The Campaign of Waterloo

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Author

Ropes, John Codman, 1836-1899

Title

The Campaign of Waterloo: A Military History Third Edition

Credits

E-text prepared by Brian Coe, Brian Wilcox, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco

Subject

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56995

Release Date

April 18, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Brian Coe, Brian Wilcox, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — THE CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO — BY JOHN CODMAN ROPES
2. 2.PREFACE — NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION. — CONTENTS. — A PARTIAL LIST OF WORKS RELATING TO THE CAMPAIGN. 1
3. 3.CHAPTER I. THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. — NOTE TO CHAPTER I.
4. 4.CHAPTER II. THE FRENCH ARMY. — NOTE TO CHAPTER II.
5. 5.CHAPTER III. THE ALLIED ARMIES. — NOTE TO CHAPTER III.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. THE FIFTEENTH OF JUNE.—NAPOLEON. — NOTES TO CHAPTER IV.
7. 7.CHAPTER V. THE FIFTEENTH OF JUNE: BLÜCHER AND WELLINGTON. — NOTES TO CHAPTER V.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. THE FIFTEENTH OF JUNE: THE DUTCH-BELGIANS. — NOTE TO CHAPTER VI.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. THE MORNING OF THE SIXTEENTH OF JUNE: WELLINGTON. — NOTES TO CHAPTER VII.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. THE MORNING OF THE SIXTEENTH OF JUNE: NEY. — NOTES TO CHAPTER VIII.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. THE MORNING OF THE SIXTEENTH OF JUNE: NAPOLEON. — NOTES TO CHAPTER IX.
12. 12.CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE OF LIGNY. BLÜCHER’S DECISION TO ACCEPT BATTLE NOT DEPENDENT ON WELLINGTON’S ASSURANCE OF SUPPORT. — NOTE TO CHAPTER X.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. THE BATTLE OF LIGNY. — NOTES TO CHAPTER XI.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII. THE BATTLE OF QUATRE BRAS. — NOTES TO CHAPTER XII.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. THE SEVENTEENTH OF JUNE: NAPOLEON. — NOTES TO CHAPTER XIII.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. THE SEVENTEENTH OF JUNE: BLÜCHER AND WELLINGTON. — NOTES TO CHAPTER XIV.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE: GROUCHY AND BLÜCHER. — NOTES TO CHAPTER XV.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — NOTES TO CHAPTER XVI.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS.
20. 20.APPENDIX A. ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF NAPOLEON’S MEMOIRS.
21. 21.APPENDIX B. ON MARSHAL GROUCHY AND THE BERTRAND ORDER.
22. 22.APPENDIX C. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. SUBSEQUENT ORDER TO THE COUNT D’ERLON: June 15, 1815. — VII. ORDER TO GENERAL NOGUÈS: 3 A.M., June 16, 1815. — VIII. BULLETIN OF THE ARMY: June 15, 1815: Evening. — IX. WELLINGTON’S FIRST MEMORANDUM OF ORDERS: June 15, 1815. — X. WELLINGTON’S LETTER TO THE DUC DE FELTRE: 10 P.M., June 15, 1815. — XI. WELLINGTON’S “AFTER ORDERS”: 10 P.M., June 15, 1815. — XII. EXTRACT FROM WELLINGTON’S REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS: June 19, 1815. — XIII. WELLINGTON’S CONVERSATION WITH THE DUKE OF RICHMOND: June 16, 1815. — XIV. WELLINGTON’S ORDERS TO LORD HILL: June 16, 1815. — XV. EXTRACT FROM WELLINGTON’S “MEMORANDUM ON THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.” — XVI. WELLINGTON’S LETTER TO BLÜCHER: 10.30 A.M., June 16, 1815. — XVII. SOULT’S FIRST ORDER TO NEY: June 16, 1815. — XVIII. THE EMPEROR’S LETTER TO NEY: June 16, 1815. — XIX. COUNT REILLE’S LETTER TO NEY: June 16, 1815. — XX. NEY’S ORDERS TO REILLE AND D’ERLON: June 16, 1815. — XXI. SOULT’S FORMAL ORDER TO NEY TO CARRY QUATRE BRAS: June 16, 1815. — XXII. SOULT’S SECOND ORDER TO NEY TO CARRY QUATRE BRAS: June 16, 1815. — XXIII. FLAHAUT’S LETTER TO THE DUKE OF ELCHINGEN. — XXIV. NAPOLEON’S LETTER TO GROUCHY: June 16, 1815. — XXV. THE 2 P.M.—June 16th—ORDER TO NEY. — XXVI. THE 3.15 P.M.—June 16th—ORDER TO NEY. — XXVII. SOULT’S LETTER TO NEY: June 17, 1815. — XXVIII. SOULT’S ORDER TO NEY: 12 M., June 17, 1815. — XXIX. CAPTAIN BOWLES’ STORY OF WELLINGTON AT QUATRE BRAS: June 17, 1815. — XXX. GROUCHY’S REPORT TO NAPOLEON FROM SART-À-WALHAIN: 11 A.M., June 18, 1815. — XXXI. GENERAL ORDER OF PREPARATION FOR THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO: June 18, 1815. — XXXII. ORDER FOR THE ATTACK TO BEGIN AT 1 P.M., June 18, 1815. — XXXIII. THE 10 A.M.—JUNE 18th—ORDER TO GROUCHY. — XXXIV. THE 1 P.M.—JUNE 18th—ORDER TO GROUCHY.
23. 23.FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.INDEX.

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