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Second Abdication
On arriving at Paris, three days after Waterloo, Napoleon still clung to the hope of concerting national resistance; but the temper of the chambers and of the public generally forbade any such attempt. Napoleon and his brother Lucien Bonaparte were … Continue reading
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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 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 Quatre Bras (June 16, 1815)
The crossroads of Quatre-Bras was of strategic importance because the side which controlled it could move south-eastward along the Nivelles-Namur road towards the French and Prussian armies at the Battle of Ligny. If Wellington’s Anglo-allied army could combine with the … Continue reading
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Tagged allied army, allied troops, battle of ligny, british reinforcements, cannons, duke of wellington, french commander, french emperor, french unit, general reille, late afternoon, left flank, marshal ney, napoleon bonaparte, political victory, prussian armies, prussians, quatre bras, skirmish, strong points
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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 Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig (16-19 Oct 1813, also known as Battle of the Nations) was the largest battle of the Napoleonic wars and the largest battle in Europe until the First World War easily ranking as one of the largest … Continue reading
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Tagged allied army, army west, battle of leipzig, bernadotte, blucher, congreve rockets, crown prince, first world war, french army, leipzig, napoleon, prince karl, prussians, river elbe, russian assault, russian campaign, swedish crown, swedish forces, swedish royal family, wartenburg
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Battle of Lutzen
In the Battle of Lützen (May 2, 1813), Napoleon lured a combined Prussian and Russian force into a trap, halting the advances of the Sixth Coalition after his devastating losses in Russia. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to … Continue reading
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Battle of Friedland
June 14, 1807, the Battle of Friedland was fought between the French under Napoleon, and the Russians under Bennigsen. As he looked down on the town of Friedland, General Bennigsen must have been pleased. Opposing his 61,000 Russians were a … Continue reading
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Tagged artillery duel, battle, battle of eylau, battle of friedland, Bennigsen, casualties, coalition, fourth, french cuirassiers, french troops, frenchmen, fresh troops, friedland, lannes, large numbers, left wing, marshal, napoleon, napoleon bonaparte, prussians, russia, russians, tilsit, treaty, tsar alexander
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Battle of Eylau
The first major deadlock suffered by Napoleon, the Battle of Eylau (Feb 7-8, 1807) was fought around the East Prussian town of Eylau (modern Bagrationovsk, Russia). Seeking to follow up his victories in the fall of 1806, Napoleon pressed east … Continue reading
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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
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