shouting, "Beat the assembly! " The detachments of the battalion joined each other and we passed through the village at a quick step.