After Napoleon had returned to the throne of France in a bloodless coup, the new Seventh Coalition assemble their armies to march on the borders. The Emperor wishes to divide and destroy the 250,000 coalition troops of the Armies of Flanders and the Lower Rhine in Belgium. The invasion of Belgium indeed brings the French in-between the two armies and less than 35 miles away from the regional capital of Brussels. The Dutch and Prussians scramble all night and morning to bring their allies on alert. On that day, June 16, 1815, two murdering battles will be fought. However, they won't yet decide the campaign, that will happen at the village of Waterloo just a day later.

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References/Sources:
Franklin, John Waterloo 1815 (1) Quatre Bras, Campaign 276, Osprey Publishing 18 Nov 2014
Franklin, John Waterloo 1815 (2) Ligny, Campaign 277, Osprey Publishing 17 Feb 2015
Schom, Alan One Hundred Days: Napoleon’s Road to Waterloo, Oxford University Press 11 Sep 1993
Holloway, Don (Sep 2017) “First Blood at Waterloo” [ Ссылка ]
Napoleon, His Army and Enemies (2009) “Waterloo Campaign: Battle of Quatres Bras” [ Ссылка ]

00:00 Intro
00:24 Strategic Situation
02:17 Napoleon Invades
05:21 Dutch Take Initiative
06:17 Wellington Recognizes His Blunder
08:23 Deployment
09:16 Dutch Defense
12:17 Picton Arrives
12:52 Cavalry Clash
14:13 Brunswick Arrives
15:07 Allied Counterattack
16:43 Death of Brunswick
18:15 Charge of the 92nd
19:05 French Lancer Charges
20:16 Alten Arrives
21:14 Confused Orders for d'Erlon
21:44 Kellermann's Charge
23:45 Arrival of the Footguards
24:28 Wellington Counterattacks
27:21 Aftermath

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