L'auteur de ce livre était le commandant de la troupe « G », Royal Horse Artillery, dans l'armée de Wellington, qui a noté des notes sur les événements de la journée chaque soir. Il s'agit d'un compte rendu de ce qu'il a vu et ressenti en quittant Colchester pour la Belgique le 8 avril 1815 jusqu'à son dernier en Angleterre à la fin de janr 1816. C'est un récit remarquable et convaincant, surtout des trois jours qui ont mis fin à la carrière de Napoléon. La troupe de Mercer était à Quatre Bras, où il a descendu quelques tours à Napoléon lui-même, et à Waterloo. Il y a des descriptions graphiques des batailles et de sa tournée sur le champ de bataille le lendemain, avec ses scènes épouvantables de carnage et la vue des habitants pillant les morts, et les pas tout à fait morts. C'est un exemple exceptionnel de la littérature des guerres napoléoniennes, et il a une rareté comme mémoire d'un officier d'artillerie, et d'un commandant de troupe à cela.
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Journal of the Waterloo Campaign is one of the most eloquent and impressive first-hand accounts of Napoleon Bonaparte’s dramatic demise.
It is a true classic of the literature of the Napoleonic Wars.
Taking us from the lulls and hard marching in Belgium and France, to the battle of Quatre Bras (where Mercer fired a few rounds at Napoleon himself), and finally to the ferocious fighting at Waterloo and Mercer’s own bold contribution to the larger Allied victory.
'The book is essential for any study of the Waterloo campaign' – Philip J. Haythornthwaite, leading military historian.
Captain Cavalie Mercer (1783-1868), commander of G troop of the Royal Horse Artillery in Wellington’s army, was a skilled writer who recorded the day’s events each evening in vivid and poetic detail. Never before or since has the experience of the entire campaign been brought so thoroughly to life.
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Journal of the Waterloo Campaign: All Volumes is an amazing first hand account of the campaign. General Cavalie Mercer's masterpiece is one of the most cited accounts of Waterloo. This version contains both volumes.
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Vendeur : Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, Royaume-Uni
Etat : New. 2003 N & M Press reprint (original pub 1870). in two vols. xx i+ 369pp & vi i+ 347pp sb Published Price £22 The author of this book was commander of âGâ Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, in Wellingtonâs army, who jotted down notes on the events of the day each evening. It is an account of what he saw and felt from leaving Colchester for Belgium on 8 April 1815 to his final return to England at the end of January 1816. It is a remarkable and compelling account, especially of the three days which ended the career of Napoleon. Mercerâs troop was at Quatre Bras, where he got off a few rounds at Napoleon himself, and at Waterloo. There are graphic descriptions of the battles and of his tour over the battlefield the day after, with its appalling scenes of carnage and the sight of the locals looting the dead, and the not-quite dead. It is an outstanding example of the literature of the Napoleonic wars, and it has a rarity as the memoir of an artillery officer, and a troop commander at that. N° de réf. du vendeur 6826
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