Paris 2 Elba 1 The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred... 35 KB (4,030 words) - 18:39, 26 March 2024 |
Quatre Bras ([kat.ʁə bʁɑ], French for crossroads; literally "four arms") is a hamlet in the municipality of Genappe, Wallonia, Belgium. It lies on the... 2 KB (175 words) - 13:41, 13 May 2023 |
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815 at Quatre Bras in the Belgian region of Wallonia. The numbers following each... 28 KB (345 words) - 05:17, 30 April 2024 |
Black Brunswickers (category Freikorps of the Napoleonic Wars) decade, taking part in several significant battles including the prelude to the Battle of Waterloo, at Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815, where the Duke lost his... 28 KB (3,417 words) - 15:19, 22 March 2024 |
the left wing of Napoleon's Armée du Nord under Marshal Michel Ney and Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army Quatre Bras order of battle Quatre Bras: Stalemate on... 899 bytes (161 words) - 01:19, 3 December 2023 |
Wellington: The Battle of Quatre Bras is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1979 that simulates the Battle of Quatre Bras. In 1815... 10 KB (1,387 words) - 00:28, 24 June 2023 |
Lion's Mound (redirect from Hill of the Lion) Battle of Quatre Bras, which had been fought two days earlier, on 16 June 1815. The engineer Jean-Baptiste Vifquain conceived of it as a symbol of the Allied... 14 KB (1,428 words) - 16:19, 26 March 2024 |
1815, at the Battle of Quatre Bras. The battle, part of the Waterloo Campaign of the Hundred Days, was just two days prior to the Battle of Waterloo. The... 5 KB (461 words) - 06:08, 23 April 2024 |
the bulk of which was at Quatre Bras. Napoleon wanted to advance in the centre of the Prussian position at Fleurus and decide the battle with a final... 47 KB (5,923 words) - 12:55, 15 April 2024 |
Hundred Days (redirect from War of the Seventh Coalition) at the Battle of Quatre Bras and Napoleon defeating Blücher at the Battle of Ligny. On 17 June, Napoleon left Grouchy with the right wing of the French... 66 KB (7,527 words) - 13:27, 15 April 2024 |
of Richmond's Ball was a ball hosted by Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond in Brussels on 15 June 1815, the night before the Battle of Quatre Bras... 46 KB (5,264 words) - 15:49, 22 April 2024 |
Waterloo campaign (section Quatre Bras) at the Battle of Quatre Bras and Napoleon defeating Blücher at the Battle of Ligny. On 17 June, Napoleon left Grouchy with the right wing of the French... 60 KB (7,123 words) - 15:15, 26 April 2024 |
the Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo. Among the guests are James and Anne Trenchard, who are living on the profits of newfound... 20 KB (1,149 words) - 20:20, 17 April 2024 |
South Essex Regiment (redirect from Prince of Wales' Own Volunteers) Honour) Battle of Nivelle, 1813 (Sharpe's Regiment) Battle of Toulouse, 1814 (Sharpe's Revenge) Battle of Waterloo, and Battle of Quatre Bras, 1815 (Sharpe's... 10 KB (1,319 words) - 22:56, 11 January 2024 |
service of the king of the Netherlands. He fought at the Battle of Quatre Bras and the Battle of Waterloo where he commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd... 17 KB (1,386 words) - 21:18, 6 April 2024 |
Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque (category People of the Battle of Waterloo) countermanded the order of the Duke of Wellington to evacuate Dutch troops from Quatre Bras on the eve of the Battle of Quatre Bras, thereby preventing Marshal... 24 KB (3,192 words) - 05:59, 14 April 2024 |
Willem Frederik van Bylandt (category People of the Battle of Waterloo) brigade at the Battle of Quatre Bras and the Battle of Waterloo. Bylandt was born at The Hague, the son of major-general Alexander count of Bylandt and Anne... 11 KB (1,429 words) - 14:11, 8 October 2023 |
simulates the Battle of Quatre Bras, one of the engagements leading to the Battle of Waterloo. Quatre Bras was originally published as one of four games in the... 7 KB (810 words) - 01:03, 15 December 2023 |
he commanded the 2nd Guards Brigade at the Battle of Quatre Bras in June 1815 and again at the Battle of Waterloo later that month when light companies... 19 KB (1,682 words) - 14:36, 8 April 2024 |
major historical battles in Napoleon's Waterloo campaign (The Battle of Ligny, Battle of Quatre-Bras, Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of Wavre), as well... 3 KB (283 words) - 18:54, 21 October 2023 |
Dutch 7th Infantry Battalion (category Army units and formations of Belgium) both the Battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated by the Anglo-allied army commanded by the Duke of Wellington... 4 KB (440 words) - 05:59, 13 February 2024 |
Infantry square (category Tactical formations of the Napoleonic Wars) inflict severe casualties or even destroy the unit completely. The Battle of Quatre Bras (1815) saw several examples, with several British units being surprised... 20 KB (2,629 words) - 20:41, 13 November 2023 |
He was killed by a gunshot at the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June, the night after he had attended the Duchess of Richmond's ball in Brussels and left... 13 KB (986 words) - 12:27, 2 March 2024 |
first real battle, served as commander of the I Allied Corps, first at the Battle of Quatre Bras (16 June 1815) and then at the Battle of Waterloo (18... 27 KB (2,312 words) - 19:29, 13 March 2024 |
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (category Paintings of Napoleon) in which a print of the painting hangs on the wall of a room in which one of the Brunswickers who fought at the Battle of Quatre Bras prepares to leave... 22 KB (2,999 words) - 19:09, 2 May 2024 |
Waterloo Medal (category Battle of Waterloo) battles: Ligny (16 June 1815), Quatre Bras (16 June 1815) and Waterloo (18 June 1815). After the victory at Waterloo, the House of Commons voted that a medal... 12 KB (1,315 words) - 06:09, 13 August 2023 |