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History of the War in France and Belgium, in 1815
Containing Minute Details of the Battles of Quatre-Bras, Ligny, Wavre, and Waterloo

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Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History

Author: William Siborne

Date Published: August 2012
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9781108054119

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Originally published in 1844, this two-volume work by William Siborne (1797–1830) represented the first major history of the Waterloo Campaign that was based on eyewitness accounts. Although Siborne, an infantry officer, had not served in the campaign himself, he did write to scores of officers who had, and their replies provided him with information he later used to construct the famous but controversial model of the field at Waterloo, which earned him the enmity of the Duke of Wellington (largely because Siborne's view of events conflicted with the Duke's). Siborne used much of the material for this book, which covers the entire campaign from Napoleon's escape from Elba in February 1815, through the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras and Waterloo, right up to the Allies' entry into Paris in July. The maps published in a third volume can be viewed online. Volume 1 takes the story up to the opening stages of Waterloo.

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Product details
- Date Published: August 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108054119
- length: 506 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 29 mm
- weight: 0.64kg
- contains: 5 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Landing of Napoleon Buonaparte in France
2. Belgium again destined to become the theatre of war
3. Strength, composition, and distribution of the Anglo-allied army under Wellington
4. Zieten ascertains the assembling of French troops in his front
5. The morning of the 16th
6. Blücher decides upon accepting battle
7. An engagement of short duration
8. The morning of the 17th
9. In front of Waterloo
10. Napoleon's instructions to Grouchy
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