Waterloo: A New History of the Battle and Its Armies PDF
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WATERLOO 2 Also by Gordon Corrigan Sepoys in the Trenches Wellington: A Military Life Mud, Blood and Poppycock Loos: The Unwanted Battle Blood, Sweat and Arrogance The Second World War A Great and Glorious Adventure 3 4 First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Atlantic Books, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd. Copyright © Gordon Corrigan, 2014 The moral right of Gordon Corrigan to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Hardback ISBN: 978-1-84887-928-7 E-book ISBN: 978-1-78239-392-4 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-84887-929-4 5 Printed in Great Britain. Atlantic Books An Imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd Ormond House 26–27 Boswell Street London WC1N 3JZ www.atlantic-books.co.uk 6 CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF MAPS INTRODUCTION 1 HOW IT ALL BEGAN 2 THE SHEEP WORRIER OF EUROPE IS ON THE LOOSE 3 THE COMMANDERS 4 THE OFFICERS 5 THE SOLDIERS 6 BATTLE JOINED 7 THE CRISIS APPROACHES 7 8 THE BATTLE FOR EUROPE 9 THE DECISION 10 THE END EPILOGUE NOTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX 8 ILLUSTRATIONS SECTION ONE Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by Thomas Heaphy, 1813 (© National Portrait Gallery, London) Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte by Thomas Heaphy, c.1813 (© National Portrait Gallery, London) Portrait of Field Marshal Prince Gebhard von Blücher by Henry Alken, 1815 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library) Ligny (© Imogen Corrigan) Gemioncourt Farm (© Imogen Corrigan) Tod des Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig by Diterich Monten, 1815 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library) Papelotte Farm (© Imogen Corrigan) 9 La Haie Sainte (© Imogen Corrigan) The Battle of Waterloo, published by Richard Holmes Laurie, 1819 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library) The Marquis of Anglesey wounded, leading the 7th Light Hussars by Charles Turner Warren, 1819 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library) French cavalry charging British Highlanders at Waterloo by William Heath, 1836 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library) Battle of Waterloo by W. T. Fry, after Denis Dighton, 1815 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library) The Tree of Hougoumont (© Imogen Corrigan) The French Right Flank (© Imogen Corrigan) Schlacht bei Waterloo am 18 Juni 1815 by Dunkler, c.1816 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library) SECTION TWO Le Caillou (© Imogen Corrigan) 10
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