A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
— Napoleon Bonaparte-
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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
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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 Ligny
The Battle of Ligny (16 June 1815) was the last victory of the military career of Napoleon. In this battle, French troops of the Armée du Nord under Napoleon’s command, defeated a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, near Ligny … Continue reading
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Tagged battle of ligny, battle of waterloo, blind courage, bonaparte, cavalry charge, field marshal, flank attack, french troops, frontal assault, gebhard, imperial guard, initial stages, michel ney, military career, nearby villages, pivotal role, prussian army, prussians, quatre bras
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Battle of Hanau
The Battle of Hanau was fought on (30 – 31 October 1813) between Karl Philipp von Wrede’s Austro-Bavarian corps and Napoleon’s retreating French during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Following Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Leipzig earlier in … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, War of the Sixth Coalition
Tagged austrian troops, austro, battle of leipzig, bavaria, bavarian, bonaparte, coalition, drouot, flank, french army, french control, french soil, hanau, imperial guard, karl philipp, napoleon, napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, reinforcements, sixth, tactical victory, von wrede
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Battle of Jena (Oct 14, 1806)
Prussia’s predicted insulting ultimatum to France as a pretext for war had been delivered, and Napoleon wasted no time in responding, launching La Grande Armée into Prussia on the day the ultimatum’s terms expired, October 8th. The quickness of the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, War of the Fourth Coalition
Tagged artillery, auerstadt, battle of jena, bernadotte, coalition, davout, enemy force, flanks, fourth, french troops, imperial guard, jena, maneuvers, marshal, napoleon, pretext for war, prussia, prussian army, prussians, saalfeld, ultimatum, v corps, vii corps
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