#WaterlooRemembered Day 9: Waterloo: The Forgotten Battle? I speak to Rob Pocock @Campaignsand & Marcus Cribb @mcribbHistory from @ApsleyHouse about museums, monuments and memory of the battle, looking at what we tend to forget about Waterloo. https://anchor.fm/the-napoleonicist/episodes/Waterloo-Remembered-Day-9---Waterloo-The-Forgotten-Battle-efbvrl
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Waterloo Remembered Day 9: The Forgotten Battle?
Waterloo Remembered Day 9: The Forgotten Battle?
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...and the inner coutyard of La Haye Sainte in 1985...
The church of Saint-Amand on the Ligny-battlefield seen from the south...
The old Ferme Gemioncourt at Quatre Bras...
Very interesting read... Here are some "old" photos I took when I first visited the battlefield in 1985...
La Haye Sainte...
I will have another look shortly, unfortunately very busy at present
On 13 April Gneisenau wrote to Wellington “...but you may, my Lord Duke, in the event of an attack, count on all of our available forces here, and we have decided to share the lot of the army under the orders of Your Excellency”, the original was in French of course “maid boys pouvez, my Lord Duc, en cas d’attaque, compter sur l’assistance de toutes nos forces disponsibles ici, et nous sommes décidés à partagerble sort de l’armée sous les ordres de Votre Excellence.” Supplementary Dispatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, KG page 70
I will find the source tomorrow
You are right that Wellington initially planned to stand at Quatre Bras on 17 June, but when he realised that he must retreat he went to his pre-chosen battlefield. The Prussian retreat on Wavre was specifically to maintain contact with Wellington as they knew where he planned to stand. Having informed the Prussians that he was retiring, there was no confusion of where he would fight (if supported)- they knew the location of the battle field without a major description of its location being sent