The Waterloo CompanionThere have been many books about Waterloo, but never one to rival this in scale or authority. The text, based upon extensive research, describes both the battle and the campaign that preceded it in detail, drawing upon the first-hand accounts of participants on all sides in order to give the reader a vivid feeling for the experiences of those who fought upon this most celebrated of all battlefields. The many full-color maps, all specially commissioned for the book, and the numerous diagrams and photographs, the majority in color, as well as sixteen pages of original paintings, make the book a feast for the eyes and a collector's dream. |
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Contents
Acknowledgements | |
Section One The Campaign | |
Situation Facing Bliicher AprilMay 1815 27 | |
Overall Strengths at Waterloo 36 | |
French Strengths 51 | |
Prussian Strengths 65 | |
Casualties at Waterloo 73 | |
French Senior Commanders at Waterloo 82 | |
Prussian Infantry 207 | |
Section Seven The Artillery | |
Types of Ordnance at Waterloo 257 | |
Factors Affecting Artillery Usage | |
Prussian Artillery 301 | |
Section Eight Other Arms and Services | |
The Wounded and Medical Services 312 | |
Corps Attack 343 | |
The AngloAllied CommanderinChief | |
AngloAllied Senior Commanders at Waterloo 98 | |
The Prussian CommanderinChief FieldMarshal Prince | |
Key Terrain Features 126 | |
Farms and Other Buildings 134 | |
Other Features 148 | |
The Condition of the Battlefield on 18 June 1815 154 | |
AngloAllied Infantry 163 | |
French Infantry 186 | |
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