Pawly, Ronald (2001), Wellington's Belgian Allies, Men at Arms nr 98. 1815, Osprey, pp.37–43, ISBN 978-1-84176-158-9 The reply is commonly attributed to General Pierre Cambronne, originating from an attribution by the journalist Balison de Rougemont in Journal General published on 24 June 1815,( Shapiro 2006, p.128) although Cambronne claimed he replied " Merde!" ( Boller 1989, p.12) However, according to letters in The Times in June 1932, Cambronne was already a prisoner of Colonel Hugh Halkett, so the retort, if ever given, or in whatever form it took, may have come from General Michel instead. White 2011, and Parry 1900, p.70 Finally, after the main ruleset, the book includes much of the material from Albion Triumphant, Vol 2 The Hundred Days Campaign. Again, the material has been slightly reworked to fit the Epic Battles concept.

Glover, Michael (1973), The Napoleonic Wars: An Illustrated History, 1792–1815, New York: Hippocrene Books, ISBN 978-0-88254-473-1 Shepherd, William R. (1923), "Map of the battlefield", Historical Atlas, New York: Henry Holt and Company The map from the 1911 edition is also available online.Shute, Joe (2 August 2013). "Rescuing the farm where Wellington won the battle of Waterloo". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013 . Retrieved 17 January 2018. Clausewitz, Carl von; Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of (2010), Bassford, Christopher; Moran, Daniel; Pedlow, Gregory W. (eds.), On Waterloo: Clausewitz, Wellington, and the Campaign of 1815., Clausewitz.com, ISBN 978-1453701508 {{ citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) Comte d'Erlon, Jean-Baptiste Drouet (1815), Drouet's account of Waterloo to the French Parliament, Napoleon Bonaparte Internet Guide, archived from the original on 8 October 2007 , retrieved 14 September 2007

Well, that’s my French so far. I am still having fun converting and am constantly being inspired to try new ideas. Having completed about thirty units thus far I have about fifteen more planned. It’s roughly the same for the allies, and I will follow this piece up with an article showcasing these in a few weeks. I hope this was of some inspiration and really do encourage you to do a little research and experiment with the Epic Battles range. The Waterloo position chosen by Wellington was a strong one. It consisted of a long ridge running east–west, perpendicular to, and bisected by, the main road to Brussels. Along the crest of the ridge ran the Ohain road, a deep sunken lane. Near the crossroads with the Brussels road was a large elm tree that was roughly in the centre of Wellington's position and served as his command post for much of the day. Wellington deployed his infantry in a line just behind the crest of the ridge following the Ohain road. [59] L'Armée du Nord". web archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012 . Retrieved 13 April 2020. Visually, the overall appearance of the table is much closer to what a Napoleonic battlefield would have looked like. The campaign of 1815: a study – A fundamental choice: a defensive or offensive war" (PDF). Waterloo Campaign NL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022 . Retrieved 8 April 2020.The alleged remark by Wellington about the alteration of the battlefield as described by Hugo was never documented, however. [246] Map of the battlefield on modern Google map and satellite photographs showing main locations of the battlefield H.A.L. Howell (1924). "The British Medical Arrangements during the Waterloo Campaign". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. SAGE Journals. 17: 39–50. doi: 10.1177/003591572401701703. S2CID 19301006.

The ‘sporting rifles’ used by the rebels in the American Rebellion, had left an indelible impression on the British military hierarchy. as a result in 1797 the 5th battalion of the 60th Royal American Regiment of Foot was equipped with rifles. Later the ‘Experimental Corps of Riflemen’ was formed; this flamboyant name changed in December 1802 to the now-famous 95th regiment of Foot. William Siborne was in possession of a number of eyewitness accounts from generals, such as Uxbridge, down to cavalry cornets and infantry ensigns. This makes his history particularly useful (though only from the British and KGL perspective); some of these eyewitness letters were later published by his son, a British Major General (H. T. Siborne). Parts of William Siborne's account were, and are, highly controversial. The very negative light shed by Siborne on the conduct of the Dutch–Belgian troops during the battle, which it should be said was a reasonably accurate reflection of the opinions of his British informants, prompted a semi-official rebuttal by Dutch historian Captain Willem Jan Knoop in his "Beschouwingen over Siborne's Geschiedenis van den oorlog van 1815 in Frankrijk en de Nederlanden" en wederlegging van de in dat werk voorkomende beschuldigingen tegen het Nederlandsche leger. Breda 1846; 2nd printing 1847. Knoop based his rebuttal on the official Dutch after-battle reports, drawn up within days of the battle, not on twenty-year-old recollections of veterans, as Siborne did. Siborne rejected the rebuttal. 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. Napoleon's seemingly dismissive remark may have been strategic, given his maxim "in war, morale is everything". He had acted similarly in the past, and on the morning of the battle of Waterloo may have been responding to the pessimism and objections of his chief of staff and senior generals. [70] The Battle of Mont-Saint-Jean Alasdair White. The Road to Waterloo: a concise history of the 1815 campaign. Academia. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021 . Retrieved 19 April 2020.a b c Pollard, Tony (17 June 2022). "These spots of excavation tell: using early visitor accounts to map the missing graves of waterloo". Journal of Conflict Archaeology. 16 (2): 75–113. doi: 10.1080/15740773.2021.2051895. ISSN 1574-0773. S2CID 249833895. Van der Aa, Abraham Jacob (1858). "David Hendrik, Baron Chasse". Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Deel 19 (in Dutch). Fletcher, Ian (1999), Galloping at Everything: The British Cavalry in the Peninsula and at Waterloo 1808–15, Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount, ISBN 978-1-86227-016-9

Davies, Huw (2012), Wellington's Wars: The Making of a Military Genius (illustrateded.), Yale University Press, p. 244, ISBN 978-0-300-16417-6 One of the overarching themes of the battles of The Waterloo Campaign is that many took place within built-up areas; as a result, I decided that the first scenario ( The Action at Thuin) would play heavily into this. This relatively small-scale clash between the French and Prussians on 15th June is a great way to ease gamers into playing with some of the more advanced rules that reoccur throughout the book. Once you see these miniatures close up, you get a sense of the amount of detail they have managed to work into these sculpts. I think they look impressive and once you get in those key colours for each army they will really pop on the tabletoBeamish, N. Ludlow (1995) [1832], History of the King's German Legion, Dallington: Naval and Military Press, ISBN 978-0-9522011-0-6