The Battle of Waterloo

A video showing the major events of the greatest Napoleonic battle.

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[Octavius0]

@slizzler1

25,000 British, 17,000 Dutch and Belgians and 6,000 Germans in the Kings German Legion which was a part of the British Army.

The majority of the Dutch-Belgians were deployed away from the frontlines, held in reserve, while the vast majority of the British were in the front lines where they suffered appalling casualties holding the French

Without the British army the Dutch-Belgians would have been annihilated. Perhaps you should not be so quick to belittle the British contribution.

[mtpj9654]

hurrah

[Drweazle]

wasnt it raining?

[hepper95]

@Octavius0

While the brittish did do an awful lot under Wellington, we must also keep in mind that much of Wellingtons army was people from other nations then Brittanien. Alot of english soldiers did suffer and die to bring Napoleon down no doubt about it though ;)

[slizzler1]

@slizzler1

"besides Cooke's* Guard division"

[slizzler1]

@slizzler1

" knew how crucial" *

[slizzler1]

@Octavius0

+Of course Chasse's Dutch-Belgian division which routed half of the Imperial Middle Guard attack at the end of the battle. You need to read battle details FIRST if your first reflex is to now unimaginatively start squawking back at me as if the Imperial Middle Gard attack was one long column that just attacked Maitland; if you still cling to that myth, you are so way out of touch with what 'normal' Waterloo scholars are aware of.

ALL the Allies/ and Allied armies pulled their weight

[slizzler1]

@Octavius0

Wellington's reserves played a key role in the battle. Beside's Lord Hill's mostly British Corps being reserve as well as Lambert's valiant British brigade too, there were the Brunswickers who had seen action on the frontline at Quatre Bras- with their commander being killed there; the Nasseur brigade of Kruse which was critical in its deployment in Wellington's center during the crisis stage at Waterloo [ if you read their activities ]

[slizzler1]

@Octavius0

On the frontline to the east of the Brussel's highway road deployed along/behind the Ohain lane ridge, besides Picon's British troops/ artillery, and the Union Brigade, were Bylandt's Duch-Belgian brigade, Best's Hanoverian brigade, Saxe-Weimer's Nasseur brigade.

Those are the FACTS about the deployment of Wellington's frontline troops at Waterloo.

[slizzler1]

@Octavius0

On June 16th, Perponcher's division suffered heavy losses- Bylandt's brigade was fighting IN THE FRONTLINE of the battle too. Read the battle and educate yourself regarding that unit's activities on that day.....

Now- onto your myths about the Dutch-Belgians at the Battle of Waterloo itself..... because you have apparently never looked at a map nor know anything about the way Wellington intermixed his various national units ALL ALONG THE FRONTLINE AND IN HIS RESERVES.