The Battle : the Definitive History of the Battle of Waterloo.: the Definitive History of the Battle of Waterloo. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Battaglia.
• Other Names: Barbero, Alessandro; Cullen, John
• Contents: Cover; Author biography; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Illustrations; Campaign Maps; Prologue; PART ONE -- "We'll See Tomorrow"; 1. The Night Before; 2. "Who Will Attack the First Tomorrow?"; 3. "The Decisive Moment of the Century"; 4. The Nature of the Armies; 5. The British Army: "The Scum of the Earth"; 6. The French Army: "All Must March"; 7. The Prussian Army; 8. The Minor Armies; 9. "As Bad a Night as I Ever Witnessed"; 10. On the Brussels Road; 11. Letters in the Night; PART TWO -- "It Will Be as Easy as Having Breakfast." 12. "Very Few of Us Will Live to See the Close of This Day"13. The Emperor's Breakfast; 14. The Numbers in the Field; 15. Wellington's Deployment; 16. Napoleon's Deployment; 17. "Vive l'Empereur!"; 18. What Is a Battle?; 19. Napoleon's Orders; 20. Napoleonic Infantry Tactics; 21. The Skirmish Line; 22. Hougoumont; 23. The Defence of the Château; 24. The Bombardment in the Hougoumont Sector; 25. The Attack on the North Gate; 26. The Grande Batterie; 27. News of the Prussians; 28. Bülow's March; 29. New Orders for Grouchy; 30. La Haye Sainte; 31. The First Attack on La Haye Sainte. 32. Crabbé's Charge33. D'Erlon's Advance; 34. The Attack on the Sunken Lane; 35. The Firefight Along the Chemin d'Ohain; 36. The Intervention of the British Cavalry; 37. The Charge of the Household Brigade; 38. The Charge of the Union Brigade; 39. Dragoons Against Guns; 40. Jacquinot's Lancers; 41. "Tu N'es Pas Mort, Coquin?"; PART THREE -- "A Stand-up Fight between Two Pugilists"; 42. "It Does Indeed Look Very Bad"; 43. Papelotte; 44. The Second Attack on La Haye Sainte; 45. The Great French Cavalry Attacks against the Allied Squares; 46. "Where Are the Cavalry?" 47. "Vous Verrez Bientôt Sa Force, Messieurs"48. Blücher Attacks; 49. Plancenoit; 50. "I'll Be Damned If We Shan't Lose This Ground"; 51. The Nivelles Road; 52. "Infantry! And Where Do You Expect Me to Find Infantry?"; 53. The Last Effort to Take Hougoumont; 54. The Capture of La Haye Sainte; 55. The Advance of the French Artillery; 56. The Renewed Attack on Plancenoit; 57. Ziethen at Smohain; 58. Napoleon's Last Attack; 59. "Voilà Grouchy!"; 60. The Imperial Guard's Advance; 61. The Attack of the Imperial Guard Grenadiers; 62. "La Garde Recule!"; PART FOUR -- "Victory! Victory!" 63. The Allied Advance64. The Squares of the Old Guard; 65. The Meeting at La Belle Alliance; 66. The Prussian Pursuit; 67. Night on the Battlefield; 68. "A Mass of Dead Bodies"; 69. Letters Home; 70. "I Never Wish to See Another Battle"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Atlantic Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (620 pages)
• Subjects: 940.2/742/094933; HISTORY / Military / General; Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Belgium -- Waterloo; Armies -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; HISTORY -- Modern -- 19th Century; Armies; Military campaigns; Military leadership; HISTORY / Europe / France; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; HISTORY / Europe / General; HISTORY / Military / Napoleonic Wars; Belgium -- Waterloo; Europe; Electronic books; History; Military leadership; Military leadership
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782391388
• Related ISBNs: 178239138X
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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