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Waterloo 1815. Volume 1 Quatre Bras

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The struggle of the Allied forces against the French at the crossroads of Quatre Bras set the stage for the battle of Waterloo that followed.

To commemorate the 2015 bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, one of the defining campaigns in European History, Osprey replaced its single volume Campaign title covering the whole of the battle with three highly detailed volumes.

Based on new research drawn from unpublished first-hand accounts these volumes will provide a comprehensive resource for every aspect of the battle. The first of this trilogy details the battle of Quatre Bras where an initial 8,000 Allied troops faced 48,000 men of the French Armée du Nord under Marshal Ney. Realising his error, Wellington concentrated his troops at the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras where they just managed to hold off Ney's attacks. The battle ended in a tactical stalemate but, unable to link up with Blücher's Prussians, Wellington retreated back along the road to Brussels to new positions at Waterloo.

Featuring extensive photographs, full colour artworks, maps and bird's-eye-views, this first instalment is not to be missed.

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ISBN: 9781472803634
Publication date: 20th November 2014
Author: John Franklin
Illustrator: G A Embleton
Publisher: Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 96 pages
Series: Campaign
Genres: Specific wars and campaigns
Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare)
Battles and campaigns
European history