The battle of Waterloo - role of Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte
- Created by: JKing13
- Created on: 08-02-18 15:46
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- The Battle of Waterloo
- The Duke of Wellington
- Prepared to defend his position
- Was successful in holding out defeat until the Prussian Army arrived
- He used squares for defence with cannons - hard to break
- He switched eventually to attack tics - melee ensued
- The cavalry were deployed to discourage desertion
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Suffering from piles and irritability he was unable to make proper decisions and assess the battle field
- He used 33,000 men to slow the Prussians, they returned late and exausted
- He delayed the start as he believed the battlefield was too muddy for cavalry
- His unsuccessful attempt to attack Hougoumont had tied up half of his infantry
- Late in the afternoon he launched another attack when he could have withdrawn
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