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3 de may. de 2024 · Marshal Marquis de Grouchy: On 16 June 1815, at the Battle of Ligny , in command of the French Cavalry Reserve: I Cavalry Corps, II Cavalry Corps, the l'Héritier division (detached from III Cavalry Corps) and IV Cavalry Corps.
3 de may. de 2024 · Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815), Napoleon’s final defeat at the hands of the duke of Wellington’s combined allied army and a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher. The battle, fought south of Waterloo, Belgium, ended 23 years of recurrent warfare between France and the other powers of Europe.
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Hace 14 horas · During the Hundred Days he was IV Corps Commander and was placed under the orders of Marshal Grouchy who was ordered to seek the retreating Prussian Army after the Battle of Ligny on 16th June. Gérard famously implored Grouchy to 'March to the sound of the Guns' at Waterloo, a request declined by Grouchy who continued his search for the Prussians.
Grouchy attacked the Prussians at Wavre following his orders from Napoleon. He didn't know Blücher was on the way to Wellington at Waterloo. And even if Napoleon had won Waterloo. He would have the survivors of the Allied army as well as massive Austrian and Russian armies approaching.
21 de abr. de 2024 · This is one of the lesser known, but theoretically important actions during the Waterloo campaign, with Marshal Grouchy pursuing the Prussians north to Wavre to try and prevent them joining up with Wellington's Army at Waterloo.
Hace 2 días · During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which, together with a Prussian Army under Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Wellington's battle record is exemplary; he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career.
Hace 1 día · Map of the Waterloo campaign. Napoleon took the reserve of the Army of the North, and reunited his forces with those of Ney to pursue Wellington's army, after he ordered Marshal Grouchy to take the right wing of the Army of the North and stop the Prussians regrouping.
