"The Battle of Quatre Bras 16th June 1815 3PM" Topic

The Battle of Quatre Bras 16th June 1815

Timeline 3PM

6th Regiment, Chasseurs a Cheval have routed the Dutch 27th Jagers, riding them down mercilessly.

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1st Regiment, Chasseurs a Cheval, Colonel Pierre-Joseph Simonneau, have caught 2nd Lieutenant Koopmans horse artillery element in the process of limbering up with disastrous consequences.

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This has left the Dutch Belgian left flank in the 'air'.

The Ferme Gemincourt falls to the French 4th Legere and elements of the 2nd French infantry brigade. The original Dutch Belgian defensive position has now been completely destroyed.

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Elements of the 1st French Brigade, Marechal-de-camp Baron Jean Joseph Gauthier comanding are advancing into the Bois de Bossu pushing back the stubborn Dutch Belgian resistance.

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General Willem, The hereditary Prince of Orange-Nassau establishes his final line of defence centred on the Ferme La Bergerie and anchored to the Bois de Bossu.

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However, good news for the Prince arrives in the form of 2nd Netherlands Cavalry Division, commanding officer, Major-General Baron Jean-Baptiste van Merlen. The 6th Dutch hussars, Lieutenant Colonel Willem Boreel commanding is in the vanguard.

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Contemporaneously, His Britannic Majesty's 95th Regiment of foot, in the position of honour, begin to arrive after a long march from Brussels. These veteran troops form part of 8th British Infantry Brigade and its officer commanding, Major-General Sir James Kempt supervises their deployment in the absence of his Grace, The Duke of Wellington.

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Nevertheless, the French, led in person by Marechal Michel Ney, 'The bravest of the brave' advance relentlessly towards the vital crossroads.

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Vive l'Empereur, La Victorie est a Nous!

As all the previous work in this series, incredible modelling, photography, scenery.

The bottom picture looks like clip from the 1970 film (only better). Hard to think these are actually miniatures.

So good to see the Netherlanders' crucial role here acknowledged.

Such great photographs!

Great modelling

Wow! Fantastic miniatures and pictures. The standard of detail for the bases and backgrounds is simply amazing.

Great work – well done

Of course I was going to be so clever and say scalloped edged roof shingles only come in terracotta red, but I am glad I did check on-line first! You are right. This is a wealthy farm.

In all seriousness, the buildings are so well done and really capture that "South Netherlands" look. The low angle photography is superb, with impressive depth of focus.

Thank you to everyone for their kind comments.

The research for the project was extensive with a view to replicating the original buildings to the best of my ability by scratch building them.

I was looking to get ' the feel' of these buildings rather than absolute accuracy as I did not want to build the equivalent of an office block at the crossroads.

Thomas Stoney's paintings, done a few days after Waterloo are inspirational.

For those interested the project research and techniques are available to view at

link

Thank you once again.

Best wishes,

Chris

Tremendous project. I really enjoyed seeing your pics. Thanks for posting.