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Battle of Waterloo
The Battlefield at Waterloo is small, only 3 miles east/west and 1 1/2 miles deep on which massed nearly 70,000 allies and 71,000 French troops. Wellington had chosen his ground carefully since he had seen the battlefield previously. He deployed … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, The Hundred Days, War of the Seventh Coalition
Tagged allied forces, artillery fire, attrition, battle of waterloo, blucher, brother jerome, coalition, domon, farm houses, french army, french attack, french emperor, french forces, french troops, frontal assaults, imperial guard, la haye, manoeuvres, napoleon, napoleon bonaparte, prussian army, prussian general, prussians, reinforcements, seventh, strong points, waterloo
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Battle of Marengo
After Napoleon led his Reserve Army across the Alps with the goal of relieving the Austrian siege of Genoa, the Battle of Marengo began early on the morning of June 14, 1800, when Austrian Army troops under the command of … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, Second Italian Campaign, War of the Second Coalition
Tagged alps, army troops, astonishment, austria, austrian army, austrian forces, austrians, bonaparte, bridgehead, coalition, flank, french army, french attack, french cavalry, french line, general, italy, june 14, kellerman, lieutenant general michael, marengo, michael melas, murat, napoleon, northern italy, reserve army, second
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