sentences:  In the latter part of the day Colonel Mackinnon was ordered to occupy the farm of Hougoumont, where he was placed with about 250 of the Coldstream Guards and the first regiment of the Grenadier Guards.Aware of the great importance of this position, flanking the British Army, the Duke of Wellington sent orders that it be defended to the last.On this point, Napoleon directed his efforts, ordering battalion after battalion to the assault, with terrific carnage.