Waterloo: The Defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard: Henry Clinton, the 2nd Division and the End of a 200-Year-Old Controversy

by Gareth Glover

This is the most detailed account of the 2nd Division at Waterloo ever published. It is based on the papers of its commander Sir Henry Clinton and it reveals for the first time the previously unrecognized vital role this division made in the defeat of Napoleon. It explains how the division was placed ahead of the main allied squares thus impeding the charges of the French cavalry, and how the 2nd Division supported the defense of Hougoumont, considered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848327447
• ISBN13: 9781848327443
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"