Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia was a French military commander and statesman. He was a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, and served three times as President o
Portrait of Marshal Soult by George Healy, 1840
Soult's birthplace in Saint-Amans-Soult
Soult as a sergeant of the 23rd Line Infantry Regiment in 1792, by Vincent Nicolas Raverat (1834)
Anonymous portrait of Soult
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, being the last engagement with Napoleon I. The French Imperial Army under the command of Napoleon I was defeated by two armies
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
…Marcial Battle of the Bidassoa Battle of the Nivelle Battle of the Nive Battle of Orthez Battle of Toulouse War of the Seventh Coalition Battle of Ligny Battle of Waterloo Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia (French: ; 29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French military commander and statesman…
The strategic situation in Western Europe in 1815: 250,000 Frenchmen faced about 850,000 allied soldiers on four fronts. In addition, Napoleon was forced to leave 20,000 men in Western France to reduce a royalist insurrection.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, commander of the Anglo-allied army, who had gained notable successes against the French in the Peninsular War
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher commanded the Prussian army, one of the Coalition armies that defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig
Marshal Michel Ney, who exercised tactical control of the greater part of the French forces for most of the battle