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Waterloo Myth and Reality

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Waterloo Myth and Reality
Pen & Sword Military
Gareth Glover

 2014
Format: PDF
pages: 300
size: 111 Mb
 English
  More has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost any other in history.
It was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars that forms a watershed in both European and world history.
However, the lethal combination of national bias, willful distortion and simple error has unfortunately led to the constantly regurgitated traditional 'accepted' version being significantly wrong regarding many episodes in the campaign.
Oft-repeated claims have morphed into established fact and, with the bicentenary of this famous battle soon to be commemorated, it is high time that these are challenged and finally dismissed.
 
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
1. The Emperor Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Smoke and Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Allied Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Weaponry and Tactics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5. Invasion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6. The Allied Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7. A Slow Hurry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
8. The Battle of Ligny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9. The Battle of Quatre Bras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
10. Retreat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
11. The Battle Lines are Formed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
12. The Defence of Hougoumont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
13. D’Erlon’s Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
14. The British Cavalry Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
15. The Great Cavalry Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
16. The Struggle for La Haye Sainte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
17. The Defence of Papelotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
18. The Prussians! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
19. The Guard Advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
20. The Final Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
21. After the Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
22. Grouchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
23. The Invasion of France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
24. Siege Operations and Subsequent Occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
25. The Final Demise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
26. The Waterloo Inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
27. The Battlefields Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Appendix: Orders of Battle in the Waterloo Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Added to the catalog: Wednesday, 01.03.2017