Do you know Waterloo? The battle in 10 key moments.

Do you know Waterloo? The battle in 10 key moments.
After having crossed the Sambre at Charleroi (June 15, 1815), Napoleon, to prevent Wellington from aiding Blücher, sent against him Ney, who, too slow, allowed the English to entrench himself at Quatre Bras, attacked them vainly on the 16th, and could not prevent them from retreating to the plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean, south of the village of Waterloo.
Napoleon, who charged Grouchy to pursue Blücher, beaten but not crushed on 16 in Ligny, goes against Wellington, in front of which he arrives on the 17th, but that he differs from attacking because of the torrential rain, delay which will allow Blücher to join his ally.
Battle of Waterloo
The battle begins on June 18, around noon, by the attack of the body of Reille on the castle of Hougoumont, in order to divert the attention of the center, where Napoleon wants to carry his effort with Ney. The latter starts off at 2 pm and, if he can take off Papelotte's farm and approach Mont-Saint-Jean, he fails on his left in front of the Haie-Sainte farm, then is driven back to south of the hollow road of Ohain to Braine-l'Alleud, by the English cavalry, which reaches the batteries of the Belle-Alliance.
The charges of the Milhaud squadrons then reject the British, but Bülow, with Blücher's vanguard, approaches, and the reserve corps of Mouton must be sent against him, which is repulsed and loses Plancenoit at about six o'clock.
Meanwhile, Ney, believing in a beginning of withdrawal of Wellington, launched against Hougoumont and Haie-Sainte the squadrons of Milhaud and Lefebvre-Desnouettes, which approach the squares of the English infantry. This one, well held in hand by Wellington, who gains there its nickname of "Duke of iron", remains unshakeable.
Napoleon engaged Kellermann's horse guard and cavalry corps, which failed in their turn.
Ney then launched his infantry, which removed the Holy Hague, but he could not get reinforcements from the Emperor, who kept his reserves because of the arrival of Blücher on his right and which made resume Plancenoit by the Old Guard . Only then did Napoleon consent to engage her against Wellington; but, flanked by the cavalry of Zieten and crushed by a fire of hell, she recoils, which causes the disbandment of the other troops, that discouraged the arrival of Blücher while they waited for Grouchy.
The Old Guard forms the squares, refusing to surrender (Cambronne, in one of the squares, would have launched his famous word). Napoleon ordered the retreat on Genappe, then left the command to Jerome Bonaparte, to win Paris as soon as possible.
The disaster will cause the final fall of the Emperor.

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Super bien fait, bravo.

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Traduction en langue anglaise.

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On comprend bien

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Merci ça m'a aider

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Avec plaisir👍

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C est bien expliqué

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C'est gentil merci. J'envisage d'autres batailles, à suivre...