The Waterloo Campaign in 100 Locations

This book explores the locations related to the campaign of Waterloo, including Napoleon's landing on the Golfe Juan, his journey back to Paris, and the battles at Quatre Bras and Ligny. It also examines the sites occupied by the opposing armies, the routes of withdrawal, and the pursuit of the beaten French Army. The book features unique photographs that portray the political posturing, military manoeuvring, sacrifice, and savagery of the campaign.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 20 September 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Since the renowned battle in the muddy, bloody fields of Waterloo occurred 200 years ago, almost every aspect of the fighting has been examined and analyzed, except for one: locating and illustrating the locations related to the campaign. This beautifully produced book reveals the journey of Napoleon, from his landing on the Golfe Juan in France's Cote d'Azur, along the Route Napoleon, through Grenoble, and back to Paris and power. It showcases where Napoleon distributed the Imperial Eagles to his army's regiments, where his forces assembled before marching to war, and where the Anglo-Allied army of Wellington gathered in Brussels. The camera follows the initial encounters on the banks of the River Sambre and the maneuvers of the French and Coalition forces leading to the first great battles of the campaign at Quatre Bras and Ligny. The key sites occupied by the opposing armies at these battles are investigated, as are the routes of the withdrawal to Mont St. Jean by Wellington's army and to Wavre by Blucher's Prussians. The Waterloo battlefield and its associated buildings are examined in pictorial detail, as are the locations that marked the pivotal moments of the battle. The sites of the corresponding battle at Wavre are also shown, as well as the pursuit of the two wings of the beaten French Army, including the sieges of the fortresses by the British army, before Paris was finally reached. The uprising. The uprising in the Vendee and the final clashes of the campaign before Napoleon's abdication are also featured. The book concludes with Napoleon's journey from Paris to St. Helena via l'Ile d'Aix and Plymouth. Headquarters buildings, observation posts, monuments, and memorials, bridges, and battlefields, and the principal locations of the campaign are portrayed in un.

Weight: 784g
Dimension: 181 x 254 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526746917