Author: W. A. Scott (lieutenant-general.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Battle of Waterloo; Or, Correct Narrative of the Late Sanguinary Conflict on the Plains of Waterloo
Author: W. A. Scott (lieutenant-general.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Battle of Waterloo; or, Correct narrative of the late sanguinary conflict on the plains of Waterloo: exhibiting a minute detail of all the military operations ... With a ... coloured engraving of La Belle Alliance
Author: William A. SCOTT (Lieut.-General.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Waterloo Campaign in 100 Locations
Author: John GrehanPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526746921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
In the 200 years since the famous battle in the muddy, bloody fields of Waterloo, almost every aspect of the fighting has been examined and analyzed, apart from one – that of finding and illustrating locations relating to the campaign. From Napoleon’s landing on the Golfe Juan on France’s Côte d’Azur, along the Route Napoleon and through Grenoble, the Emperor’s journey back to Paris, and back to power, is shown in glorious full color. In this beautifully produced book, we see where Napoleon distributed the Imperial Eagles to the regiments of his army, and where his forces assembled before marching to war, and where the Due of Wellington’s Anglo-Allied army gathered in Brussels. The camera follows the initial encounters on the banks of the River Sambre and the maneuvering of the French and Coalition forces leading to the first great battles of the campaign at Quatre Bras and Ligny. The key sites occupied by the opposing armies at these battles are investigated as are the routes of the withdrawal to Mont St Jean by Wellington’s army and to Wavre by Blücher’s Prussians. The Waterloo battlefield and its associated buildings are examined in pictorial detail, as are the locations which marked the pivotal moments of the battle. The sites of the corresponding battle at Wavre are also shown, as well as the pursuit of the two wings of beaten French Army, including the sieges of the fortresses by the British army, before Paris was finally reached. The uprising in the Vendée and the last clashes of the campaign before Napoleon’s abdication are also featured. The book closes with Napoleon’s journey from Paris to St Helena via l'Île d’Aix and Plymouth. Headquarters buildings, observation posts, monuments and memorials, bridges and battlefields, and the principal locations of the campaign are portrayed in unique photographs – and behind every plague and place is a tale of political posturing, military maneuvering, sacrifice and savagery. Together these images tell the story of Napoleon’s greatest gamble, and we know that a picture is worth a thousand words!
Waterloo 1815
Author: John GrehanPublisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1848329156
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
For more than twenty years Europe had been torn apart by war. Dynasties had crumbled, new states had been created and a generation had lost its young men. When it seemed that peace might at last settle across Europe, terrible news was received Napoleon had escaped from exile and was marching upon Paris. Europe braced itself once again for war. The allied nations agreed to combine against Napoleon and in May 1815 they began to mass on France's frontiers. The scene was set for the greatest battle the world had yet seen.Composed of more than 300 eyewitness accounts, official documents, parliamentary debates and newspaper reports, Voices from the Past tells the story of Napoleon's last battles as they were experienced and reported by the men and women involved. Heroic cavalry charges, devastating artillery bombardments, terrible injuries, heart-breaking encounters, and amusing anecdotes, written by aristocratic officers and humble privates alike, fill the pages of this ambitious publication. Many of these reports have not been reproduced for almost 200 years.
Who Owned Waterloo?
Author: Luke ReynoldsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192864998
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
After the Battle of Waterloo, Britain actively incorporated the victory into their national identity. 'Who Owned Waterloo?' demonstrates that Waterloo's significance to Britain's national psyche resulted in a different battle: one in which civilian and military groups fought to establish claims on different aspects of the battle and its remembrance.--
The British Critic
Author: British Critic, Quarterly Theological Review, and Ecclesiastical Record
Author: Catalogue
Author: Maggs BrosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Wells, Edgar H. & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
American Book Prices Current
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.