A Voice from Waterloo: A History of the Battle Fought on the 18th June 1815 |
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A Voice From Waterloo: A History of the Battle Fought on the 18th June 1815 Edward Cotton No preview available - 2023 |
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7th hussars Adam's brigade advance allied army Alten's amongst arrived artillery attack battalions batteries battle battle of Ligny battle of Waterloo Belle-Alliance Blücher brave British Brunswick Brussels Cambronne captain centre charge Charleroy Colin Halkett colonel columns command cuirassiers D'Erlon's Despatches division duke of Wellington Duke's Dutch-Belgian Emperor enemy enemy's cavalry farm Field-Marshal fire force forward France French army front gallant Genappe Genappe road Grace Grouchy ground guns Gurwood Halkett's Hanoverian Haye-Sainte head-quarters hedge high-road horse Hougoumont hussars Imperial guards infantry June killed King's German legion lancers Lieutenant-colonel lieutenant-general Lieutenants light dragoons Ligny lord Uxbridge major-general marshal military Mont-St.-Jean morning movement Napoleon Ney's Nivelles road o'clock officers orchard Paris Picton Planchenois position prince Prussian army Quatre-Bras rear regiment reserve retreat ridge right flank Sambre sent skirmishers Smohain soldiers soon squares St.-Lambert troops valley victory Vivian Wavre whilst whole wood wounded
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Page 14 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 105 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...
Page 69 - But on the British heart were lost The terrors of the charging host ; For not an eye the storm that...
Page 214 - You will have heard of our battle of the 18th. Never did I see such a pounding match. Both were what the boxers call gluttons. Napoleon did not manoeuvre at all. He just moved forward in the old style, in columns, and was driven off in the old style.
Page 11 - ... the rights of all nations. They know that this coalition is insatiable. After having devoured twelve millions of Poles, twelve millions of Italians, one million of Saxons, and six millions of Belgians, it now wishes to devour the states of the second rank in Germany.
Page 146 - This attack upon the right of our centre was accompanied by a very heavy cannonade upon our whole line, which was destined to support the repeated attacks of cavalry and infantry, occasionally mixed, but sometimes separate, which were made upon it.
Page 148 - Sir Alexander Gordon, who has died of his wounds, was a most promising officer, and is a serious loss to his Majesty's service. General Kruse, of the Nassau service, likewise conducted himself much to my satisfaction, as did General Tripp, commanding the heavy brigade of cavalry, and General Vanhope, commanding a brigade of infantry of the King of the Netherlands.
Page 143 - BUONAPARTE having collected the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th corps of the French army and the Imperial Guards, and nearly all the cavalry on the Sambre, and between that river and the Meuse, between the 10th and 14th of the month, advanced on the 15th, and attacked the Prussian posts at Thuin and Lobez, on the Sambre, at day-light in the morning. I did not hear of these events till the evening of the 15th, and immediately ordered the troops to prepare to march...
Page 145 - 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 Obain ; and the Marshal had promised me, that...
Page 148 - 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.