From this spot Wellington was attentively watching, through his telescope, the dispositions and movements of the French, whom he could discover as soon as they reached the Quatre Bras side of Little Marbais; when all at once at a distance of about 2 miles , masses were seen forming on the side of the Namur road, conspicuously glittering in the sun's rays; by which Wellington was at first induced to believe that they were infantry, whose bayonets were so brilliantly reflected; but it was soon discovered that they were French cuirassiers.