The Waterloo Campaign, 1815

THE
WATERLOO CAMPAIGN
1815
WILLIAM SIBORNE
Captain, Half Pay, Unattached, Constructor of the Waterloo Model
FIFTH EDITION
WESTMINSTER ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO., LTD. 1900
PREFACE.
BY common consent, this Work is regarded as the best comprehensive account in the English language of the Waterloo Campaign. Even those who differ from the Author upon particular points, most cordially admit the general accuracy and fulness of his History. It is charmingly written, is graphic yet precise, and abundantly witnesses to the Author's most strenuous endeavour to do justice to every one who took part in that great Conflict.
This Work will henceforth be a household book amongst the Teutonic race; and all who read it will gain a very clear insight into the methods of Military Strategy as they were practised by the great Captains of that Age.
It is impossible to repress one's admiration of the heroic bravery displayed in this brief Campaign: whether amongst the Allies at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, or by the Imperial Guard at Planchenoit, or by the Prussians at Ligny, Wavre, and Le Chesnay.
The reader must be good enough to observe that a Prussian Brigade then equalled in numbers a French or an English Division.