Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815: Volume II: From Waterloo to the

Greenhill Books

Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815Volume II: From Waterloo to the Restoration of Peace in Europe\nAuthor(s): John Hussey\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Greenhill Books, United Kingdom\nImprint: Greenhill Books\nISBN-13: 9781784385385, 978-1784385385\nSynopsis\nA masterful study of command, control, communications, and even intelligence of all the major combatants during the Waterloo Campaign. Destined to become the gold standard for those studying how armies were controlled and decisions made during the Waterloo Campaign. - Robert Burnham, editor-in-chief, The Napoleon Series\n\nThe concluding volume of this prize-winning work provides a fresh description of the climactic battle of Waterloo placed in the context of the whole campaign. It investigates several points of ongoing contention: Bl cher's intentions for the battle, Wellington's choice of site, his reasons for placing substantial forces at Hal, the placement of Napoleon's artillery, who authorised the French cavalry attacks, Gro.