Napoleonic Wars Discussion

[Druzhina]

Here are my Napoleonic Links on a new site:
The Prusso-Saxon Army at Jena 14th October 1806 by Peter Hofschröer.
Infantry Skirmishing in the Napoleonic Wars by Peter Hofschröer.
Napoleonic Skirmishing In Practice by Peter Hofschröer.
The White Uniforms of the French Army, 1806-1807 Described by Guy C. Dempsey Jr., illustrated by R. J. Marrion.
Spanish Napoleonic Uniforms. & Spanish Uniforms of Joseph Bonaparte's Army
Uniforms Of Spanish Units At Talavera
Uniforms of Archduke Charles' Legion by Ken Bunger
18th & 19th Century Württemberg Uniform Plates by Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger
Map and Orders of Battle for Wagram 1809 from Armies On The Danube by Bowden & Tarbox
The Great Cavalry Battle Of Liebertwolkwitz (14th October, 1813) by Peter Hofschröer.
Full corrected OCR text of "1815, Waterloo" by Henry Houssaye, 1905.
Netherlands Infantry Uniforms 1813 to 1831, (or in Dutch).
Full corrected OCR text of "The battle of Wavre and Grouchy's retreat; a study of an obscure part of the Waterloo campaign" by Hyde Kelly 1905.  Includes 3 maps (2.7MB).
. Map of Wavre by Johnston (0.8MB).
. Map of Wavre by Siborne (1.9MB).
Pictures of Buildings on the Waterloo Battlefield including:
. Belle Alliance and la Haie Sainte
. Frischermont, Papelotte and Plancenoit
. Hougoumont

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

 

[Vicccard]

Even if they won at Waterloo, the French would have had a hell of a fight ahead of them what with the armies of Russia and Austria already on their way. He'd have to repeat Austerlitz.

I can't help but feel if they had won that war, though, it would have established a fairly permanent peace.

And the Spanish and Piedmontense. Don't forget about those.

I have always wondered what would have happened if Napoleon had won the waterloo campaign. Winning the battle of Waterloo would have been possible, but it still would have cost him a large part of his army in casualties.

No, I think that if Ney had took control of Quatre-bras on the 15th of June, as he was supposed to do, and allowed D'erlon to march to Napoleons aide at Ligny, the campaign would have been completely lost. Wellington would have to march his army, on the 16th, all the way around back to Quatre-bras to attack Ney's troops who, by then, would have been fully set up to receive an attack. During this march Napoleon would have had all the time to defeat Blücher who could expect no help from the Allied army of Wellington.

And this is when we assume Wellington wouldn't turn tail and retreat northwards, which is what I consider more likely then a presumably useless attack on Ney at Quatre-bras.

And the best thing is that this would have happened if the 2nd NL division had followed Wellingtons order to retreat and regroup more eastwards, basicly pulling a huge gap between him and Blücher.