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Author : Ugo Pericoli
Publisher : Seeley Service & Company Limited
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015007040853
Author : William Seymour,Jacques Pierre Champagne,E. Kaulbach,Arthur Gwynne Jones Baron Chalfont,Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones Baron Chalfont
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008783717
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Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062312075
#1 Bestseller in the U.K. From the New York Times bestselling author and master of martial fiction comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought—a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s last stand. On June 18, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days, the French army had beaten the Prussians at Ligny and fought the British to a standstill at Quatre-Bras. The Allies were in retreat. The little village north of where they turned to fight the French army was called Waterloo. The blood-soaked battle to which it gave its name would become a landmark in European history. In his first work of nonfiction, Bernard Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting chronicle of every dramatic moment, from Napoleon’s daring escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the three battlefields and their aftermath. Through quotes from the letters and diaries of Emperor Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, and the ordinary officers and soldiers, he brings to life how it actually felt to fight those famous battles—as well as the moments of amazing bravery on both sides that left the actual outcome hanging in the balance until the bitter end. Published to coincide with the battle’s bicentennial in 2015, Waterloo is a tense and gripping story of heroism and tragedy—and of the final battle that determined the fate of nineteenth-century Europe.
Author : Paul L. Dawson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526705303
The author of Waterloo: The Truth at Last “sheds new light on the campaign of 1815 and surely will satisfy all with an interest in the Napoleonic Era” (The Napoleonic Historical Society Newsletter). When Napoleon returned to Paris after exile on the Island of Elba, he appealed to the European heads of state to be allowed to rule France in peace. His appeal was rejected and the Emperor of the French knew he would have to fight to keep his throne. In just eight weeks, Napoleon assembled 128,000 soldiers in the French Army of the North and on 15 June moved into Belgium (then a part of the kingdom of the Netherlands). Before the large Russian and Austrian armies could invade France, Napoleon hoped to defeat two coalition armies, an Anglo-Dutch-Belgian-German force under the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army led by Prince von Blücher. He nearly succeeded. Paul Dawson’s examination of the troops who fought at Ligny, Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, is based on thousands of pages of French archival documents and translations. With hundreds of photographs of original artifacts, supplemented with scores of lavish color illustrations, and dozens of paintings by the renowned military artist Keith Rocco, Napoleon’s Waterloo Army is the most comprehensive, and extensive, study ever made of the French field army of 1815, and its uniforms, arms and equipment. “Contains many rare and previously unpublished images in the form of full color drawings and photographs of surviving relics. As with the earlier volumes, this book will appeal to and be enjoyed by a wide readership with special interest for historians, military history enthusiasts, Napoleonic War enthusiasts and re-enactors.” —Firetrench
Author : Philip Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473819757
German troops formed the majority of Wellingtons forces present at the Battle of Waterloo including those of Nassau, Brunswick, Hanover and the Kings German Legion, and they have left a large number of first-hand accounts of their role in the battle.The actions of the King's German Legion an integral part of the British Army and partly officered by British soldiers has been published in English, but to a limited degree: Herbert Siborne published letters written to his father; Ompteda and Wheatley have had their memoirs published; and History of the Kings German Legion included a small number of letters, including the oft-misquoted account of the defence of La Haye Sainte by Major Baring. This forms a tiny proportion of the German material available. Therefore it is not surprising that early British histories of the battle have largely sidelined the achievements of the German troops, and this has been regurgitated by most that have followed. This situation did not change until the 1990s when Peter Hofschroer published his two-volume version of the campaign from the German perspective, which included snippets of German documents published in English for the first time. But even this proved not totally satisfactory, as it did not provide the whole document to allow full interpretation. There is a great need to provide an English version of much of the original German source material to redress the imbalance; this volume is intended to remedy that situation by publishing sixty of these reports and letters fully translated into English for the first time, giving a clearer insight into the significant role these troops played. Gareth Glover is a historian specialising in the Waterloo campaign and the Peninsular War. He left school at eighteen to join the Royal Navy as a Seaman Officer and completed his extensive training course at Dartmouth College. He has published articles in The Waterloo Journal and the Journal of the Royal Artillery, and a novel about Waterloo, Voices of Thunder.Christmas Selection 2010, Napoleon.org website
Author : S. Henry Dwan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1688997857
Waterloo was fought just over 200 years ago but remains perhaps the most famous battle in history. It commands a special place in the British national psyche as an outstanding victory over the traditional and old enemy (France). Yet it was an international, a European victory which finally put an end to the surge of Napoleonic ambition and domination over the continent. War had raged almost continuously in Europe for 23 years - Waterloo ended this 'war generation' for good and ushered in a European peace for almost 40 years. Indeed, despite local conflicts between individual major powers, the majority of Europeans did not experience total conflict again until 1914. Much has been written about the battle and the events leading up to it - it is not in the scope of this work to repeat the volumous and exhaustive (yet very good) work of the hundreds of authors who have covered this subject for the past 200 years. Instead this work is intended as a concise and realistic (as possible) representation of the regiments, squadrons and artillery batteries present on 18th June 1815. Nor have the supply, logistics and medical sections of each army been ignored - essential as they were to keep each force in the field. For Commanders. Staff officers, Colonels and units present extensive use has been made of Scott Bowden's outstanding work 'Armies at Waterloo'. Exhaustive research has also been made of the uniforms worn and the flag standards carried by the individual regiments to give an accurate visual interpretation of the way each would have appeared at the battle. A scale of 1:10 has been used to give an accurate portrayal of the size of each. The text describing the unit is in the national language of that unit - and a brief synopsis of each army along with a concise appendix of total army strengths and organization compliments all this.
Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752468587
The Battle of Waterloo is one of the most important moments in military history. As the might of the French Empire under the leadership of the Emperor Napoleon faced the Coalition army under Duke of Wellington and Gerhard von Blucher for one last time. The battle saw the culmination of a long campaign to destroy Napoleon's forces and halt the growth of the French Empire. Both sides fought bitterly and Wellington later remarked that 'it was the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life'. Both armies lost over 20,000 men on the battlefield that day, but it was the coalition that emerged victorious in the end. Wellington's army counter-attacked and threw the French troops into disarray as they fled from the field. The coalition forces entered France and restored Louis XVIII to the throne and Napoleon was exiled to the island of Saint Helena, where he later died. Waterloo was a resounding victory for the British Army and changed the course of European history. This Battle Story tells you everything you need to know about his critical battle.
Author : Sir Charles Lyall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3963600292
Author : Philip Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526796945
Waterloo is one of the most famous battles in history and it has given rise to a vast and varied literature. The strategy and tactics of the battle and the entire Waterloo campaign have been analysed at length. The commanders, manoeuvres and critical episodes, and the intense experiences of the men who took part, have all been recorded in minute detail. But the organization, structure and fighting strength of the armies that fought in the battle have received less attention, and this is the subject of Philip Haythornthwaite's detailed, authoritative and engaging study. Through a close description of the structure and personnel of each of the armies he builds up a fascinating picture of their makeup, their methods and their capabilities. The insight he offers into the contrasting styles and national characteristics of the forces that came together on the Waterloo battlefield gives a fresh perspective on the extraordinary clash of arms that ended the Napoleonic era.
Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750957854
Writing to his mother the day after the fighting, Captain Thomas Wildman of the 7th Hussars described 'a victory so splendid & important that you may search the annals of history in vain for its parallel'. Little wonder, for Waterloo was widely recognised – even in its immediate wake – as one of the most decisive battles in history: after more than twenty years of uninterrupted conflict, this single day's encounter finally put paid to French aspirations for European hegemony. The culminating point of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo also witnessed levels of determination and bravery by both sides which far exceeded anything experienced by the veterans of Wellington's recent campaigns in Spain and Portugal. Indeed, it was that unconquerable spirit which left over 50,000 men dead on the field of battle and tens of thousands of others wounded. This thoroughly researched and highly detailed account of one of history's greatest human dramas looks first at the wider strategic picture before focusing on the tactical roles played by individual British units – all meticulously examined with the benefit of an extensive array of hitherto unexploited primary sources which reveal the battlefield experience of officers and soldiers as never before. Refusing simply to repeat the same unchallenged accounts and to commit the same errors of previous historians, this work relies exclusively on hundreds of first-hand accounts, by men of all ranks and from practically every British regiment and corps present on that fateful day, to provide a fresh and revised perspective on one of the most pivotal events of modern times.
Author : Ugo Pericoli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Military uniforms
ISBN : LCCN:73162432
Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783032082
The armies of the Napoleonic Wars fought in a series of devastating campaigns that disturbed the peace of Europe for twelve years, yet the composition, organization and fighting efficiency of these forces receive too little attention. Each force tends to be examined in isolation or in the context of an individual battle or campaign or as the instrument of a famous commander. Rarely have these armies been studied together in a single volume as they are in this authoritative and fascinating reassessment edited by Gregory Fremont-Barnes.Leading experts on the Napoleonic Wars have been specially commissioned to produce chapters on each of the armed forces that took part in this momentous era in European history. The result is a vivid comparative portrait of ten of the most significant armies of the period, and of military service and warfare in the early nineteenth century. The book will be essential reading and reference for all students of the Napoleonic era.Covers the armies of Austria, Britain, the Confederation of the Rhine, the Duchy of Warsaw, France, the Kingdom of Italy, Portugal, Prussia, Russia and Spain.
Author : Peter Hofschröer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782006190
The Prussian Army of the Lower Rhine, led by Blücher in 1815, played a crucial part in the Allied victory at Waterloo, and was involved in intense fighting at Wavre and Ligny. Delving into original sources, including eyewitness accounts and regimental histories known only to German scholars, this book tells the story of the soldiers on the ground: how they were organised and drilled, their previous service; their march to the battlefield; and what they did when they got there. Also ideal for all those interested in the actual appearance of the Prussian soldiers in 1815, this colourful study combines the latest findings and expert analysis to cast new light on the fateful Waterloo campaign.
Author : Andrew W. Field
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526701732
“This book covers the least familiar part of the Waterloo campaign—the French retreat in the aftermath of the battle . . . a splendid study.” —History of War This, the fourth volume in Andrew Field’s highly praised study of the Waterloo campaign from the French perspective, depicts in vivid detail the often neglected final phase—the rout and retreat of Napoleon’s army. The text is based exclusively on French eyewitness accounts which give an inside view of the immediate aftermath of the battle and carry the story through to the army’s disbandment in late 1815. Many French officers and soldiers wrote more about the retreat than they did about the catastrophe of Waterloo itself. Their recollections give a fascinating insight to the psyche of the French soldier. They also provide a first-hand record of their experiences and the range of their reactions, from those who deserted the colours and made their way home, to those who continued to serve faithfully when all was lost. Napoleon’s own flight from Waterloo is an essential part of the narrative, but the main emphasis is on the fate of the beaten French army as it was experienced by eyewitnesses who lived through the last days of the campaign. “A fine conclusion to Andrew Field’s series of books on the Hundred Days’ Campaign that offers a rather different perspective on the subject and is a book all serious Napoleonic wargamers will surely wish to add to their libraries.” —Miniature Wargames
Author : John Codman Ropes
Publisher : New York, Scribner
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : France
ISBN : HARVARD:HWP2GU