Waterloo campaign commenced with a pre-emptive attack by the French Army of the North under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first elements of the...
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Helena 5 Rochefort 4 Waterloo 3 Paris 2 Elba 1 The Waterloo campaign (15 June – 8 July 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh...
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order of battle for the four major battles of the Waterloo campaign. L'Armée du Nord under the command of Emperor Napoleon I. Major Général (Chief of Staff):...
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ISBN 978-1-84884-574-9 Hooper, George (1862), Waterloo: the Downfall of the First Napoleon: a History of the Campaign of 1815: With Map and Plans, Smith, Elder...
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After their defeat at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, the French Army of the North, under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte retreated in disarray...
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After their defeat at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, the French Army of the North, under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte retreated in disarray...
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After their defeat at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, the French Army of the North, under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte retreated in disarray...
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the right flank of the French army at the Battle of Waterloo. The French were slow to exploit Ligny; Napoleon wasted the morning of 17 June with a late...
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Hundred Days (redirect from 1815 campaign)
Seventh Coalition, and includes the Waterloo Campaign and the Neapolitan War as well as several other minor campaigns. The phrase les Cent Jours (the hundred...
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Hundred Days: Waterloo campaign 500km 300miles Rochefort 7 Waterloo 6 5 4 3 Paris 2 Elba 1 The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as...
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233–234. Forbes 1896, Chapter: "The inner history of the Waterloo Campaign" cites the Letters of the 1st Earl of Malmesbury Dowager Lady de Ros 1889, pp. 40...
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chose to confront the armies of Prince Blücher and the Duke of Wellington in what has become known as the Waterloo Campaign. He was decisively defeated...
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Goedecke (category German military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars)
born in 1771 in Diez, County of Nassau. At the start of the Waterloo Campaign the then Colonel Goedecke was in command of both the Nassau 2nd Regiment...
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The Italian campaign of 1796–1797 (Italian: Campagna d'Italia), also known as the First Italian Campaign, was a series of military operations in Italy...
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Napoleonic Wars (redirect from Napoleonic Campaigns)
Battle of the Nations. Dwyer 2013, pp. 464–498. Hofschroer, Peter (2006). The Waterloo Campaign: Wellington, His German Allies and the Battles of Ligny...
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War of the Sixth Coalition: German campaign 200km 125miles 19 18 17 Leipzig 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The German campaign (German: Befreiungskriege...
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James Rooke (British Legion officer) (category People of the Venezuelan War of Independence)
the army when hostilities ended with the abidcation of Napoleon in 1814. When Napoleon returned in 1815, and began his Hundred Days campaign he traveled...
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Peninsular War (redirect from Spanish Campaign)
Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade, During the Peninsular War and the Campaign of Waterloo. Cambridge University Press...
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18th Royal Hussars (redirect from 18th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars)
Lieutenant-General Byam served the campaigns of 1812, '13, '14, and '15, including the battles of Salamanca, Vitoria, Orthez, and Waterloo, besides minor affairs...
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Coalition Wars 1000km 620miles Waterloo 9 8 7 Austria 6 Prussia 5 Germany 4 Italy 3 Egypt 2 France 1 The War of the First Coalition (French: Guerre...
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Napoleonic Wars 1000km 620miles Waterloo 9 France 8 7 Russia 6 Austria 5 Spain 4 Portugal 3 Prussia 2 Germany 1 In the War of the Sixth Coalition (French:...
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World War I (redirect from War of 14-18)
demands made intentionally unacceptable to provide an excuse for starting hostilities. Serbia ordered general mobilization on 25 July, but accepted all...
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Falklands War (redirect from Falklands Campaign)
military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders were killed during the hostilities. The conflict was a major episode in the protracted dispute over the...
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Royal Scots Greys (redirect from 2nd (Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons)
Campaign of 1793–94, they saw no other active service during the French Revolutionary or Napoleonic Wars until the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. For most of the...
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the start of the Hundred Days in 1815. While Napoleon marched north to deal with the threat from the British and Prussian armies during the Waterloo campaign...
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identification of the causes of World War I remains a debated issue. World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November...
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James Madison (redirect from James Madison 1812 presidential campaign)
outbreak of hostilities between Tecumseh's followers and American settlers later that year. Tensions continued to rise, leading to the Battle of Tippecanoe...
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Coalition Wars 1000km 620miles Waterloo 9 France 8 Germany 7 Austria 6 Prussia 5 4 Italy 3 Egypt 2 1 The War of the Second Coalition (French: Guerre...
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Napoleonic Wars 1000km 620miles Waterloo 9 France 8 7 Russia 6 Austria 5 Spain 4 Portugal 3 Prussia 2 Germany 1 The War of the Fifth Coalition was a European...
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Crimean War (redirect from Baltic Campaign of 1854)
in the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, but the legend is not confirmed by historians. However, the appearance of such a legend is undoubtedly...
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