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Europe Against Napoleon
Napoleon had found France divided on his return. The military were very much for him, but the country as a whole was war
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Why Waterloo?
The Great War in Europe (it was called this until 1918) had begun in 1793 when the great European powers had fought Revolutionary
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15 June 1815
Napoleon had secretly managed to march his army of about one hundred and twenty thousand men into an area just of
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16 June 1815 Battle of Ligny
Blucher stood at Ligny with only three of his four Corps as the polite message to the more senior General Bulow had
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16 June 1815 Quatre Bras
Whilst Blucher and Napoleon fought at Ligny, a battle of encounter was played out at the crossroads at Quatre Bras.
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17th June 1815 The Allies Retreat
The morning of the 17th June was full of confusion, with no one really sure what the other armies were doing. Ney’s
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18th June 1815 It Begins
Few had been able to get any decent rest during the incessant rain overnight, but still Wellington’s frontline troops were
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Defence of Hougoumont
The story of the gallant contest for Chateau Goumont, or Hougoumont as it is more commonly known, has often been told;
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D’Erlon’s Attack & the Allied Counter Attack
Whilst the attack developed against Hougoumont on his right, the troops of Wellington’s left became acutely aware
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The French Cavalry Charges
After the charge of the British heavy cavalry and subsequent massacre by the French Lancers, both sides delayed any
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La Haye Sainte
Standing one hundred yards in front of the crossroads which formed the centre of Wellington’s line, it was obvious
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Papelotte
Wellington’s left wing rested on the shallow valley of the Lasne brook which ran some 800 yards in front of the allied
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Prussians
The Duke of Wellington had only offered battle with the assurance that Prince Blucher would send at least one corps
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