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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815: Volume II - From Waterloo to the Restoration of Peace in Europe

Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815: Volume II - From Waterloo to the Restoration of Peace in Europe

Winner of the 2019 RUSI Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History
Winner of the 2017 Society for Army Historical Research Templer Medal

The concluding volume of this work provides a fresh description of the climatic battle of Waterloo placed in the context of the whole campaign. It discusses several vexed questions: BlÃ¼cherâ€™s intentions for the battle, Wellingtonâ€™s choice of site, his reasons for placing substantial forces at Hal, the placement of Napoleonâ€™s artillery, who authorized the French cavalry attacks, Grouchyâ€™s role on 18 and 19 June, Napoleonâ€™s own statements on the Gardeâ€™s formation in the final attack, and the climactic moment when the Prussians reached Wellingtonâ€™s troops near la Belle Alliance.

Close attention is paid to the negotiations that led to the capitulation of Paris, and subsequent French claims. The allegations of Las Cases and later historians that Napoleonâ€™s surrender to Captain Maitland of the Bellerophon amounted to entrapment are also examined.

After a survey of the peace settlement of 1815, the book concludes with a masterly chapter reviewing the whole story of the 1815 campaign.
Country USA
Brand Greenhill Books
Manufacturer Greenhill Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781784382001
ReleaseDate 2017-11-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781784382001

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