The Waterloo Archive Volume II: German Sources

Download or read book The Waterloo Archive Volume II: German Sources written by Gareth Glover and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-08-09 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories of the Waterloo campaign and tours of the battlefield generally concentrate on the battle between the armies of Napoleon and Wellington - the role of Blucher's Prussians is left in the background. Peter Hofscher's fascinating account focuses on the Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo and on their critical but often neglected contribution to the battle. He tells the story of the grueling Prussian advance towards the battlefield and he records the ferocious and decisive fight that broke out when they arrived. At every stage he allows the reader to follow in the footsteps of the Prussian soldiers as they struggled across the Belgian countryside almost 200 years ago.