Review of Pierre de Witt’s History of the Waterloo Campaign
The Campaign of 1815, Volume I ‘Preambles’ Pierre de Wit Published by Glimpse Editions (2022) https://www.waterloo-campaign.nl/volumes/ Hardback,
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How the Skeleton of Friedrich Brandt was named
The skeleton found at Waterloo in 2013 and put on display in the Underground Museum at Waterloo, has been named as Private
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Trying to Understand the Guard attack at Waterloo
Like many Waterloo enthusiasts, I have read numerous accountsof the actions of the French Imperial Guard at Waterloo
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The Grand Battery – The Latest Evidence
The Massed Battery at Waterloo – A Review of the Evidence One of the enduring questions from the Battle of Waterloo remains
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A Gem often missed
When visiting Waterloo many often find time to visit the Wellington Museum (recently undergoing a major improvement scheme)
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The Three Great Generals
The Battle of Waterloo brought three of the greatest generals of all time against each other. It is not intended to discuss
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Recent Books on Waterloo
Books on Waterloo – In Order of Publishing Date A Light Infantryman with Wellington: The Letters of Captain George
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Weapons and Tactics
It is necessary to understand the weaponry available to the Napoleonic soldier and the tactics enforced on them by the limitations
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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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