Battle of Waterloo 1815 (Napoleon Vs Wellington)

the Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815 after the 6th collisions occupation of Paris Napoleon abdicated as French Emperor and was exiled to alper island that monarchy was reinstated and lure the 18th grand King but his reign suit became unpopular but where if his appeal and with many soldiers still loves him Napoleon escaped from Elba landed in France and gain support marched into Paris King Louie fled and large crowds welcome back the former emperor despite his offers a piece as 7th carolien of Prussia Britain Austria and Russia was formed to overthrow Napoleon and they agree to march on Paris Napoleon looked pre-emptive attacks to prevent the coalition forces from united against him at Lille a Prussian army were defeated but not destroyed Napoleon then headed to the village of Waterloo where the British were waiting the French led by Napoleon had around 78 thousand soldiers fourteen thousand cavalry and 250 cannons commanded by the Duke of Wellington the British had about 80,000 soldiers including Germans and Dutch 10,000 cavalry and a hundred fifty cannons Willington sent soldiers to occupy the farm houses of huger months and LaHaye st. the remains of the Prussian army around 50,000 men that were going to join Wellington had not yet arrived and were marching to Waterloo the battle started at 11:00 a.m. with the French Foreign can expand thirty minutes later French units advance towards the farmhouse but they came under attack from Whittington's German soldiers hiding in trees in front of the building more French were needed to clear the woods but the British still held the house and was shooting from behind garden walls Wellington ordered artillery to support the position but instead of targeting the infantry British guns fired and the fridge cannons in their attempt to surround human a group of French soldiers forced open the Louvre engaged gaining access to the complex a fierce battle ensued before the fridges were finally able to close the gate the French that gained entry were all killed the cannon fire that started at huger must spread across the battlefield about 1:00 p.m. Napoleon Alton his grand battery to launch a concentrated attack against the Allied center as most an odd men were behind a high ridge this failed to cause significant loss around this time the Prussians started appearing in the distance Napoleon believed he could beat Wellington before they arrived but as a precaution said the cavalry units to cover his right flank after 30 minutes of intense artillery fire Napoleon ordered his infantry to attack the allied right and center around 18,000 men in three columns began marching towards Wellington's line the large formation was an easy target for British cannons and inflicted losses on the advance and soldiers a unit of French began attacking the recently reinforced glass a same farm the rest continued advancing and as they approached the ridge allied soldiers at the front fled but the rest of Wellington's men were waiting behind and as the French came over the high ground the British fired and then charging bayonets the French suffered severe losses but still outnumber their opponents suddenly British heavy cavalry appeared hit by over 2,000 forces the French formation collapsed and they began to retreat the cavalry cut through the fleeing soldiers and quickly killed large numbers infused with their success they continued up to the French canons slaughtering the Gunners but out of position and unprotected the cavalry were open to attack Napoleon's infantry began shooting at them and French Lancers raced out to join the attack many British horsemen were killed and the rest were only saved when a light cavalry unit came to their rescue with the Prussians approaching Napoleon sent all men in cavalry to stop them he also ordered further attempts to gain possession of both human and LaHaye saints although these efforts were unsuccessful needing victory before the Prussians arrived the French commander marshal ney decided a cavalry charge might break the Allied line French artillery resumed firing as five thousand horsemen lined up in response Wellington arranged his soldiers into difference of squares with his own horses placed behind at 4:00 p.m. the cavalry charged when the French came within range British cannons followed killing many that charged continued over the ridge with our met with a volley from the a light squares and British cavalry behind targeted stray Raiders unable to break the squares the French pullback regrouped and attacked again but with the same result this tactic was repeated at least six times and despite while cavalry joining in the squares remained unbroken with losses mounting and without success the covering withdrew at about 6 p.m. the Prussians arrived and were attacking French positions near their right flank and also from behind at plants in while village with you the months still untaken Napoleon ordered ney to capture the hay Sainz after a short battle and the structure society the defenders retreated cannons were moved there and began it in the Allied center still in square formation they incurred heavy losses it was 7 p.m. with the arid center under fire they requested soldiers for another attack after plants my had been secured Napoleon gave ney the last of his infant reserve his elite soldiers the Imperial Guards marching towards allied lines in squares the guard won't blast allied infantry began attacking the flanks walked in their advance but the sensor continued forward on Wellington's order a unit of British that had been keeping low behind the ridge rose up and fired a volley into the Imperial Guards then charged with bayonets the French fled the site of the retreat and guards collapsed the morale of Napoleon's army and most started to flee seeing the French in disarray Wellington all these men to advance and they began attacking the remaining French soldiers Napoleon and the majority of his army fled the battlefield at the end of the battle the British and Prussians had combined losses of around 23,000 men the French lost 25,000 with many more taken prisoner this was a victory for the British Waterloo was Napoleon's final defeat captured by the British shortly after he was perfectly exiled to the island of st. Helena the British Empire gained new territories and Wellington would go on to become British Prime Minister Europe remained at peace for another forty years until the Crimean War [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Length: 7min 47sec (467 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 27 2019