Field of Glory (Kirov Series Book 32) by John Schettler

Author:John Schettler [Schettler, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: The Writing Shop Press
Published: 2017-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Wellington was correct in his assumption that it would take the French Army some time to get itself sorted out. When Napoleon came forward to Maison di Roi, he could observe that the British had deployed their forces in a wide V centered on La Belle Alliance, with both flanks refused. The right ran through Hougoumont to Braine l’Alleud, and the left along the road from La Belle Alliance to Papelotte. The scarcity of cavalry had forced this upon Wellington. The Dutch had come up from Nivelles with the Brigades of Trip, Ghigny, Merlin, and Collaert’s Brunswickers, and he assigned two to each flank.

Meanwhile, Napoleon adopted a similar deployment, moving all of Reille’s 2nd Corps to the left of the main road, about where it had been at the Battle of Waterloo. In the center, astride the main road, Berthezen’s division of Vandamme’s 3rd Corps was lined up with the Guard Artillery, and Vandamme’s other two divisions were deployed through Placenoit and beyond. Murat had gone up to Maransart to find a better place to cross the marshy banked stream. It was also taking Vandamme time to get through the woods behind Placenoit. The rest of the Guard was in the center, astride the main road.

It took until 03:00 PM before most formations would be close to completing their deployment, and D’Erlon still had three of his four divisions on the road north of Genappe.

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