Waterloo messenger : the life of Henry Percy, peninsular soldier and French prisoner of war / Sir William Mahon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahon, William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.

Soldiers.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Biography.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1785-1847.

Northumberland, Hugh Percy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 203 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2017.

Summary:

At the Battle of Waterloo Sir William Ponsonby, a man who the Duke of Wellington stated had rendered very brilliant and important services and was an ornament to his profession, was killed by French lancers after leading the Union Brigade (the three Dragoon Regiments of the Royals, Iniskillings and Scots Greys) in a charge that wrecked a French advance that threatened Wellington with defeat. Sir William was a career soldier who had led his regiment in the decisive charge at the Battle of Salamanca and served with great distinction during the Peninsular War. Yet historians have blamed him because the charge at Waterloo got out of hand. In this book John Morewood uses family sources, including Sir Williams letters, as well as French and German accounts, to restore his reputation and, by shedding new light on the battle, establishes what really happen to him on that fatal afternoon. It is also a biography of a man whose bravery and professionalism distinguished him as one of the outstanding cavalry commanders of the age.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Plates

Introduction

Family tree

Maps

1. Early Days (1785-1808)

2. Sweden (1808)

3. Portugal and Spain (1808)

4. Salamanca, Sahagún and Benavente (1808)

5. The Retreat to Corunna (1808-1809)

6. The Battle of Corunna and the Death of Sir John Moore (January 1809)

7. England, Ireland and Back to the Peninsula (January-April 1809)

8. The Peninsula: Oporto (1809)

9. The Talavera Campaign (1809)

10. The Retirement to Badajoz, Portugal and Capture (August 1809-September 1810)

11. Prisoner of War (1810-1811) 12. Life on Parole at Moulins (to April 1814)

13. Paris and the Hundred Days (1815)

14. Waterloo, London, France (1815-1818)

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Plate section.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781473870536

1473870534

9781473870529

1473870526

9781473870512

1473870518