Title Waterloo General : the life, letters and mysterious death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby 1772-1815 / John Morewood.

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Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.

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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 16, 2016).
Contents	Preface; Prologue; Chapter 1 The Ponsonby Family; Chapter 2 William's Early Years: 1772-1798; Chapter 3 Into Action for the First Time: 1798; Chapter 4 In Command of the 5th Dragoon Guards: 1799-1810; Chapter 5 Fighting in the Peninsula Part 1: 1811-1812; Chapter 6 Fighting in the Peninsula Part 2: The Battle of Salamanca; Chapter 7 Fighting in the Peninsula Part 3: Madrid, Burgos and the Great Retreat; Chapter 8 Fighting in the Peninsula Part 4: The Battle of Vitoria; Chapter 9 Fighting in the Peninsula Part 5: The Final Engagements; Chapter 10 A Brief Interlude at Home: 1814-1815.
	Chapter 11 The Trumpets Call: Countdown to WaterlooChapter 12 'Humbugged by God!' 15 and 16 June; Chapter 13 'The Prettiest Field Day of Cavalry You Ever Saw' 17 June; Chapter 14 Waterloo: 18 June 2pm -- The Battle Lost!; Chapter 15 Waterloo 18 June 2.20pm -- The Battle Regained! The Charge of the Union Brigade; Chapter 16 Waterloo 18 June: The Wheel of Fortune Turns Again; Chapter 17 How Did Sir William Die?; Chapter 18 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori'; Chapter 19 Postscript; Appendices; 1. Sir William's Brothers and Sister; 2. The 5th Dragoon Guards.
	3. Sir William's sword -- The Barbet de Vaux lettersNotes; Bibliography; Index.
Subject	Great Britain. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
	Great Britain. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533555
	Waterloo, Battle of (Belgium : 1815) (OCoLC)fst01172689
	Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.
	HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Military.
	Armed Forces -- Officers. (OCoLC)fst00814617
	Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
	Belgium -- Waterloo. (OCoLC)fst01213328
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term	1815
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Other Form:	Print version: 9781473868076
ISBN	9781473868052 (electronic bk.)
	147386805X (electronic bk.)

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