Waterloo: The Attack of I Corps, 9781399045421
Hardcover
Waterloo’s closest call: One French Corps’ near-victory, deeply analyzed.

Waterloo: The Attack of I Corps

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  • Hardcover

    216 pages

  • Release Date

    23 September 2024

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Summary

Waterloo: D’Erlon’s Attack and the Allied Defence

This book provides a detailed analysis of the attack of the Comte d’Erlon’s French I Corps, and the subsequent allied counterattack, at the Battle of Waterloo. This assault by 20,000 men and eighty guns in the early afternoon of 18 June 1815 came as close as any to winning the battle for Napoleon. It was eventually repulsed – just – by two stretched Allied infantry divisions and two brigades of cavalry and was, in the words of the Du…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399045421
ISBN-10:1399045423
Author:Graeme Callister
Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint:Pen & Sword Military
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:216
Release Date:23 September 2024
Weight:492g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

“After reading it, wargamers may well be inspired to devise scenarios for tabletop recreations of just this part of the battle, as it contains nearly all the information necessary… I am very glad to add this book to my Waterloo collection and wholeheartedly recommend it to all readers with an interest in the battle.”– “Miniature Wargames”

About The Author

Graeme Callister

Dr. Graeme Callister is a Senior Lecturer in History and War Studies at York St John University, with a specialist focus on the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon. He has a longstanding research interest in the Battle of Waterloo and extensive experience of working in British, French and Dutch archives. His first book, War, Public Opinion and Policy in Britain, France and the Netherlands, 1785-1815, appeared in 2017, and he is co-author of Battle: Understanding Conflict from Hastings to Helmand, published by Pen & Sword in 2022. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and in 2021 won the British Commission for Military History’s Sir Michael Howard prize.

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