In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS
and Battlefield Tours 4u are please to bring you this free to view website recounting the events that took place on 16th to 19th June 1815 when the Allied Armies of Britain, the Netherlands and Prussia fought the French Imperial Army of the Emperor Napoleon. Introduction The Waterloo Campaign started when the French L'Armée du Nord commanded by the Emperor Napoleon crossed the Belgium-France frontier on 15th June 1815. Its interlinked battles took place over the next five-days culminating in Napoleon's last great battle near a small Belgium town called Waterloo on 18th June 1815. The Battle of Ligny was fought between the main body of the French L'Armée du Nord commanded by the Emperor Napoleon and Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher's Prussian Army on 16th June 1815. The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought between the Duke of Wellington's Anglo-Dutch Army and the Left Wing of the French L'Armée du Nord commanded by Marshal Michel Ney on 16th June 1815. The Battle of Wavre was fought between the Prussian Rearguard commanded by Lieutenant General Thielemann and the Right Wing of the French L'Armée du Nord commanded by Marshal Grouchy. It began on the 18th and split over into the following day to end on 19th June 1815. The Battle of Waterloo, the most famous of the four battles, was fought between the main body of the Emperor Napoleon's L'Armée du Nord and the Duke of Wellington's Anglo-Dutch Army supported by Field Marshal Blücher's Prussians on 18th June 1815. The Battle of Ligny was to be the Emperor Napoleon's last great victory. The Battle of Waterloo was to be Napoleon Bonaparte's first personal defeat and down fall. When his Grande Armeé was defeated that day any hope that he had of consolidating his position as the Emperor of the French and undisputed ruler of France faded and ultimately died. This
website is dedicated to preserving the memory of all who have died in pursuit of freedom. It is through their sacrifice that we are able to enjoy the freedoms we have today. God bless them all!
They
shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age
shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At
the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We
will remember them.
An extract from "For the Fallen" by
Laurence Binyon
This
website is also dedicated to the memory of: Mrs
Sylvia Carter Born:
18th June 1934 - Died: 4th June 2007 My
mother and my friend! Without
her encouragement and support In the footsteps would never have come into
being.
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