I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
— 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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Battle of Wavre
In the afternoon of 18 June 1815, while Napoleon Bonaparte was fighting his last battle on the fields of Waterloo, Marshal Grouchy fought Thielmann’s Prussian army corps near the village of Wavre. The victory was his, but it meant nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 june, anglo dutch, army corps, davout, dutch army, field marshal, french army, french force, french troops, french victory, great disaster, grouchy, hundred days, military action, napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, prussian army, prussians, thielmann, 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 Bautzen (May 20-21, 1813)
After the loss of the Battle of Lützen, the combined Russian and Prussian army of Prince Wittgenstein retreated eastward. Ordered to make a stand by Czar Alexander and the King of Prussia, Wittgenstein took up a defensive position at Bautzen … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Timeline Details, War of the Sixth Coalition
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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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Battle of Auerstadt
Although overshadowed by Napoleon’s nearby victory at Jena on the same day (Oct 14, 1806), Marshal Davout’s stunning demolition of the main Prussian army – more than twice the size of his force – at the Battle of Auerstadt, has … Continue reading
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