The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 |
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1st and 2nd 1st Battalion 1st Hussars 2nd Battalion advance Allied Amand la Haye Anglo-Allied Army arrived attack Battle Binche BLÜCHER Brigade Brunswick Brussels cannonade Charleroi Charleroi road Column commanded by Lieutenant concentration Corps d'Armée Cuirassiers D'ERLON despatched detached direction dispositions Dragoons Duke Emperor Enemy Enemy's Field fire Flank Fleurus force forward Fourth Corps Frasne French Army French Cavalry front Gemioncourt Genappe Gosselies guns Hannut Hanoverian Head Quarters high road Hussars immediately Infantry Division June 16 King's German Legion Kurmark Landwehr Lancers Landwehr latter Left Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant General Baron Lieutenant General Count Ligny Marchienne au Pont morning movement Namur road NAPOLEON NEY's Nivelles numbers occupied Orders PICTON Piermont PIRCH portion position Prince of ORANGE Prussian Army Quatre Bras rear REILLE Reserve Cavalry retire retreat Right Sambre Second Brigade Skirmishers Sombref Squadrons St Amand THIELEMANN THIELEMANN's Thuin Village WELLINGTON Westphalian Landwehr Wood of Bossu ZIETEN's
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Page 598 - Bulow, upon the enemy's flank, was a most decisive one; and even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack, which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should unfortunately have succeeded.
Page 815 - Marshal had promised me that, in case we should be attacked, he would support me with one or more corps, as might be necessary. The enemy collected his army, with the exception of the third corps, which had been sent to observe Marshal Blucher, on a range of heights in our front, in the course of the night of the 17th and yesterday morning; and at about ten o'clock he commenced a furious attack upon our post at Hougomont.
Page 93 - Let us, then, march to meet them. Are they and we no longer the same men ? "Soldiers! at Jena, against these same Prussians, now so arrogant, you were one...
Page 815 - Hougoumont, which covered the return of that flank : and in front of the left centre, we occupied the farm of La Haye Sainte. By our left we communicated with Marshal Prince Blucher, at Wavre through Ohaim; and the Marshal had promised me, that...
Page 660 - The present Ministers' will provisionally form the Council of the Government. The interest which I take in my son induces me to invite the Chambers to form without delay the Regency by a law. Unite all for the public safety, in order to remain an independent nation. (Signed) NAPOLEON.
Page 814 - We maintained our position also, and completely defeated and repulsed all the enemy's attempts to get possession of it. The enemy repeatedly attacked us with a large body of infantry and cavalry, supported by a numerous and powerful artillery : he made several charges with the cavalry upon our infantry, but all were repulsed in the steadiest manner.
Page 815 - Neither did he attempt to molest our march to the rear, although made in the middle of the day, excepting by following, with a large body of cavalry, brought from his right, the cavalry under the Earl of Uxbridge.
Page 815 - I am happy to add, that it was maintained throughout the day with the utmost gallantry by these brave troops, notwithstanding the repeated efforts of large bodies of the enemy to obtain possession of it.
Page 620 - As the army is about to enter the French territory, the troops of the nations which are at present under the command of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington are desired to recollect that their respective Sovereigns are the allies of His Majesty the King of France, and that France ought therefore to be treated as a friendly country.
Page 813 - Sombref, holding the villages in front of his position of St. Amand and Ligny. The enemy continued his march along the road from...