The Battle Of Quatre Bras 1815

Author : Mike Robinson
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ISBN 13 : 9780752457604
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Quatre Bras 1815 written by Mike Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quatre Bras was the battle that turned a campaign – a tale of triumph and disaster. The Battle of Quatre Bras 1815is not only a significant addition to the written history of the Napoleonic Wars, it is also the first English language account to focus solely on this crucial battle of the Waterloo campaign. Mike Robinson’s compelling account is based on extensive original research and includes many unpublished personal accounts from all the participating nations. The author combines this testimony with an unparalleled study of the topography of the battlefield and deep knowledge of Napoleonic warfare to tell the story of a battle where commanders made errors of omission and commission and where cowardice rubbed shoulders with heroism. Above all, it is the story of the intense human experience of those who participated in the events of those two fateful days in June 1815. A work of impressive scholarship … meticulously but not excessively referenced … well-mapped and beautifully illustrated – The book deserves a place on the shelves with the great historians of the battle of the first rank which followed it. The Spectator

Author : Paul L. Dawson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526700735
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marshal Ney At Quatre Bras written by Paul L. Dawson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fought on 16 June 1815, two days before the Battle of Waterloo, the Battle of Quatre Bras has been described as a tactical Anglo-allied victory, but a French strategic victory. The French Marshal Ney was given command of the left wing of Napoleons army and ordered to seize the vital crossroads at Quatre Bras, as the prelude to an advance on Brussels. The crossroads was of strategic importance because the side which controlled it could move southeastward along the Nivelles-Namur road.Yet the normally bold and dynamic Ney was uncharacteristically cautious. As a result, by the time he mounted a full-scale attack upon the Allied troops holding Quatre Bras, the Duke of Wellington had been able to concentrate enough strength to hold the crossroads.Neys failure at Quatre Bras had disastrous consequences for Napoleon, whose divided army was not able to reunite in time to face Wellington at Waterloo. This revelatory study of the Waterloo campaign draws primarily on French archival sources, and previously unpublished French accounts, to present a balanced view of a battle normally seen only from the British or Anglo-Allied perspective.

Author : Mike Robinson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750980095
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Quatre Bras 1815 written by Mike Robinson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major Richard Llewellyn, who fought at Quatre Bras, wrote in 1837 that, 'Had it not been so closely followed by the... victory of Waterloo, perhaps the gallant exploits and unexampled bravery that marked that day would... have excited even more admiration than was actually associated with it.' This book stands out from the wealth of Napoleonic literature in that it is the first English-language account to focus solely on the battle of Quatre Bras. It is based upon extensive research and in many cases unpublished personal accounts from all participating countries, as well as a detailed topographic, aerial survey of the battlefield. These combine to provide a highly personal, balanced and authoritative work. The author unravels the controversies of a battle where commanders made errors of omission and commission and where cowardice rubbed shoulders with heroism. This is the story of a battle that turned a campaign; of triumph and disaster. It is a story of two great generals, but more importantly, of the intense human experience of those that they led. It is a book that will appeal to both the scholar and the generalist.

Author : William O'Connor Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.CM/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Campaign of 1815 written by William O'Connor Morris and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charlotte Anne Eaton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Days of Battle written by Charlotte Anne Eaton and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicolson Bain
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Detailed Account of the Battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo: Preceded by a Short Relation of Events, Attending the Temporary Revolution of 1815, in France: and Concluding with the Immediate Political Consequences of These Decisive Victories written by Nicolson Bain and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Siborne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
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Download or read book History of the War in France and Belgium, in 1815 written by William Siborne and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the battles of the Waterloo campaign in 1815, of which the defeat of the French forces would end the Napoleonic Wars and mark the end of Napoleon's reign.

Author : Dorsey Gardner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quatre Bras, Ligny and Waterloo written by Dorsey Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew W. Field
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473838495
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prelude to Waterloo: Quatre Bras written by Andrew W. Field and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As a piece of historical research, this is a force majeure . . . a must read for anyone interested in the Napoleonic Wars” by the author of Waterloo (Federation of Family History Societies). The Battle of Quatre Bras was critical to the outcome of the Waterloo campaign—to the victory of the allied armies of Wellington and Blücher, the defeat of the French and the fall of Napoleon. But it has been overshadowed by the two larger-scale engagements at Ligny and at Waterloo itself. And too often the clash at Quatre Bras has been seen mainly through the eyes of the British and their allies—the viewpoint of the French has been neglected. It is this weakness in the history of the battle that Andrew Field focuses on in this original and highly readable new study. Drawing on French eyewitness recollections and later commentary, he reconstructs the French experience of the battle—and the French interpretation of it. He quotes extensively, and subjects to critical analysis, the conflicting accounts written by Napoleon and his subordinates as they sought justify their decisions and actions at this pivotal moment in the campaign. “Andrew Field writes with a light touch that makes a very detailed discussion of this significant event of the Hundred Days campaign a pleasure to read. This volume is an ideal companion to his previous book on Waterloo and to Robinson’s account of Quatre Bras.”—Miniature Wargames Magazine “Offer[s] a new perspective of this significant confrontation that is often overshadowed by Ligny and Waterloo.”—Gloire & Empire

Author : Peter Hofschröer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1815, the Waterloo Campaign : the German Victory written by Peter Hofschröer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- Demonstrates the decisive German contribution to victory at Waterloo -- Unpublished German eyewitness accounts and regimental reports -- Covers the battles of Waterloo, Wavre and the taking of Paris Peter Hofschroer, in this second volume of his masterly study of 1815, challenges the accepted version of events at the battle of Waterloo. He demonstrates convincingly that Allied victory was due not to steadfast British infantry repelling the French, but to the timely arrival of Prussian troops who stole victory from Napoleon and sealed the fate of the last Grande Armee. Drawing on previously unpublished accounts, Hofschroer gives not only the Prussian perspective of their march to Waterloo and decisive attack on Napoleon's flank, but also details of the actions fought by some of the 25,000 Germans in Wellington's 'British' army -- more than a third of the Duke's force. A gripping narrative of astonishing detail captures such key episodes of Waterloo as La Haye Sainte, Papelotte, Hougoumont and the Prussian struggle with the Imperial Guard for Plancenoit. In addition, Hofschroer examines the battle at Wavre, the Allied offensive into France, the taking of Paris and the sieges across northern France. 1815: The Waterloo Campaign-The German Victory is a definitive work on an epic confrontation by one of today's leading military writers.