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Waterloo Companion

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ISBN-10: 0811718549

ISBN-13: 9780811718547

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mark Adkin

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Book details

List price: $75.00
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 10/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 9.50" wide x 11.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 4.994
Language: English

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Abbreviations and Symbols
Prologue: The Eagle's Return
The Campaign
General Situation in Europe--March 1815
Situation Facing Napoleon--March/April 1815
Situation Facing Wellington--April 1815
Situation Facing Blucher--April/May 1815
Overall Campaign Strategies
Orders of Battle
General
Overall Strengths at Waterloo
Anglo-Allied Strengths
French Strengths
Prussian Strengths
Casualties at Waterloo
Comparisons
Command and Control
General
The French Commander-in-Chief--Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
French Senior Commanders at Waterloo
The Anglo-Allied Commander-in-Chief--Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington
Anglo-Allied Senior Commanders at Waterloo
The Prussian Commander-in-Chief--Field-Marshal Prince Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher
Prussian Senior Commanders at Waterloo
The Battlefield (Including Memorials)
General
Key Terrain Features
Villages
Farms and Other Buildings
Other Features
The Condition of the Battlefield on 18 June 1815
The Battlefield Deployment of the Armies
The Infantry
General
Anglo-Allied Infantry
French Infantry
Prussian Infantry
The Cavalry
General
Anglo-Allied Cavalry
French Cavalry
Prussian Cavalry
The Artillery
General
Types of Ordnance at Waterloo
Artillery Ammunition
Factors Affecting Artillery Usage and Effectiveness
Anglo-Allied Artillery
French Artillery
Prussian Artillery
Other Arms and Services
Engineers and Pioneers
The Wounded and Medical Services
Supply Services
The Highlights
General
The Struggle for Hougoumont
D'Erlon's I Corps Attack
The French Massed Cavalry Attacks on the Anglo-Allied Squares
The Struggle for La Haie Sainte
The Struggle for Plancenoit
The Imperial Guard's Final Attack
Myths and Controversies
Myths
The deployment and performance of Bijlandt's Brigade
That the buildings and walled garden at Hougoumont were defended solely by the British Guards
That d'Erlon's corps was destroyed by Picton's division and the Union Brigade
Controversies
Epilogue
Wellington
Blucher
Napoleon
Bibliography
Timechart
Index