Battle of Waterloo
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DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S
DISPATCH
TO EARL BATHURST.
Waterloo, June 19th, 1815.
My Lord,
BUONAPARTE having collected the 1st, 2d, 3d,
4th and 6th oorps of the French army, and the Im-
perial Guards and nearly all the cavalry, on the
Sambre, and between that river and the Meuse, be-
tween the 10th and the 14th of the month, advanced
on the 16th and attacked the Prussian posts at Thu-
in and Lobez, on the Sambre, at day-light in the
morning.
I did not hear of these events till the evening of
the 16th, and I immediately ordered the troops to
prepare to march; and afterwards to march to the
left, as soon as I had intelligence from other quar-
ters to prove that the enemy's movement upon
Charleroi was the real attack.
The enemy drove the Prussian posts from the
Sambre on that day; and General Ziethen, who
commanded the corps which had been at Charleroi,
retired upon Fleurus; and Marshal Prince Blucher
concentrated the Prussian army upon Sombreffe,
holding the villages in front of his position of St.
Amand and Ligny.
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| Description | 'Duke of Wellington's dispatch to Earl Bathurst'. Wellington's account of the victory at Waterloo, written to Earl Bathurst who was secretary of state for war and the colonies. They exchanged over 500 letters between 1812 and 1814 and, despite Wellington's frequently sharp tone, developed great mutual respect and confidence. |
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| Description | Containing, the Duke of Wellington’s dispatch to Earl Bathurst, also, The flight from Brussels; and A visit to the field of battle, with A description of the bloody engagement; and A visit to the French hospitals. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2804(20) |
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| Description | Collection of 78 Scottish chapbooks recounting events from the late 1790s to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Cheap print booklets mostly containing ballads about the military conflicts. Also give insights into contemporary views of Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. |
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