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Napoleon and the Campaign of 1815: Waterloo

by Houssaye Henry Houssaye

Strategy and dispute in the Waterloo campaign

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Strategy and dispute in the Waterloo campaign

Henry Houssaye examines the 1815 campaign through its contested military decisions, including Wellington’s actions around Ligny, Ney’s role at Quatre-Bras, Napoleon’s conduct before Waterloo, and Grouchy’s assignment to keep the Prussians away. The book places Waterloo within the final campaigns of Napoleon’s career and considers how the campaign’s strategic questions have remained open to historical argument. Finely drawn battle maps accompany the account, giving the military analysis a visual component. This is the second volume in Houssaye’s two-volume history of Napoleon’s 1814 and 1815 campaigns.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Napoleon’s final campaigns and the military history of Waterloo.
  • Readers who want an account centered on strategic decisions and debated questions.
  • Readers who value battle maps alongside historical discussion.

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Waterloo campaignMilitary strategyNapoleonic WarsHistorical debate

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Book overview

The Waterloo campaign, short as it was, was epic in its scope, encompassing as it did the downfall of the great Napoleon; the one and only clash between Bonaparte and Wellington, and the inauguration of a century (give or take short localised wars) of general European peace. And Waterloo has left plenty of material for historians to argue over: why did Wellington not aid his Prussian ally Blucher at Ligny? Why did Marshal Ney do nothing on the morning of Quatre- Bras? Why was Napoleon so uncharacteristically lethargic on the eve of Waterloo? What happened to Marshal Grouchy (deputed to keep off the Prussians) on the day of Waterloo? These and many other strategic matters are fully considered by Henry Houssayed in this second volume of his two-volume classic history of Napoleon's penultimate (1814, France) and ultimate campaigns. Illustrated by finely drawn battle maps, this is one that will keep Napoleonic addicts arguing for a long time yet.
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