"The Bourbons have entered Brussels,"-- he threw another letter upon the table--"Belgium, you see, is lost.

Bernadotte has taken Denmark.

Macdonald is falling back on Epernay, his weak force growing weaker every hour.

Yorck, who failed us once before, is hard on his heels with twice, thrice, the number of his men.

Sacken is trying to head him off.