The Cavalry that Broke Napoleon
The King’s Dragoon Guards at Waterloo
2016
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6696-2 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6696-2 (ISBN)
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On 18 June 1815, Napoleon and Wellington took to the fields of Waterloo for one final, decisive battle – a battle that would put an end to over two decades of warfare and determine the fate of Europe.
The best-selling author of The Battle, Alessandro Barbero, was asked which action saved Wellington at Waterloo prior to the arrival of the Prussians. He replied: ‘If I should indulge in that game, I’d say the cavalry charge which effectively broke d’Erlon's attack.’ In terms of regiments the greatest contributor to that charge, made by the British heavy cavalry, was the King’s Dragoon Guards (KDG), which fielded nearly half of the Household Brigade’s sabres. This book tells the remarkable story of the KDG before, during and after the battle of Waterloo, drawing on private, unpublished archive material. It concludes by describing the KDGs link to their descendant regiment, 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, of which HRH The Prince of Wales is Colonel-in-Chief.
The best-selling author of The Battle, Alessandro Barbero, was asked which action saved Wellington at Waterloo prior to the arrival of the Prussians. He replied: ‘If I should indulge in that game, I’d say the cavalry charge which effectively broke d’Erlon's attack.’ In terms of regiments the greatest contributor to that charge, made by the British heavy cavalry, was the King’s Dragoon Guards (KDG), which fielded nearly half of the Household Brigade’s sabres. This book tells the remarkable story of the KDG before, during and after the battle of Waterloo, drawing on private, unpublished archive material. It concludes by describing the KDGs link to their descendant regiment, 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, of which HRH The Prince of Wales is Colonel-in-Chief.
RICHARD GOLDSBROUGH was educated at Shrewsbury and Exeter University. After graduating he spent four years serving a short-service commission in the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards. He is the author of 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards: A Brief History of the British Army’s Senior Regiment of the Line and has been published in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.10.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 16 Plates, black and white; 40 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7509-6696-3 / 0750966963 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7509-6696-2 / 9780750966962 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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