24 hours at Waterloo : 18 June 1815 by Kershaw, Robert J., 1950- author instant download

24 hours at Waterloo : 18 June 1815 by Kershaw, Robert J., 1950- author instant download

xxv, 421 pages : 24 cm, The battle of Waterloo had all the drama and brutality of a 19th-century bare-knuckle prize fight. It was a vicious fight to the finish between two evenly matched opponents. In '24 Hours at Waterloo', using a plethora of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, letters and diaries, Robert Kershaw reveals the soldier's view of this iconic battle: how they felt, what they saw, what they smelt and what they heard enduring this epic confrontation on Sunday 18 June 1815, Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-411) and index, Summer storm : midnight to 2 am -- Twilight to morning : 2 am to 10 am -- The men : 10 am to 11.30 am -- First shots : 11.30 am to 1.50 pm -- The muddy slope : 1.50 pm to 2.15 pm -- A cascade of cavalry : 2 pm to 3 pm -- 'En avant!' The cavalry charges : 3 pm to 6 pm -- Death of a regiment : 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm -- The crisis : 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm -- The road to Genappe : 8.30 pm to midnight