Marshal Ney at Quatre Bras
New Perspectives on the Opening Battle of the Waterloo Campaign
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ISBN-13:
9781526700711
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
13.09.2017
Seiten:
244
Autor:
Paul L. Dawson
Gewicht:
560 g
Format:
237x167x27 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Fought on 16 June 1815, two days before the Battle of Waterloo, the Battle of Quatre Bras has been described as a tactical Anglo-allied victory, but a French strategic victory. The French Marshal Ney was given command of the left wing of Napoleon's army and ordered to seize the vital crossroads at Quatre Bras, as the prelude to an advance on Brussels. The crossroads was of strategic importance because the side which controlled it could move southeastward along the Nivelles-Namur road.
Revelatory investigation into this key encounter and Ney s conduct at this critical period in the campaign.