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In vivid detail, using eyewitness accounts and an intimate knowledge of the terrain, he reconstructs Waterloo and he takes the reader – and the visitor – across the battleground as it is today. He focuses on the pivotal episodes in the fighting – the day-long struggle for the chateau at Hougoumont, the massive French infantry assaults, repeated cavalry charges, the fall of La Haye Sainte, the violent clashes in the village of Plancenoit, the repulse of the Imperial Guard and rout of the French army.
This thoroughgoing, lucid, easy-to-follow guide will be a fascinating introduction for anyone who seeks to understand what happened on that momentous day, and it will be an essential companion for anyone who explores the battlefield in Belgium.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783035137 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Pen and Sword |
| Publication date: | 12/19/2014 |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Product dimensions: | 4.90(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements viii
Key to Map Symbols x
Map List
Allied Strategy for June/July 1815 8
The 1815 Campaign 20
Battle of Quatre Bras around 3.00pm 28
Battle of Ligny at 2.30pm 32
Battle of Quatre Bras around 9.00pm 33
Battle of Ligny at 8.30pm 37
Waterloo - positions at approximately 11.50am 48
French Attacks on Hougoumont 56
D'Erlon's Attack 80
Uxbridge's Attack 92
Ney's Cavalry Attacks - approximately 4.00pm 104
La Haye Sainte Farmhouse 121
The Battle of Wavre-afternoon 141
The Battle of Wavre - evening 149
The final assaults on Plancenoit 168
The attack of the Imperial Guard 185
Finding Waterloo 232
Main Locations for Waterloo Battlefield 240
*The Location Map References used in subheadings refer to this map.
Introduction: The Most Famous of Battles 1
Chapter 1 The Return of Napoleon 5
Chapter 2 The Decisive Moment of the Century 17
Viewpoints 39
The Battlefield of Ligny 39
St Armand, Sombreffe and Fleurus 41
The Farmhouses of Gemioncourt, Piraumont and Grand Pierrepoint 42
The Duke of Brunswick's Memorial 43
The Crossroads of Quatre Bras 43
Chapter 3 The Struggle for Hougoumont 46
Viewpoints 61
Wellington's Elm Tree Crossroads 61
The Lion Mound 63
The Anglo-Allied Right flank 64
The Anglo-Allied Left flank 65
Le Caillou 65
The La Belle Alliance Ridge (French Ridge) 68
The Inn of La Belle Alliance 68
Rossomme 70
The Chateau of Hougoumont 71
The Bicentenary 71
Finding Hougoumont 72
Internal Buildings 73
North Gate Area 73
South Gate Area 74
The Garden Area 75
The Chapel 76
The Future 77
Chapter 4 D'Erlon's Attack 78
Viewpoints 93
The Grande Batterie and the Memorial of the 6th Foot Artillery 93
Napoleon's Second Observation Point 94
Allied Centre and Left Flank 95
Picton's Memorial 96
Memorial to Durutte's Division 97
La Haye Sainte 97
Marcognet's Monument 98
Wellington's Extreme Left Flank 99
Papelotte Farmhouse 99
La Haye Farm 100
Smohain Village and Fichermont 100
Chapter 5 Cavalry Onslaught 101
Viewpoints 111
Views of the Valley 111
Village of Mont St Jean 112
Mont St Jean Farmhouse 112
The Waterloo Panorama 114
The Allied Centre Right 115
Mercer and Demulder Monuments 116
The Polish Lancers Memorial 118
The 5th Armoured Regiment Memorial 118
The Bois de Paris (Forest of Pans) 118
Chapter 6 The Fall of La Haye Sainte 120
Viewpoints 133
La Haye Sainte Farmhouse and its Memorials 133
Memorial to the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment 137
Memorial to the Belgians 138
The Hanoverian Memorial 138
Chapter 7 The Battle of Wavre 140
Viewpoints 156
Walhain-St Paul and Evilard Farm 156
The Town of Wavre 157
The Church of St John the Baptist 158
The Field Hospitals 158
Bierges Mill 160
Limai Village and La Bourse Farm 160
The Chateau of La Bawette 161
The Debève Brothers Monument 161
Chapter 8 Street Fighting in Plancenoit 163
Viewpoints 175
The Bois de Paris (Forest of Paris) 175
Colonel von Schwerin's Monument 175
Plancenoit Village 176
The Prussian Memorial 178
Chapter 9 La Garde Recule! 181
Viewpoints 199
The Allied Centre Right 199
The Wounded Eagle Monument 199
The Victor Hugo Monument 202
The Gordon Memorial 203
Chapter 10 The Aftermath 206
Chapter 11 Visiting the Battlefield 231
Viewpoints 242
Brussels 242
Wellington Connections 242
The Grand Place (Grote Markt) 243
Evere Cemetery 243
The Royal Army and Military History Museum 245
Braine l'Alleud Village 246
Waterloo Village 246
The Wellington Museum 247
The Royal Chapel and St Joseph's Church 250
The Lion Village 251
The Memorial of the Battle of Waterloo 1815/Museum le Mémorial 1815 (Battlefield Centre) 252
Visiting the Lion Village 256
Annotated Bibliography 257
Battlefield Chronology 259
Index 268