Battle of Waterloo – The Battles of Quatre-Bras and Ligny | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022 . Retrieved 1 December 2022. Booth, John (1815), The Battle of Waterloo: Containing the Accounts Published by Authority, British and Foreign, and Other Relevant Documents, with Circumstantial Details, Previous and After the Battle, from a Variety of Authentic and Original Sources (2nded.), London: printed for J. Booth and T. Ergeton; Military Library, Whitehall

Heffernan, Julian Jimenez. "Lying Epitaphs: 'Vanity Fair', Waterloo, and the Cult of the Dead". Victorian Literature and Culture 40#1 (2012): 25–45. Marcelis, David (10 June 2015), "When Napoleon Met His Waterloo, He Was Out of Town", The Wall Street Journal Waterloo was the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon's last. It was also the second bloodiest single day battle of the Napoleonic Wars, after Borodino. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life". [12] Napoleon abdicated four days later, and coalition forces entered Paris on 7 July. The defeat at Waterloo marked the end of Napoleon's Hundred Days return from exile. It precipitated Napoleon's second and definitive abdication as Emperor of the French, and ended the First French Empire. It set a historical milestone between serial European wars and decades of relative peace, often referred to as the Pax Britannica. In popular culture, the phrase "meeting one's Waterloo" has become an expression for someone suffering a final defeat, as in the ABBA song " Waterloo". At about this time, the Prussian 15th Brigade ( Losthin's [ de]) was sent to link up with the Nassauers of Wellington's left flank in the Frichermont- La Haie area, with the brigade's horse artillery battery and additional brigade artillery deployed to its left in support. [179] Napoleon sent Lobau's corps to stop the rest of Bülow's IV Corps proceeding to Plancenoit. The 15th Brigade threw Lobau's troops out of Frichermont with a determined bayonet charge, then proceeded up the Frichermont heights, battering French Chasseurs with 12-pounder artillery fire, and pushed on to Plancenoit. This sent Lobau's corps into retreat to the Plancenoit area, driving Lobau past the rear of the Armee Du Nord 's right flank and directly threatening its only line of retreat. Hiller's 16th Brigade also pushed forward with six battalions against Plancenoit. [29] [180] Lamar, Glenn J. (2000), Jérôme Bonaparte: The War Years, 1800–1815, Greenwood Press, p.119, ISBN 978-0-313-30997-7Napoleon breakfasted off silver plate at Le Caillou, the house where he had spent the night. When Soult suggested that Grouchy should be recalled to join the main force, Napoleon said, "Just because you have all been beaten by Wellington, you think he's a good general. I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad troops, and this affair is nothing more than eating breakfast". [69] [68] Mantle, Robert (December 2000), Prussian Reserve Infantry 1813–1815: Part II: Organisation, Napoleonic Association . [ bettersourceneeded]

Rethinking Waterloo from Multiple Perspectives" (PDF). European Association of History Education. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. As you can see, there are loads and loads of figures in each of these sets. Both the British and the French are well catered for with these sets and offer up the famous regiments of the time too. This means that you can play out Waterloo or practically any of the major battles from the period. French tirailleurs occupied the dominant positions, especially one on a knoll overlooking the square of the 27th. Unable to break square to drive off the French infantry because of the presence of French cavalry and artillery, the 27th had to remain in that formation and endure the fire of the tirailleurs. That fire nearly annihilated the 27th Foot, the Inniskillings, who lost two thirds of their strength within that three or four hours. [173]Cook, Christopher, Eye witness accounts of Napoleonic warfare, archived from the original on 3 September 2012 With a smaller scale of figures, new-to-historical gamers, looking to move over from bolter, blasters, and space-grunts can see grand battles unfold at their local game days or game conventions. So, for gamers with existing collections in ranges like 10, 15, or even 18mm (Yes, Matt Varnish, I’m looking at you!), adding another scale so close to your existing scale might not be right for you.