text: [17] [17] From a rough calculation taken from the returns of those left dead on the fields of battle in which Napoleon commanded from Montenotte to Waterloo we make the amount 1 811 500; and if we add those who died subsequently of their wounds in the petty skirmishes the losses in which are not reported and in the naval fights of which though Napoleon was not present he was the cause the number given in the text will be far under the mark