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in the summer of 1815, napoleon found himself again facing wellington, this time in belgium. he intended to divide the prussian and british armies and destroy them in detail. on june 16th, napoleon led half his army into battle against the prussians at ligny while ney led the other half against the british at quatre bras. two days later, napoleon faced wellington for the last time. after the battle of ligny and quatre bras, napoleon advanced on the british army which was concentrated at mont st. jean, belgium. the british had arrayed their forces in a defensive posture on a slight ridge that overlooked a marshy valley. wellington had anchored his right flank on a stone farmhouse called chateau de hougoumont. in the center of his line was another farmhouse know as la haye saint. both of these farmhouses had almost been converted into fortresses, giving the british excellent defensive strongpoints. on the day of the battle, napoleon launched a three pronged attack on the anglo-dutch positions. fearing that any sort of a flanking assault would bog down in the valley, napoleon decided to concentrate the majority of his forces in an attempt to break wellingtons center and intended to launch only pinning attacks on the british left and right wings. the french offensive began on the british right flank at the chateau. held by only 4 light companies of british guards, the chateau became the focal point of vicious, close-range fighting. desperate attack followed desperate attack until virtually all of prince jeromes division, and almost half of the rest of reilles corps, was involved in the fight. wellington, seeing the mass of uncommitted french troops opposite his center, resisted the temptation to reinforce the chateaus defenders and chose to save his reserves for the upcoming frontal assault.at 130 that afternoon, the main french assault began. under the cover of an 80 gun barrage, 3 french divisions charged through the valley and up the slop...
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in the summer of 1815, napoleon found himself again facing wellington, this time in belgium. he intended to divide the prussian and british armies and destroy them in detail. on june 16th, napoleon led half his army into battle against the prussians at ligny while ney led the other half against the british at quatre bras. two days later, napoleon faced wellington for the last time. after the battle of ligny and quatre bras, napoleon advanced on the british army which was concentrated at mont st. jean, belgium. the british had arrayed their forces in a defensive posture on a slight ridge that overlooked a marshy valley. wellington had anchored his right flank on a stone farmhouse called chateau de hougoumont. in the center of his line was another farmhouse know as la haye saint. both of these farmhouses had almost been converted into fortresses, giving the british excellent defensive strongpoints. on the day of the battle, napoleon launched a three pronged attack on the anglo-dutch positions. fearing that any sort of a flanking assault would bog down in the valley, napoleon decided to concentrate the majority of his forces in an attempt to break wellingtons center and intended to launch only pinning attacks on the british left and right wings. the french offensive began on the british right flank at the chateau. held by only 4 light companies of british guards, the chateau became the focal point of vicious, close-range fighting. desperate attack followed desperate attack until virtually all of prince jeromes division, and almost half of the rest of reilles corps, was involved in the fight. wellington, seeing the mass of uncommitted french troops opposite his center, resisted the temptation to reinforce the chateaus defenders and chose to save his reserves for the upcoming frontal assault.at 130 that afternoon, the main french assault began. under the cover of an 80 gun barrage, 3 french divisions charged through the valley and up the slop...
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