The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy's Retreat. A Study of an Obscure part of the Waterloo Campaign. With Maps and Plans.
The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy's Retreat. A Study of an Obscure part of the Waterloo Campaign. With Maps and Plans. The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy's Retreat. A Study of an Obscure part of the Waterloo Campaign. With Maps and Plans. The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy's Retreat. A Study of an Obscure part of the Waterloo Campaign. With Maps and Plans. The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy's Retreat. A Study of an Obscure part of the Waterloo Campaign. With Maps and Plans. The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy's Retreat. A Study of an Obscure part of the Waterloo Campaign. With Maps and Plans.
£125.00

London: John Murray. 1905.

First edition. 8vo. 218x140mm. pp. viii, [iv], 170. 2pp. undated advertisements. Three folding coloured maps. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover. Grey dust-jacket, lower cover, corners and head of spine torn with loss, general soiling and edgewear but it is rare to find the dust jacket at all.
The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 18-19 June 1815 between the Prussian rearguard under the command of General Johann von Thielmann and three corps of the French army under the command of Marshal Grouchy.