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WATERLOO

Also by Gordon Corrigan

Sepoys in the Trenches
Wellington: A Military Life
Mud, Blood and Poppycock
Loos: The Unwanted Battle
Blood, Sweat and Arrogance
The Second World War
A Great and Glorious Adventure

First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Atlantic Books, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd.

Copyright Gordon Corrigan, 2014

The moral right of Gordon Corrigan to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Hardback ISBN: 978-1-84887-928-7
E-book ISBN: 978-1-78239-392-4
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-84887-929-4

Printed in Great Britain.
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CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

SECTION ONE

Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by Thomas Heaphy, 1813 ( National Portrait Gallery, London)

Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte by Thomas Heaphy, c.1813 ( National Portrait Gallery, London)

Portrait of Field Marshal Prince Gebhard von Blcher by Henry Alken, 1815 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

Ligny ( Imogen Corrigan)

Gemioncourt Farm ( Imogen Corrigan)

Tod des Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig by Diterich Monten, 1815 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

Papelotte Farm ( Imogen Corrigan)

La Haie Sainte ( Imogen Corrigan)

The Battle of Waterloo, published by Richard Holmes Laurie, 1819 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

The Marquis of Anglesey wounded, leading the 7th Light Hussars by Charles Turner Warren, 1819 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

French cavalry charging British Highlanders at Waterloo by William Heath, 1836 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

Battle of Waterloo by W. T. Fry, after Denis Dighton, 1815 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

The Tree of Hougoumont ( Imogen Corrigan)

The French Right Flank ( Imogen Corrigan)

Schlacht bei Waterloo am 18 Juni 1815 by Dunkler, c.1816 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

SECTION TWO

Le Caillou ( Imogen Corrigan)

Wellingtons Headquarters ( Imogen Corrigan)

Battle of Waterloo, June 18th, 1815. The Life Guards charging the Imperial Guards by Franz Josef Manskirch, 1815 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

The Farm of Mont-Saint-Jean ( Imogen Corrigan)

The Battle of Waterloo by Aleksander Sauerveid, 1819 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

La Vielle Garde Waterloo. 8 Juin 1815 by Hippolyte Bellang, 1869 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

Ende der glorreichen Schlacht von la Belle Alliance den 18 Juny 1815 by Fredrich Campe, 1821 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

Meeting of the Duke of Wellington and Prince Blcher at La Belle Alliance after the Battle of Waterloo by Charles Turner Warren, 1818 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

Buonapartes feige Flucht nach der Schlacht von la Belle Alliance by Fredrich Campe, 1821 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

Pursuit of the Prussians by moonlight by Charles Turner Warren, 1818 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive)

The field of Waterloo, as it appeared the morning after the memorable battle of the 18th June 1815 by John Heaviside Clark, 1817 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

Chteau de Hougoumont. Field of Waterloo, 1815 by Denis Dighton (Royal Collection Trust Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2014)

The execution of the sentence on Marshal Ney, in the garden of the Luxemburgh at Paris, December 8th 1815 by Innocent-Louis Goubaud, 1816 (Courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Archive, Brown University Library)

MAPS

Europe in 1815

The German States, June 1815

France in 1815

The Duke of Wellington by Thomas Heaphy (17751835). Invited to accompany the army in the Peninsula from 1813, Heaphy painted most of the senior officers and many of the soldiers. Officers were charged according to the size of the painting full length, three-quarters length, head and shoulders, head and Heaphy did very well out of his commissions. His portraits are considered to be the most lifelike of contemporary artists, and this one was painted in 1813.

Napoleon Bonaparte. Also by Thomas Heaphy, although this time without a sitting by the subject and presumably unpaid. Painted in 1813, by Waterloo Napoleon had put on weight and looked much older.

Field Marshal Prince Gebhard von Blcher. Commander of the Prussian Army during the Waterloo campaign and seventy-three in 1815, his relationship with Wellington was crucial to the success of the battle. While he rarely appeared in full dress uniform and medals, that is how he was visualised by ally and enemy alike. (Henry Alken, 1815)

Ligny. Looking north towards the church at Ligny from La Tombe, the prehistoric burial mound used first by General Zeithen as he brought in the Prussian rearguard, and then by Napoleon who moved from Fleurus. The main Prussian position is beyond the church along the ridge on the skyline.

Gemioncourt Farm. Gemioncourt from the south. Built around the early 1600s, it was the headquarters of Bijlandts Brigade at Quatre Bras until it was captured early on. A brief attempt to recapture it failed and it remained in French hands until the end of the battle.

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