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A 10 page paper which
examines how and why the Duke of Wellington was successful in winning the Battle of
Waterloo. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
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tensions that had been rising for many years were to converge on one battle field and leave one man, one army, victorious. The man who came out a winner was
the Duke of Wellington, a very powerful man and a powerful character. Of course, Napoleon was an equally powerful man and character, and is perhaps more famous than the man
who came out of Waterloo victorious. With this basic information in mind the following paper first provides a brief description of the battle, and then turns to examining the reasons
why the Duke of Wellington was the victor of this particular battle. The Battle "One of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo was fought in
a small area (some 10km by 4km) on the main road leading south from Brussels. It was the first clash of the Titans - Napoleon Bonaparte versus the Duke of
Wellington - and it was a win all/lose all scenario" (The Napoleonic Guide: Waterloo, 2003). Napoleon is noted for having played brilliant moves in this battle. For one, he "had..outmanouevred
both the Anglo-Allied force of (68,000) under Wellington and the nearby Prussian army of Field Marshal Blucher (89,000)" (The Napoleonic Guide: Waterloo, 2003). The forces of Wellington, however, clearly
outnumbered "Frances 72,000 men (Bonaparte) and its detached right-wing corps of 33,000 (Marshal Grouchy), so the French emperor surprised the two by getting in between them and preventing their linking.
On 16 June, Bonaparte had beaten the Prussians at Ligny, while at the same time Wellington had held a vital set of crossroads at Quatre Bras against an inept Marshal
Ney" (The Napoleonic Guide: Waterloo, 2003). Bonaparte turned most of his strength toward the British where he "detached Grouchy to keep the Prussians retreating and away from Wellington. The
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