History of the War in France and Belgium, in 1815
Containing Minute Details of the Battles of Quatre-Bras, Ligny, Wavre, and Waterloo

Published in 1844, and based on scores of eyewitness accounts, this is a detailed two-volume history of the Waterloo Campaign.

William Siborne (Author)

9781108054126, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 August 2012

554 pages, 6 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 3.1 cm, 0.7 kg

Originally published in 1844, this two-volume work by William Siborne (1797–1830) represented the first major history of the Waterloo Campaign that was based on eyewitness accounts. Although Siborne, an infantry officer, had not served in the campaign himself, he did write to scores of officers who had, and their replies provided him with information he later used to construct the famous but controversial model of the field at Waterloo, which earned him the enmity of the Duke of Wellington (largely because Siborne's view of events conflicted with the Duke's). Siborne used much of the material for this book, which covers the entire campaign from Napoleon's escape from Elba in February 1815, through the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras and Waterloo, right up to the Allies' entry into Paris in July. The maps published in a third volume can be viewed online. Volume 2 covers the greater part of the Battle of Waterloo and its aftermath.

11. Commencement of the grand attack
12. Continuation of the contest at Hougomont
13. Advance of the Prussians towards the field of Waterloo
14. Commencement of Napoleon's last grand attack
15. Advance of Vandeleur's light cavalry-brigade
16. The appearance of Vandamme's corps
17. Retreat of the French army from the field of Waterloo
18. The 22nd June
19. The 26th June
20. Blücher directs Bülow to make an attack on Aubervilliers
Supplement
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]