The Bois de Bossu is long gone. Nevertheless it played a major role during the battle of Quatre Bras and dominated the terrain. So what did it actually look like?
Read more ...Take the opportunity for yourselves to consult the maps of Joseph de Ferraris and Louis Capitaine, used during the campaign by the Quartermaster-General Constant-Rebecque as well as Napoleon Bonaparte. This will surely enhance your knowledge and pleasure, when consulting the maps in the series 'The Netherlands army during the Waterloo campaign'.
Read more ...Every one interested in the 1815 campaign is probably well familiar with the defection of the French general Bourmont on 15 June and how he passed over and was interrogated at the Prussian headquarters in Namur. All histories then continue he rode almost directly across Brussels to join the French royalist forces of King Louis XVIII at Ghent. But did he really?
Read more ...The past years the author has visited the battlefield of Quatre Bras several times to get a better understanding of the landscape. The crossroads were visited with the well-known large farm, the monuments and above all the walks across the entire battlefield included all other positions of both the Anglo-Allied forces as well as those of the French.
Read more ...It is time to reveal more on the next volume, now that the intended date of mid-May is approaching for publication. The first volume had a blue cover and therefore the second will have a white one. You already guessed right... indeed, the third and fourth will follow with a red and orange cover.
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