Waterloo battlefield guide /
The defeat of Napoleon's French army by the combined forces of Wellington and Blucher at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 was a turning point in world history. This was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars, and the outcome had a major influence on the shape of Europe for the next century and beyond. The...
| Основен автор: | Buttery, David. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Barnsley, Yorkshire :
Pen & Sword Military,
2013.
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Waterloo battlefield guide |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Key to Map Symbols; Dedication; Introduction The Most Famous of Battles; Chapter 1: The Return of Napoleon; Chapter 2: The Decisive Moment of the Century; Viewpoints:; The Battlefield of Ligny; St Armand, Sombreffe and Fleurus; The Farmhouses of Gemioncourt, Piraumont and Grand Pierrepoint; The Duke of Brunswick's Memorial; The Crossroads of Quatre Bras; Chapter 3: The Struggle for Hougoumont; Viewpoints:; Wellington's Elm Tree Crossroads; The Lion Mound; The Anglo-Allied Right flank; The Anglo-Allied Left flank; Le Caillou.
- The La Belle Alliance Ridge (French Ridge)The Inn of La Belle Alliance; Rossomme; The Chateau at Hougoumont and its Environs; Hougoumont
- Internal Buildings and Monuments; Chapter 4: D'Erlon's Attack; Viewpoints:; The Grande Batterie and the Memorial of the 6th Foot Artillery; Napoleon's Second Observation Point; Allied Centre and Left Flank; Picton's Memorial; Memorial to Durutte's Division; La Haye Sainte; Marcognet's Monument; Wellington's Extreme Left Flank; Papelotte Farmhouse; La Haye Farm; Smohain Village and Fichermont; Chapter 5: Cavalry Onslaught; Viewpoints:; Views of the Valley.
- Village of Mont St JeanMont St Jean Farmhouse; The Waterloo Panorama; The Allied Centre Right; Mercer and Demulder Monuments; The Polish Lancers Memorial; The 5th Armoured Regiment Memorial; The Bois de Paris (Forest of Paris); Chapter 6: The Fall of La Haye Sainte; Viewpoints:; La Haye Sainte Farmhouse and its Memorials; Memorial to the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment; Memorial to the Belgians; The Hanoverian Memorial; Chapter 7: The Battle of Wavre; Viewpoints:; Walhain-St Paul and Evilard Farm; The Town of Wavre; The Church of St John the Baptist; The Field Hospitals; Bierges Mill.
- Limal Village and La Bourse FarmThe Chateau of La Bawette; The Debeve Brothers Monument; Chapter 8: Street Fighting in Plancenoit; Viewpoints:; The Bois de Paris (Forest of Paris); Colonel von Schwerin's Monument; Plancenoit Village; The Prussian Memorial; Chapter 9: La Garde Recule!; Viewpoints:; The Allied Centre Right; The Wounded Eagle Monument; The Victor Hugo Monument; The Gordon Memorial; Chapter 10: The Aftermath; Chapter 11: Visiting the Battlefield; Viewpoints:; Brussels; Wellington Connections; The Grand Place (Grote Markt); Evere Cemetery.
- The Royal Army and Military History MuseumBraine l'Alleud Village; Waterloo Village; The Wellington Museum; The Royal Chapel and St Joseph's Church; The Lion Village; Le Musee de Cire (Waxworks Museum); Waterloo Visitors' Centre; Restaurants and Souvenir Shops; Annotated Bibliography; Battlefield Chronology.