Absolutely nothing: and had his Government continued three days he would have experienced a more favourable chance than that which he ought reasonably to have expected than asserted that the Emperor was dead, but an Estafette from Russia would reveal the truth, resuscitate Napoleon, and overwhelm with confusion Mallet and his proclamation.
"The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte"
Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton
An Estafette came with an order to evacuate the plateau, and to save the artillery.
"Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris"
Henry Labouchère
We have nothing very authentic from the armies later than your despatch of the 9th by Estafette, but there are accounts thro' Hamburg from Berlin of the 10th, corroborated by reports from various quarters, which lead us to hope that the sequel of the battle at length terminated in great success on the part of Russia.
"William Pitt and the Great War"
John Holland Rose