Campaign of Waterloo

Name: Campaign of Waterloo | The Classic Account of Napoleon's Last Battles
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The Classic Account of Napoleon's Last Battles

John Fortescue(Author)

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Published on 31. January 2016

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Intro
CHAPTER I HOME AFFAIRS
The situation after the peace of 1814
Reductions in the Army
Factious criticism of the Opposition in Parliament
Liverpool's difficulties with his supporters
RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES-CAMPAIGIN IN THE LOW COUNTRIES
Napoleon's escape from Elba and entry into Paris
Collapse of all royalist resistance to him
The Plenipotentiaries at Vienna declare Napoleon outlawed
They agree upon the contingents to be placed in the field
Wellington returns from Vienna to the Netherlands
The wretched British army that awaited him
The question "Are we at peace or at war?
Legal obstacles delay the calling out of the Militia
The Opposition responsible chiefly for this
The question of peace or war a real difficulty
Wellington's army
its weakness in artillery
The German Legion and Hanoverian Militia
Wellington's complaints of his staff examined
His principal staff-officers and subordinate generals
The staff in the Adjutant-general's and Quartermaster-general's departments
The Duke of York's readiness to help him
The Allied troops under Wellington's command: the Dutch
The Belgians
Wellington's difficulties with the King of the Netherlands
The King gives way to him
Organisation of Wellington's army
The subtlety with which the elements were mixed
The Prussian army
Bliicher, Gneisenau
Napoleon: his position on his return to France
Failure of his conceded constitution
His measures for raising armies
The organisation of his armies
His principal officers: reasons for Murat's absence
The Allied plan of campaign
Wellington's anxiety to check Napoleon from making headway outside France
His anxiety for the fate of the British Ministry
CHAPTER II CAMPAIGIN IN THE LOW COUNTRIES
Dispositions of the Prince of Orange and Kleist to meet a possible early invasion of Belgium
Wellington's agreement with Gneisenau
He arranges for the defence of the Low Countries
Extreme difficulty of his position
The two parties in the Prussian army
Wellington's feelings contrasted with those of the Prussians towards France
Wellington's conditional orders in case of invasion of Belgium
Meeting of the Saxon troops
Presages of the coming campaign at the British and Prussian headquarters
False reports of Napoleon's movements
Cantonments of Wellington's army in June
Positions of the Prussian army
Extension of the Allied line
Faults of the Prussian dispositions
Gneisenau's strange orders in case of a French advance
Contraction of the Prussian cantonments with a view concentration
Napoleon's plan of campaign
His concentration
The difficulty of "war or peace" again appears
Napoleon's orders for the advance into Belgium
The French passage of the Sambre
The first collisions with the Prussians: the French left wing
The French centre
Situation of the French at nightfall of 15th June
Proceedings of the Allies: the Prussians
The British
The intelligence received by Wellington during the day
The orders finally issued by him
Reasons for the surprise of the Allies
CHAPTER III CAMPAIGN IN THE LOW COUNTRIES
The Duchess of Richmond's ball
General Constant secures Quatre Bras
Wellington's orders for concentration
Napoleon's plans for the 16th of June
His vague ideas of his enemy's whereabouts
Prussian orders for the 16th of June
Dispositions of Perponcher at Quatre Bras
Wellington's arrival at Quatre Bras
His incorrect information furnished to Blücher
His meeting with Blücher
Napoleon's orders to Ney
His dispositions for the battle of Ligny and his new orders to Ney
Napoleon realises that the Prussian army is before him
His new orders to Ney
The battle of Ligny
The late advance of Ney
Description of the field of Quatre Bras
The dispositions of the Prince of Orange
Ney's dispositions for attack
The French open their attack
Wellington arrives on the field
His counter-attack
Ney develops his attack in force
The battle of Quatre Bras
Comments on the action
The conduct of the troops: the Netherlanders
The Germans
The British
The French losses
Napoleon's conduct considered
CHAPTER IV CAMPAIGN IN THE LOW COUNTRIES
The retreat of the Prussians
The British assemble at Quatre Bras
Wellington learns of the Prussian retreat
The pursuit of the Prussians by the French
Napoleon decides to divide his army
His instructions to Grouchy
Their vagueness and uncertainty
Retreat of Wellington upon Waterloo
Inactivity of Ney
Napoleon advances upon the British
Wellington leaves the cavalry to cover his retreat
Incidents of the retreat
The French pursuit not pressing
Position of the French left wing and reserve at nightfall
Movements and reports of Grouchy
Orders of Blücher on the night of the 17th of June
Incompetence or disloyalty of the Prussian staff
DisloyaIty of Gneisenau
March of the Prussians on Waterloo
Movements of Grouchy on the 18th of June
Napoleon's confidence
Wellington resolves to stand his ground
His expectation to be turned by his right
The position of Waterloo
Hougoumont
La Haye Sainte
Disposition of Wellington's army
Its numbers
The occupation of the position
Napoleon's dispositions
His main attack to be made on the Allied centre
The delay in opening it
The battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's first demonstration on both flanks
Jerome turns his demonstration into a serious attack upon Hougoumont
Napoleon detaches troops to check the Prussian advance
His grand attack on the centre
Its initial successes
Its total defeat by the British cavalry
The British cavalry wrecked by its success
Lull in the action generally
Continued fighting about Hougoumont
CHAPTER V CAMPAIGN IN THE LOW COUNTRIES
Second half-hearted attack on the Allied centre
Ney prepares a third attack with cavalry only
Complete failure of this attack
Blücher attempts to advance
He is checked by Lobau
Renewed vain attacks of the French cavalry
Terrible losses of the French
Ney repeats his attack with cavalry and infantry
Its initial failure
Blücher, reinforced, begins to press the French
Napoleon throws him back
A new attack masters La Haye Sainte
Napoleon's efforts to push his advantage
A fresh attack on Hougoumont is repulsed
Danger in the Allied centre
Blücher begins to press forward
Ziethen's corps arrives on the field
Napoleon launches his final attack with the Imperial Guard
The attack and its repulse
The counter-attack of the Allies
Disso1ution of the French army
CHAPTER VI CAMPAIGN IN THE LOW COUNTRIES
The casualties of the British at Waterloo
The casualties of Wellington's foreign troops
Movements of the Prussians
Escalade of Cambrai and capture of Péronne
The Allies arrive before Paris
Surrender of Paris
Infamous behaviour of the Netherlanders and Prussians
The terms of peace
The fate of Murat, Ney, and others
Surrender of Napoleon
St. Helena
Comments on the campaign of Waterloo
The first stage of the campaign
The second stage
Wellington's nerve in accepting battle
Napoleon's tactics at Waterloo
British and Prussian losses in the battle
Internal distrust in the French army
Reflections on the British artillery and cavalry considered
Both sides exhausted towards the close of the battle
Bad quality of all the armies engaged
The victory was Wellington's
APPENDICES
I. The Anglo-Allied Army in the Waterloo campaign
II. Strength of the British Army present at Waterloo
III. Composition of the Prussian Army under Field-Marshal Prince von Blücher
IV. Composition of the French Army under the Emperor Napoleon
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