Waterloo: beginning of the battle

18 Dec 1815, the last Battle of Napoleon, against 4 armies of tyrans which wanted to restore a King in Paris, he try to use his fast attack method to fight armies separately.

After a first brilliant contact, the 16.12, at Fleurus against Blücher (Prussia), he run on his left to fight Wellington (england, scotland, belgion and netherlands armies)

Here is the beginning of the Battle

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[JuGle100]

According to the movie Wellington got his ass kicked by Napoleon,whilst marshall Ney figured : anything you can do I can do better, then a Prussian named Blucher entered the scene and the battle was won,Europe, ironically, saved by German forces.

[NapoCinePedia]

Europe Saved ? the Kings saved !! never forget this difference !

coalitions fighted against Democracy

[Immortal4Aday]

@NapoCinePedia i respect your passion but napoleon was not the white knight you make him out to be, he was a gallant man who understood the rue meaning of freedom and a brilliant general and ruler but, do you think the russians, italians, spanish and portuguese, wanted to live under a french regime, people must create their own revolutions and ideas and no one should enforce their will on those who do not want it.

[NapoCinePedia]

did you heard about monarchic coalitions ? Russians, Prussians or English were not free, and Napoleon mad the Amiens Peace, can you tell me who broke It ?

[nicovinuya]

@NapoCinePedia but Napoleon didnt fight for democracy too! he was an emperor... never we had a democratic emperor... Coalitions were made because Napoleon wants to control Europe which other europeans cannot withstand...

[NapoCinePedia]

@nicovinuya > Revolutionnary France attacked kingdoms of Europe to create sister-Republic, it's this war and the King Louis XVI killing who are cause of coalitions during 20 years. Before Napoleon he was General Bonaparte, fighting for Universal Republic

[dm3830]

Napoleon as agent of liberty? Non. Or as we say in English, get a grip and not on what is in your trousers. Agent of death and vanity more like it.

[maximumuse]

What about Civil Code, "Human Rights", french philosophy, ... ?

France fighted for LIBERTY of Men !!

You can say thank you, even today :-)

What Wellington gave to Europ by killing Napo ?

> return of Kings and slavery for poor people

[rntbprz]

@maximumuse how about the magna carta? you guys were slow in france...

[expertstrategy]

@uafchris, So it's really because of the Prussians that Wellington didn't have to face the full strength of the Imperial Guard, or otherwise, the center would have been destroyed quite easily. It barely survived the attack of the Middle Guard.

Wellington's situation was desperate and critical, and the loss of La Haye Saint was also a terrible blow. It's funny that people like you try to belittle the importance of the Prussian army as much as possible. How desperate can you possibly get?

[expertstrategy]

@uafchris, the Prussians drew off vital French troops at Plancenoit, and most of the Imperial Guard was fighting them at that one place.

The Middle Guard were very close to destroying Wellington's center, until Chasse and his troops routed the Grenadiers with a counterattack after Halkett's brigade, the Hanovarians, Brunswickers, and Nassauers failed. Chasse was the real hero at that moment, and the center was saved because of him.

[uafchris]

@JuGle100 A bit inaccurate. The British defeated every attack the French threw at them. Also it was the defense of the British infantry that routed the guard and won the battle, not the arrival of the Prussians. Europe was saved by Boney's gamble of continuing to throw everything at the Brits rather than retreating once Blucher arrived.

[uafchris]

@TheJEANFB The British troops were far superior to the french 1vs1 as shown time and time again in the Peninsular war. It was only due to their huge numbers and Bonapartes generalship that the french were able to last as long as they did. At Waterloo Frances "elite" imperial guards ran in panic from regular British infantry, I think that says it all really.

[TheJEANFB]

@dmax631 also read posts that deal with your fellow french let go of. I only put myself at their level INTELLECTUAL.