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John Elley
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Lieutenant-General Sir John Elley was a British soldier who joined the cavalry as a private and rose to general officer rank. He fought with distinction during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Portrait by William Salter, 1836
Portrait by William Salter, 1836
1821 portrait study of Elley by Jan Willem Pieneman for the painting "Battle of Waterloo", held at the Rijksmuseum.
1821 portrait study of Elley by Jan Willem Pieneman for the painting "Battle of Waterloo", held at the Rijksmuseum.
Battle of Waterloo
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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
John Elley
…the Life Guards during the holding action at Genappe during the Anglo-allied retreat from Quatre Bras to Waterloo. He was severely wounded during the subsequent battle. Sir Walter Scott, in Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk, described his feats at the attack on the escarpment of Mont-Saint-Jean, a ridge to the south of…
Battle of Waterloo
The strategic situation in Western Europe in 1815: 250,000 Frenchmen faced about 850,000 allied soldiers on four fronts. In addition, Napoleon was for
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 Wa
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
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
Marshal Michel Ney, who exercised tactical control of the greater part of the French forces for most of the battle