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Tango01 | 29 Dec 2014 3:23 p.m. PST |
…made Britain rule the world. "Two hundred years ago, come February 26, Napoleon, aged 46, escaped from Elba, landed in France and, averaging 23 miles a day, marched on Paris, mustered his old army of 123,000 men, deposed the Bourbon King Louis XVIII, made himself Emperor again and, on June 18, clashed with Wellington at Waterloo, a hamlet ten miles south of Brussels. The battle lasted 11 hours: 200,000 men, 60,000 horses, and 537 guns were in action on a patch of land five miles square. There were 90 casualties per minute. Surgeons performed 2,000 emergency amputations (without anaesthetic) and most of the wounded died. What an eyewitness called the 'universal slaughter and devastation' was not to be surpassed until the trenches of World War I — which is why, perhaps, the first centenary anniversary, in 1915, went unheralded…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
artaxerxes | 29 Dec 2014 4:00 p.m. PST |
Of the four titles listed the O'Keefe one on the battle's aftermath is easily the best – actually travels some less well-worn paths. |
Jlundberg | 29 Dec 2014 5:32 p.m. PST |
Regardless of the result of Waterloo, Napoleon's second try was absolutely doomed to failure. |
vtsaogames | 29 Dec 2014 8:38 p.m. PST |
Historians are in agreement that, without the last-minute arrival of the Prussians under Marshal Blucher, aged 74, the Duke of Wellington might well not have carried the day. That same old tired saw. Doesn't explain the 4+ hour fight for Plancenoit or how the Prussians lost 7,500 troops at the battle. |
Porthos | 30 Dec 2014 4:41 a.m. PST |
"What an eyewitness called the 'universal slaughter and devastation' was not to be surpassed until the trenches of World War I — which is why, perhaps, the first centenary anniversary, in 1915, went unheralded" Really ? Perhaps the battles in Ypres played a role too… Incidentally, although it is not a "race to win", this link is no doubt a sobering thought about casualties: link To quote Sherman: "War is Hell" |
deadhead | 30 Dec 2014 10:10 a.m. PST |
Agree entirely that O'Keefe's is invaluable in tackling the immediate legacy….and that is unusual. Clayton's proved a pleasant surprise. I somehow, almost just from the cover, expected yet another routine account of the few day's events. His coverage of the opening moves is particularly well done, in sorting out what can be very confusing. Some real disappointments in the plethora of books….some treasures though. "Even" Cornwall was far better than I had imagined, for the newcomer. Too easily dismissed as a mere "novelist" I think |
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