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Napoleons Retreat From Moscow by Adolf Northern. No text for this item |
The Arrival of General von Bulow by Richard Knotel. The picture shows Prussian troops cheering the arrival of General von Bulow after they had routed the French army. |
Le General Lasalle, Commandant La Brigade Infernal by Benigni. Lassalle, shown here on Campaign in Prussia 1806. He was killed in the charge at the Battle of Wagram (1809) at the age of 34. |
Incident at Waterloo by Robert Hillingford. Sir Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, is wounded in the knee at the closing stages of the battle, in later years his nickname became One Leg. |
Napoleon on Campaign by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier. Showing Napoleon and his Generals, often referred to as the Retreat From Moscow. |
Petit Poste de Grand Garde, Hussars of the 8th Regiment by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier. A scouting party of the 8th regiment of Hussars in Napoleons First Empire army are seen resting their horses and in discussion. |
The Capture of General Cambronne by Richard Knotel. Depicting Colonel Hugh Halkett and the German Landwehr battalion Osnabruck capturing General Cambronne. |
Steady the Drums and Fifes by Lady Elizabeth Butler. The drummer boys of the 57th (die-hards) drawn up under fire on the ridge of Albuera, (16th May 1811), Peninsula war. |
Evening of Waterloo by Ernest Crofts. The French army is in a route, and Napoleon is urged to leave the Battle Field, while the Old Guards protect his carriage. |
La Charge (Donop's Cavalry at Waterloo) by Mark Churms. Baron de Donops Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, 5.30pm, 18th June 1815. After four hours of fighting, the squadrons of Napoleon's 3rd Cavalry Corps finally join the massed assaults on the battered allied infantry squares. With the 42 year old marechal de camp Frederic-Guillaume de Donop at their head, the 2nd and 3rd Cuirassier Regiments break from a trot into a canter as they clear the ridge. The heavy cavalry are smashed against the steadfast bayonets of the redcoats and countercharged by light horsemen. In one of these encounters the general himself is terribly wounded and falls from his horse. His son (aide-de-camp) is also injured. Both are reported missing and presumed captured. Although the general's body is not found,it is certain that he met his death in the muddy fields of Waterloo alongside many of his brigade. In 1895 his name is inscribed on the north face of L'Arc de Triomphe in Paris in recognition of his service to France. |
Courage (Marshal Ney) by Eugene Chaperon. Marshal Ney encourages the French troops of the 95th Infantry (Brues brigade) which had fallen back in good order around its Eagle. Marshal Ney shouts to, them Come and see how a marshal of France Dies, near the closing stages of the battle of Waterloo. |
Un Jour de Revue sons L Empire en 1810 by H Bellange. No text for this item |
51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Light Infantry at Waterloo June 1815. by Brian Palmer. No text for this item |
The Bloody Eleventh by David Rowlands. The 11th (North Devon) Regiment at the Battle of Salamanca, 22nd July 1812. |
An Incident During the Peninsula War by Robert Hillingford. No text for this item |
The Battle of Hanau by Horace Vernet. The campaign of Leipzig forced Napoleon to retire to the west of the Rhine, in the course of which he defeated a force of Germans at Hanau near Frankfurt on 30th October 1813. |
The Prussian Trumpeter by Richard Knotel. No text for this item |
Badajoz by Mark Churms. On the night of 6th April 1812 Wellingtons Army, surrounding the walled Spanish town of Badajoz (garrisoned by Napoleons soldiers under general Baron Philippon) is ready to attack! The men of the 45th regiment from Pictons 3rd Division launch themselves in a desperate and bloody assault against the north castle wall. Carrying improvised ladders, the men have their top buttons undone, overalls rolled up and are stripped for action. The castles defenders (Germans, allied to Napoleon of the Graf und Erbprinz Regiment from Hesse-Darmstadt) partroling the walls in their greatcoats are intially surprised by the bold assault from this sector but they have been preparing the strong defenses for some time. Soon the night air is full of musketry, falling masonry, burning bundles of ropes and exploding grenades or mines. Despite the horrific casualties suffered the attackers press home. As the first scaling ladders are raised near a small bell tower the young Lt. James Macpherson reaches for the top of the wall. The ladders are too short! Undaunted he cries to his men below to lift the base of the ladder closer to the wall. This rapid, vertical movement suddenly propels him to a height several feet above the Germans heads. A shot rings out as one of the defenders fires point blank into the young mans chest. Fortunately the lead ball only strikes a glancing blow, cleaving in two a button of the officers waist coat and dislocating one of his ribs. Despite his fortunate escape, the force of the impact nearly sends him tumbling from the ladder. Somehow he maintains his grasp but the ladder itself gives way under the weight of the men following. Some unfortunates are impaled on the bayonets of their comrades below. Leaping from the rungs of another ladder, Corporal Kelly is the first man over the top and gradually the 45th gain a foothold on the ramparts. The rest of the regiment is ordered to unfix bayonets. Using the few remaining ladders, others also manage to scale the walls. Through the carnage they climb, club and shoot their way into the castle itself! Maepherson now regains consciousness at the foot of the wall and revived with a cup of coco from his friend A.A. General Hercules Packenham, who was directly behind him on the ladder when it broke. Though winded by the shot he rises to his feet. This sudden movement relocates his rib and he is able to climb the ladders once more. Once over the defense he sees the old towers of Apendez and Albar-rana to his left and the cathedral illuminated by gun fire in the distance. However his objective is directly ahead. Atop the abandoned tower of Santa Maria before him still flies the French tricolour. Macplierson seizes the opportunity, mounts the spiral stairway to the top turret and pulls down the enemy flag. For want of a substitute he flies his own red jacket from the pole, signifying that the castle has fallen. In the rest of the town the fighting continues and turns into a blood lust. Badajoz is one of the bloodiest and violent sieges of the Peninsula War. On the following day Maepherson presents his trophy to the Duke of Wellington himself but his bravery is not rewarded with a promotion. |
Fight for the Standard by Richard Ansdell. Depicting sergeant Ewart dispatching a French cavalryman on his way back with the Eagle and Standard captured from the French 45th Regiment of Foot. |
Arrival of the Horse Artillery at Eylau by Benigni. Depicting Napoleon overlooking the arrival of the Guard Horse Artillery. |
Battle of Roveredo by William Clarkson Stanfield. Roveredo is a small town 30 miles south of Trent in the Adige valley, this was the scene of an engagement between the advance formations of the army of Italy (10,200 strong) commanded by Massena and the larger part of Davidovitchs Austrian force (14,000 strong) general Wurmser had entrusted Davidovitch to defend the area around Trent, while the main Austrian army headed east and South in an attempt to relieve besieged Mantua. The 14,000 Austrians deployed between the road Junction of Roveredo and the village of Marco. The French captured the main position by sending one brigade to outflank Marco. During the battle the French forces took 6,000 Prisoners and 20 artillery pieces for the loss of a few hundred men. |
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