Waterloo : The French Perspective

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Field, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.

Local Subjects:

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Waterloo

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2012.

Summary:

The story of the Battle of Waterloo - of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triumph of Wellington, Blücher and their allied armies - is most often told from the viewpoint of the victors, not the vanquished. Even after 200 years of intensive research and the publication of hundreds of books and articles on the battle, the French perspective and many of the primary French sources are underrepresented in the written record. So it is high time this weakness in the literature - and in our understanding of the battle - was addressed, and that is the purpose of Andrew Field's thought

Contents:

""List of Maps""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Section OneSetting the Scene""; ""1. The French Army of 1815""; ""2. Preliminary Moves""; ""Section TwoPrelude to Battle""; ""3. The Night Before""; ""4. The Morning of Battle � 1am to 11.30am""; ""Section Three11.30am to 1.30pm""; ""5. The First Attacks on Hougoumont""; ""6. The Grand Battery""; ""7. The First Sightings of the Prussians""; ""Section Four1.30pm to 3.30pm""; ""8. Preparations for d�Erlon�s Attack""; ""9. The First Assault on La Haye Sainte""; ""10. The Attack on the Ohain Road""

""11. The Counter-Attack of the British Cavalry""""12. Hougoumont""; ""13. The Second Assault on La Haye Sainte""; ""Section Five3.30pm to 6.00pm""; ""14. The Prussians Arrive on the Battlefield""; ""15. The Great French Cavalry Attacks""; ""16. The Prussian Pressure Begins to Mount""; ""Section Six6.00pm to 8.00pm""; ""17. The Taking of La Haye Sainte and the Real Crisis""; ""18. The Defence of Planchenoit""; ""19. The Attack of the Middle Guard""; ""20. The Rout Begins""; ""21. The Sacrifice of the Old Guard""; ""Section Seven8.00pm to 1.00am""; ""22. The Loss of Planchenoit""

""23. The Disintegration of the French Army""""24. The Last Squares""; ""25. The Road to Genappe""; ""Section EightTactical Notes""; ""Introduction""; ""Napoleon�s Attack Options""; ""Hougoumont""; ""The Columns Used in d�Erlon�s Attack""; ""The French Cavalry Attacks""; ""French Cavalry Tactics at Waterloo""; ""The Sunken Lane as an Obstacle""; ""The Killing of Prisoners""; ""The Attack of the Middle Guard""; ""The Grenadier Guards""; ""Section NineSummary: The French Perspective""; ""Introduction""; ""Hougoumont""; ""The Attack of d�Erlon�s I Corps""; ""The Great Cavalry Charges""

""The Fighting Around La Haye Sainte""""The Real Crisis""; ""The Fight Against the Prussians""; ""The Attack of the Middle Guard""; ""French Generalship""; ""Could the French have won the battle?""; ""Appendix 1: The French Army at Waterloo""; ""Appendix 2: Anecdotes""; ""Appendix 3: Eye-witnesses Consulted""; ""Notes""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781526752505

1526752506

9781781599983

178159998X

9781783374373

1783374373

OCLC:

907296452