The Waterloo Campaign in 100 Locations

John Grehan

• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781526746924
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 19th Century History
• Index: History

In the 200 years since the famous battle in the muddy, bloody fields of Waterloo, almost every aspect of the fighting has been examined and analyzed, apart from one – that of finding and illustrating locations relating to the campaign. From Napoleon's landing on the Golfe Juan on France's Côte d'Azur, along the Route Napoleon and through Grenoble, the Emperor's journey back to Paris, and back to power, is shown in glorious full color. In this beautifully produced book, we see where Napoleon distributed the Imperial Eagles to the regiments of his army, and where his forces assembled before marching to war, and where the Due of Wellington's Anglo-Allied army gathered in Brussels. The camera follows the initial encounters on the banks of the River Sambre and the maneuvering of the French and Coalition forces leading to the first great battles of the campaign at Quatre Bras and Ligny. The key sites occupied by the opposing armies at these battles are investigated as are the routes of the withdrawal to Mont St Jean by Wellington's army and to Wavre by Blücher's Prussians. The Waterloo battlefield and its associated buildings are examined in pictorial detail, as are the locations which marked the pivotal moments of the battle. The sites of the corresponding battle at Wavre are also shown, as well as the pursuit of the two wings of beaten French Army, including the sieges of the fortresses by the British army, before Paris was finally reached. The uprising in the Vendée and the last clashes of the campaign before Napoleon's abdication are also featured. The book closes with Napoleon's journey from Paris to St Helena via l'Île d'Aix and Plymouth. Headquarters buildings, observation posts, monuments and memorials, bridges and battlefields, and the principal locations of the campaign are portrayed in unique photographs – and behind every plague and place is a tale of political posturing, military maneuvering, sacrifice and savagery. Together these images tell the story of Napoleon's greatest gamble, and we know that a picture is worth a thousand words!

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction and Acknowledgements
• 1. Hofburg Palace, Vienna
• 2. Villa dei Mulini, Portoferraio, Elba
• 3. Golfe-Juan
• 4. L’Église Notre-Dame du Bon Voyage, Cannes
• 5. Gap, Hautes-Alpes
• 6. Laffrey, Isère
• 7. La Porte de Bonne, Grenoble
• 8. Hotel D’Hane-Steenhuyse, Ghent
• 9. The Tuileries, Paris
• 10. Fort Napoleon, Ostende
• 11. Champ de Mars, Paris
• 12. Rue Royale, Brussels
• 13. Pelouse des Anglais, Brussels
• 14. Rue de la Régence, Brussels
• 15. Hôtel de Hayme de Bomal, Liège
• 16. Hôtel Walckiers, The Prince of Orange’s Headquarters, Brussels
• 17. Grand-Place, Mons
• 18. Duchess of Richmond’s Ball
• 19. The Presbytery, Avesnes-sur-Helpe
• 20. Château des Caraman-Chimay, Beaumont-sur-Oise
• 21. L’arbre de la Trahison
• 22. Beffroi de Thuin
• 23. The Bridge at Marchienne-au-Pont
• 24. Battle of Charleroi
• 25. Napoleon’s Headquarters, Charleroi
• 26. Ferme de la Cense, Frasnes
• 27. Grand-Place, Braine-le-Comte
• 28. Abbaye de Soleilmont, Gilly
• 29. Château du Fosteau, Leers-et-Fosteau
• 30. Place Royale, Brussels
• 31. Naveau Windmill, Fleurus
• 32. Freme de Piraumont
• 33. Ferme du Moulin, Brye
• 34. Ferme du Grand Pierrepont
• 35. Duke of Brunswick Monument, Quatre-Bras
• 36. Dutch-Belgian Cavalry Monument, Quatre-Bras
• 37. Ferme de Gémioncourt
• 38. Tombe de Ligny
• 39. The Presbytery, Sombreffe
• 40. Ferme de la Haye, Saint-Amand
• 41. Ligny 1815 Museum
• 42. Ferme d’en Bas, Ligny
• 43. Eglise de Tongrinne
• 44. Auberge du Roy d’Espagne, Genappe
• 45. Château de la Paix, Fleurus
• 46. Place de Genappe
• 47. Mont-Saint-Jean Battlefield
• 48. Wellington’s Headquarters, Waterloo
• 49. Ferme du Caillou, Vieux-Genappe
• 50. Ferme du Chantelet, Vieux-Genappe
• 51. Les Trois Burettes
• 52. Paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Wavre
• 53. Forest of Soignes
• 54. The Elm Tree Crossroads
• 55. Ferme de l’Herbe
• 56. La Belle Alliance
• 57. Hougoumont – South Gate and Walls
• 58. Grand Battery Ridge
• 59. Hougoumont – North Gate
• 60. La Haie-Sainte
• 61. Picton’s Memorial Stone
• 62. Marcognet’s Division Memorial
• 63. Château de Fichermont
• 64. Ferme de la Papelotte
• 65. Monument to the 5th Regiment of Cuirassiers
• 66. Mercer’s Stone
• 67. 8th Line Infantry Regiment Memorial
• 68. Walhain Farm
• 69. Ferme Droulans
• 70. Bierges Mill
• 71. Limal
• 72. Bois de Paris
• 73. Pont du Christ, Wavre
• 74. Decoster’s Cabaret
• 75. Église Sainte-Catherine, Plancenoit
• 76. Monument Prussien, Plancenoit
• 77. Ferme Cuvelier, Plancenoit
• 78. The Great Barn, Hougoumont
• 79. 27th Inniskilling Memorial
• 80. Ferme de Mont-Saint-Jean
• 81. Église Saint-Étienne, Braine l’Alleud
• 82. The Gordon Monument
• 83. The Wounded Eagle
• 84. Hotel du Lion d’Or, Philippeville
• 85. Maison Pâris, Waterloo
• 86. Hotel du Grand Turc, Maubert-Fontaine
• 87. La Porte de Bruxelles, Namur
• 88. Grand-Place, Brussels
• 89. Porte de Paris, Cambrai
• 90. Eagle House, Broadstairs
• 91. 16 St James’s Square, London
• 92. Pont sur la Boulogne, Rocheservière
• 93. Église Saint-Joseph, Waterloo
• 94. Cimetière de Bruxelles
• 95. Ferme Poupinet, Le Chesney
• 96. Château de Malmaison
• 97. Musée Napoléonien, l’Île d’Aix
• 98. Plymouth Sound
• 99. The Lion Mound
• 100. L’Hôtel des Invalides, Paris
• A Short Selection of Waterloo Guidebooks
• Photo Credits
• Source Notes