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Battle of Waterloo and the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte...
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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, July, 1815* Battle of Waterloo
* Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte
* Duke of Wellington
Certainly the most significant item in this issue is the detailed account of the battle of Waterloo and the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Under the heading "France" is a lengthy report which begins: "The second abdication of the Throne of France by Napoleon [Bonaparte] was alluded to in our last number, & has since received full confirmation. We must, however, take up the tread of our Abstract at the period immediately following the great Battle of Waterloo. After witnessing the irretrievable rout of his troops in the dreadful engagement on the 18th..." with much more, further on the detailed account prefaced with: "...but we shall here quit our Abstract for a moment and quote the French account verbatim..." and what follows is the French account of Waterloo. This report takes over two full pages (see photos for portions).
There is a wide variety of other content within this issue including some news from the United States under the heading "America".
One of the two plates called for is present.
Full title/index page which is very slightly close-trimmed at the right margin but causing no loss (other than the loss shown on the title page). Complete in 96 pages, measures 5 by 8 inches and in very nice clean condition save for minor foxing.
wikipedia notes: In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815[5] near Waterloo, Belgium) forces of the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington. It was the decisive battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Bonaparte's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French, and marked the end of Napoleon's Hundred Days of return from exile.
Upon Napoleon's return to power in 1815, many states that had opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilise armies. Two large forces assembled close to the northeastern border of France, consisting of a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher, and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the Coalition. The decisive engagement of this three-day Waterloo Campaign (16 June - 19 June 1815) occurred at the Battle of Waterloo. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life."[6]
Napoleon delayed giving battle until noon on 18 June to allow the ground to dry. Wellington's army, positioned across the Brussels road on the Mont St Jean escarpment, withstood repeated attacks by the French, until, in the evening, the Prussians arrived in force and broke through Napoleon's right flank. At that moment, the British counter-attacked and drove the French army in disorder from the field. Pursuing Coalition forces entered France and restored Louis XVIII to the French throne. Napoleon abdicated, surrendering to the British, and was exiled to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.
The battlefield is in present-day Belgium, about eight miles (12 km) SSE of Brussels, and about a mile (2 km) from the town of Waterloo. The site of the battlefield is today dominated by a large mound of earth, the Lion's Hillock. As this mound used earth from the battlefield itself, the original topography has not been preserved.
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