Waterloo Lectures

• Autore: Chesney R.E Lt.-Colonel Charles C
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.274
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- PUBLISHERS' NOTE. -- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. -- LIST OF WORKS AND EDITIONS CHIEFLY USED AS MARGINAL REFERENCES. -- LECTURE I.- INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN. -- LECTURE II.-PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN. -- LECTURE III.-EVENTS OF THE 15th JUNE.-COMMENTS.-SUMMARY. -- LECTURE IV.-EVENTS OF THE 16TH.-COMMENTS.-SUMMARY. -- LECTURE V.-EVENTS OF THE 17TH.-COMMENTS.-SUMMARY. -- LECTURE VI.-EVENTS OF THE 18TH.-COMMENTS.-SUMMARY. -- LECTURE VII.-THE RETREAT OF GROUCHY TO FRANCE.-COMMENTS. -CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS.-SUMMARY OF THE CAMPAIGN. -- MAPS -- I - Invasion of Italy in 1815 By Murat -- II - Napoleon's Planned Invasion of Belgium -- III - Outline Map of the 1815 Campaign -- IV - Outline Map of the 1815 Campaign -- V - Battle of Ligny - 16th June 1815 -- VI - Map showing positions at Ligny and Quatre Bras -- VII - Detail of Village of Ligny and Surrounding Hamlets -- VIII - Battle of Quatre Bras - 16th June 1815 -- IX - Battle of Waterloo - 18th June 1815 -- X - Battle of Waterloo - 18th June 1815 -- XI - Ground-Plan of the Farm of La Haye Sainte -- XII - Formation of the Third Division at Waterloo -- XIII - Plan of Hougoumont -- XIV - Invasion of France by the Allies 1815 -- ILLUSTRATIONS - Personalities -- I - Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley - 1st Duke of Wellington -- II - Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton -- III - Major-General Peregrine Maitland -- IV - Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge -- V - Prince William Prince of Orange -- VI - Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill -- VII - Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt -- VIII - General Friedrich Graf Bülow von Dennewitz -- IX - Generalfeldmarschall Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten -- X - General Johann Adolf Freiherr von Thielmann. ; XI - Generalfeldmarschall August Graf von Gneisenau -- XII - Napoleon, Emperor of the French -- XIII - Maréchal Michel Ney, Prince de la Moscowa, Duc d'Elchingen -- XIV - Maréchal Jean-De-Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatia -- XV - Général de Division Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon -- XVI - Général de Division Pierre-Jacques-Étienne Viscount Cambronne -- XVII - Maréchal Emmanuel, Marquis de Grouchy. -- XVIII - Général de Division Comte Honoré Charles Reille -- ILLUSTRATIONS - Events -- I - The Duchess of Richmond's Ball -- II - Scotland Forever -- III - Crofts - The Battle of Waterloo -- IV - Barker - The Battle of Waterloo -- V - Hillingford - Wellington and Blucher Meeting before the Battle of Waterloo -- VI - Philippoteaux - Charge of the French Cuirassiers -- VII - Wellington at Waterloo -- VIII - Assault of Planchenoit -- IX - Attack on Plancenoit by Prussian Divisions of Hiller, Ryssel and Tippelskirch which overwhelmed the French Imperial Young Guard and the 1st Battalions of the 2nd Grenadiers and 2nd Chasseurs. -- X - Napoleon aboard the Bellerophon.
• Altri titoli varianti: Waterloo Lectures
• Titolo autorizzato: Waterloo Lectures
• ISBN: 1-908902-37-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910165118703321
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