HISTORY OF THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN
by Captain W. Siborne

8.75 x 5.5 in.  656 pages.
Greenhill Books Napoleonic Library

This famous account of the 1815 campaign is distinguished by its detailed information and clarity. From the landing of Napoleon in France on 26 February to the St. Cloud Convention on 3 July, Siborne comprehensively records the strength, composition and distribution of the opposing armies, and covers every action from the opening cannonade of the French advance on Thuin, through the battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny, Waterloo and Wavre, to the investment of Paris and the final confrontation at Issy and Neuilly. The operations of the Allied armies that invaded France along her eastern and south-eastern frontiers until hostilities ceased in September 1815 are also covered.

Siborne's history of Waterloo is essential and gripping reading for all those who are interested in how this famous battle was fought and won.

Captain William Siborne became an ensign in the 9th Foot in 1813 and was sent to France in 1815 as part of a battalion to reinforce Wellington's army. In the 1840s he constructed two models of Waterloo, one of which is still on display at the National Army Museum, London.

'I would strongly recommend the Siborne reprint to anyone interested in the dramatic events of June 1815.'

- David Chandler
 'It would be hard to conceive a more encyclopaedic cover of any battle.'
- The Bulletin; the Journal of
the Military History Society
 'Essential reading for any student of the Waterloo campaign ... immense amount of information ... I do not believe it possible to find a more descriptive account of this campaign ... recommended reading.'
- Paul Chamberlain
Napoleonic Association
 Greenhill Books  U.S. Distributor: Stackpole Books ISBN  1-85367-069-3

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