Waterloo, the Downfall of the First Napoleon: A History of the Campaign of 1815 |
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... infantry and German Legionaries , exclusive of garrison troops ; 18,000 cavalry of the same stamp , and 150 British 1 The strength of the corps in 1815 was 2,861 .. field guns ; but he does not appear to have 34 THE ARMY RESTORES THE ...
... infantry and German Legionaries , exclusive of garrison troops ; 18,000 cavalry of the same stamp , and 150 British 1 The strength of the corps in 1815 was 2,861 .. field guns ; but he does not appear to have 34 THE ARMY RESTORES THE ...
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... infantry in stub- bornness , and what sporting men call " staying power ; and the horse batteries shared in the daring and velocity of the cavalry brigades , to which they were attached . The same praise is due to the King's German ...
... infantry in stub- bornness , and what sporting men call " staying power ; and the horse batteries shared in the daring and velocity of the cavalry brigades , to which they were attached . The same praise is due to the King's German ...
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... infantry were regulars , and the other landwehr battalions ; but the latter , like the former , had served throughout the war of 1813-14 , and in the main they were good soldiers . The cavalry also was composed , in the proportion of ...
... infantry were regulars , and the other landwehr battalions ; but the latter , like the former , had served throughout the war of 1813-14 , and in the main they were good soldiers . The cavalry also was composed , in the proportion of ...
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... infantry , with a due proportion of cavalry and artillery . The 1st , com- manded by General von Ziethen , stood on the right ; the 2nd , under General Pirch , in the right centre ; the 3rd , under General von Thielemann , on the left ...
... infantry , with a due proportion of cavalry and artillery . The 1st , com- manded by General von Ziethen , stood on the right ; the 2nd , under General Pirch , in the right centre ; the 3rd , under General von Thielemann , on the left ...
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... infantry from Rocroi and Valenciennes . It is a splendid proof of the genius of the commander , the abilities of the executive officers , and the discipline of the troops . ' We have seen Napoleon quit Paris at daybreak on the 12th ...
... infantry from Rocroi and Valenciennes . It is a splendid proof of the genius of the commander , the abilities of the executive officers , and the discipline of the troops . ' We have seen Napoleon quit Paris at daybreak on the 12th ...
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Allies Amand arrived artillery attack battalions batteries battle Belle Alliance Blucher brigade British Brussels Bulow centre Chambers Charleroi Charleroi road Charras Colonel columns commanded corps cuirassiers D'Erlon despatch directed division Dragoons Duke Dutch-Belgian Dyle Emperor enemy Europe fight fire flank Fleurus force Fouché France Frasne French army front frontier Gembloux Gemioncourt Genappe Gérard Grouchy guns Halkett halted Hanoverian Haye Sainte head-quarters hedges horse horsemen Hougoumont Hussars Imperial Guard infantry La Belle Alliance La Haye Sainte light cavalry Ligny Lobau Major-General Meuse Mont St morning moved movement Namur Namur road Napo Napoleon National Guards Nivelles road o'clock occupied officers outposts Paris Picton Pirch Planchenoit Portrait position Prince of Orange Prussian army Quatre Bras rear regiments Reille retreat ridge right bank rode Sambre sent side skirmishers slope soldiers Sombref Soult squadrons strength Thielemann tion Trans troops Vandamme village vols Waterloo Wavre Wellington whole Ziethen
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