Introduction
Chronology
Opposing commanders
Opposing forces
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
The campaign opens
Aftermath
The battlefield today
Further reading
Index
The battle of Ligny saw the Prussians pushed back by the French Army in what was to be Napoleon’s last battlefield victory.
John Franklin is a professional military historian based
in Switzerland who specializes in the Napoleonic period, and the
Waterloo campaign in particular. A Fellow of the International
Napoleonic Society (FINS), and a graduate of the University of
Bern, he has been engaged in one of the most comprehensive
investigations of the campaign ever undertaken, with the aim of
providing a wealth of previously unpublished material on the
various armies and contingents present during the dramatic climax
to this important period of European history. The vast majority of
his work is based on manuscript and archival sources, with the
emphasis on primary research. He is the author of the acclaimed
books of correspondence on the Hanoverian and Netherlands armies,
with further publications on the French and Prussians
scheduled.
Gerry Embleton has been a leading illustrator and researcher
of historical costume since the 1970s, and has illustrated and
written Osprey titles on a wide range of subjects over more than 20
years.
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