Description |
352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, color portraits ; 24 cm |
Note |
Originally published: London : William Collins, 2014. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-348) and index. |
Contents |
Glorious news! Nap's landed again in France, hurrah! -- Napoleon has humbugged me, by God! -- the fate of France is in your hands! -- Avancez, mes enfants, courage, encore une fois, Français! -- Ah! Now I've got them, those English! -- A cannon ball came from the Lord knows where and took the head off our right-hand man -- The Big Boots don't like rough stuff! -- Those terrible grey horses, how they fight! --We had our revenge! Such slaughtering! -- The most beautiful troops in the world -- Defend yourselves! Defend yourselves! They are coming in everywhere! -- Next to a battle lose, the greatest misery is a battle gained -- Aftermath : a thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee. |
Subject |
Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Belgium.
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ISBN |
9780062312051: $35.00 |
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0062312057 |
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