Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Waterloo part one

The Duke of Wellington and officers and soldiers of the Allied army

The Duke of Wellington and officers and soldiers of the Allied army at the end of the Battle of Waterloo.  Prince William of Orange lies wounded on the stretcher: picture by Jan Willem Pieneman in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam




The British Cavalry charge at the battle of waterloo


British Cavalry Charge Background to the battle


The Emperor Napoloen at Waterloo


The Emperor Napoleon at Waterloo








The Emperor Napoleon addresses his Guard during the Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon resolved to attack the British, Prussian, Belgian and Dutch armies before the other powers could come to their assistance. He marched into Belgium.





Vivien Hussey’s British Hussar Brigade attacking French infantry at the Battle of Waterloo


Battle of Waterloo : Order of Battle at the Outset of the Battle
Battle of Waterloo 18th June 1815 : Order of Battle at the Outset of the Battle
Map 1 of 3 by John Fawkes

French Cuirassiers attacking a Highland square




French Cuirassiers attacking a Highland square




King's Dragoon Guards Attacking French Dragoons
King's Dragoon Guards attacking French Dragoons




"The Battle of Waterloo at 2pm : D'Erlon's infantry attack past La Haye Sainte"






"The Battle of Waterloo at 2pm : D'Erlon's infantry attack past La Haye Sainte"
(this map appears in the best selling book, The Dangerous Book for Boys by
 Gonn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden, in the section Famous Battles-Part Two)












Marshall Ney's massed cavalry attack on the Allied line during the Battle of Waterloo







French Cuirassiers fight it out with a Highland Regiment by John Atkinson 




Ney's massed cavalry attack on the Allied line


 Ney's massed cavalry attack on the Allied line at the Battle of Waterloo
Ney's massed cavalry attack on the Allied line







French Cuirassiers, during Ney's cavalry attack, tumbling
into the sunken road that ran along the allied position



http://www.britishbattles.com/waterloo/waterloo-june-1815.htm



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