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Waterloo 1815: The British Army's Day of Destiny (Paperback, 3rd edition)
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Waterloo 1815: The British Army's Day of Destiny (Paperback, 3rd edition)
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Loot Price R534
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Writing to his mother the day after the fighting, Captain Thomas
Wildman of the 7th Hussars described 'a victory so splendid &
important that you may search the annals of history in vain for its
parallel'. Little wonder, for Waterloo was widely recognised - even
in its immediate wake - as one of the most decisive battles in
history: after more than twenty years of uninterrupted conflict,
this single day's encounter finally put paid to French aspirations
for European hegemony. The culminating point of the French
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo also witnessed levels
of determination and bravery by both sides which far exceeded
anything experienced by the veterans of Wellington's recent
campaigns in Spain and Portugal. Indeed, it was that unconquerable
spirit which left over 50,000 men dead on the field of battle and
tens of thousands of others wounded. This thoroughly researched and
highly detailed account of one of history's greatest human dramas
looks first at the wider strategic picture before focusing on the
tactical roles played by individual British units - all
meticulously examined with the benefit of an extensive array of
hitherto unexploited primary sources which reveal the battlefield
experience of officers and soldiers as never before. Refusing
simply to repeat the same unchallenged accounts and to commit the
same errors of previous historians, this work relies exclusively on
hundreds of first-hand accounts, by men of all ranks and from
practically every British regiment and corps present on that
fateful day, to provide a fresh and revised perspective on one of
the most pivotal events of modern times.
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