I have just returned from my benefactor, and hasten to write down what I have experienced.

When he had left for the front, the emperor proceeded with Grouchy to reconnoitre the Prussian position at Gilly; and handing over the command of the right wing to the marshal, whom he ordered to capture Gilly, Napoleon returned to Charleroi, to hasten the passage of the French army across the Sambre and mass it in the gap between the allies.

The art of printing had been invented in good time to help and hasten the new movement of men's minds.

One after another they hasten to display their insignificance before him.

Napoleon therefore stayed his hand and proceeded to hasten forward the organization, almost the creation, of an army, with which he could confront the coalition.