WATERLOO
LETTERS
Edited by Major-General H. T. Siborne
New Introduction by Albert Nofi
8.75 x 5.5 in. 464 pages. Maps.
Greenhill Books Napoleonic Library
This collection of letters from survivors of the Waterloo Campaign was
gathered in the 1830s and 1840s when Captain William Siborne was trying
to verify the chronological events of the day of the battle, to ensure
the accuracy of his model diorama of Waterloo. Hundreds of replies from
the people who had fought in the battle were sent to his circular letter
requesting information, covering all aspects of the campaign, from the
receipt of intelligence from the Allied outposts which sent a hasty concentration
of troops towards the line of the French advance through all the stages
of this momentous battle up to the final defeat of the French.
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180 letters give first-hand accounts of all of the principal phases
of the Battle of Waterloo
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Letters from the General Staff, cavalry, artillery and infantry officers
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Numerous maps, plans of the battle and sketches of positions
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' ...this book deserves a place in the collection of every reader interested
in the Waterloo period.'
- David Chandler
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. A first-class topographer, he also believed the use
of models of battles important from an educational viewpoint. He completed
two models of the battle of Waterloo in the 1840s, at which time he was
also writing his History of the Waterloo Campaign, still
considered a classic work on the subject.
Captain Siborne's second son Herbert collected this valuable archive
into volume form, now recognized as a classic contribution to the study
of the Napoleonic Wars.
Greenhill Books ISBN 1-85367-156-8
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