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Brian Cote
Western Civilization
15 December 2003
The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo is also called a battle that was full of colossal blunders. The Battle of Waterloo was the last battle of Napoleon Bonaparte. After this battle Napoleon was captured and sent away to live the rest of his life on a tiny British Island called Saint Helena where he was held prisoner. ... At the time before the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was the Emperor of France and had an experienced army at his control. (Reader’s 1)
Napoleon had 128,000 men of good quality. ... The amount of men that participated in the Battle of Waterloo was 72,000 men of good quality for Napoleon. ... So if Napoleon had followed through with his strategy he would have the likliness to have won the battle.
Napoleon had a plan to destroy his enemies the Allies which consisted of the British, Prussians, Russians, Dutch, Saxons, and the Austrians. ... (BBC 1)
Napoleon had his army attack. ... In command of this attack was Napoleon. He defeated the Prussians but he did not totally defeat them because one of his generals General Ney had misinterpreted Napoleon’s command and he stayed at Quatre Bras where the Duke of Wellington had a very small army.
Approximate Word count = 902
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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