Ben y dit quoi de beau ton bouquin« Waterloo » d'Alessandro Barbero, Éditions Flammarion, 2005, pour la traduction française.
ISBN 2-08210439-7
What else ?


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Ben y dit quoi de beau ton bouquin« Waterloo » d'Alessandro Barbero, Éditions Flammarion, 2005, pour la traduction française.
ISBN 2-08210439-7
What else ?
Le livre de Barbero a déjà été évoqué ici, malheureusement je n'ai pas retrouvé les messages afférents puisque la fonction « Rechercher » se limite aux messages postés depuis le changement de « peau » du forum.Hyvron Jean-Pierre a écrit :Ben y dit quoi de beau ton bouquin« Waterloo » d'Alessandro BarberoJe suis sûr que c'est intéressant, alors fais-en profiter tout le monde
Bravo Cruchot, c'est bien résumé.Cruchot a écrit :Pour les carrés, Barbero précise ce que Keagan indiquait : un combat de chiens de faïence mais, dès qu'un carré est légèrement désorganisé, les cavaliers se ruent dessus. La conséquence est qu'au fur et à mesure de l'avancement de la bataille les "carrés" deviennent des structures géométriques plus ou moins bien définies regroupant des troupes issues d'unités de plus en plus diverses mais s'assurant de tenir à distance la cavalerie en retenant leur feu. De leur côté les cavaliers simulent des charges pour provoquer des tirs à distance ou des mouvements de panique.
Reste le rôle de l'artillerie combinée à la cavalerie qui semble être fatal quand les deux s'accordent bien.
Là, je ne suis pas tout à fait d'accord.Cruchot a écrit :Pour les lanciers, ils étaient la terreur des biffins et effectivement, ils utilisaient les lances un peu comme des banderilles contre les carrés.
Ah ? Bon…Cruchot a écrit :Thierry, les discussions précédentes traitant de ce sujet (sphincters etc.) semblent avoir disparu
Il faut regarder l'ensemble, et penser qu'il y avait des carrés qui se soutenaient mutuellement.comment les cuirassiers français ont pu piquer 5 drapeaux anglais à Waterloo si les carrés n'ont pas été rompus ?
Ce n'était pas mon propos de prétendre le contraire, bien au contraireÀ mon humble connaissance, aucun carré constitué : c'est-à-dire à l'arrêt et attendant la cavalerie, n'a été cassé.
Absolument hilarant !Les cuirassiers s'écrasent alors sur les haies de baïonnettes anglaises…
C'est l'effet Victor Hugo !Absolument hilarant !
C'est le fameux cas où un dragon flingué à bout portant se tranforma avec son canasson en boulet (boule de bowling) qui culbuta moult biffins du 6ème, créant de fait une brèche conséquente dans le carré.vengador91 a écrit :Vous, les spécialistes des luttes entre carrés et cavalerie qu'est qui provoqua la destruction des carrés français de la division Foy à la bataille de Garcia Hernandez par la cavalerie KGL anglaise ce qui fit la réputation de cette cavalerie dans toutes les règles.
Portuguese losses at Fuentes de Onoro
Posted By: João Centeno <Send E-Mail>
Date: Tuesday, 9 May 2006, at 5:16 p.m.
I´ve send to Robert the Portuguese OOB in major battles a few months ago, if he can insere on the the series.
Here i send the portuguese OOB and casualties.
BATTLE FUENTES DE OÑORO
Commander - in - Chief: Lieutenant General Arthur Wellesley Viscount de Wellington de Talavera
CAVALRY
COMMANDING OFFICER
MAJOR GENERAL STAPLETON COTTON
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SLADE
1st (or Royal) Cavalry Regiment of Dragoons 388
14th ( Duchess of York’s own) Cavalry Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 378
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: LT. COLONEL F. VON ARENTSCHILD
16th ( Queen’s) Cavalry Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 362
1st Cavalry Regiment of Light Dragoons, the King’s German Legion “Hussars”414
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: BRIGADIER DE BARBACENA
4th Portuguese Cavalry Regiment 104 men. Commanded by Captain Joaquim Cazimiro Rodrigues Vieira Botelho. Had no casualties.
10th Portuguese Cavalry Regiment 208 men. Commanded by Major Nuno José de Brito Ferreira Taborda. Had no casualties.
INFANTRY
LIEUTENANT GENERAL BRENT SPENCER
1 DIVISION
LIEUTENANT GENERAL BRENT SPENCER
DIVISIONAL COMMANDER
MAJOR GENERAL MILES NIGHTINGALL
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: COLONEL STOPFORD
1/2 Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards 940
1/3 Scots Guards 959
5/60th Regiment of Foot - Royal American 1 Company 44
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: MAJOR GENERAL MILES NIGHTINGALL (LIEUTENANT LORD BLANTYRE)
2/24th Regiment of Foot - 2nd Warwickshire 371
2/42nd Regiment of Foot - Royal Highland 445
1/79th Regiment of Foot - Cameron Highlanders 922
5/60th Regiment of Foot - Royal American 1 Company 36
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: MAJOR GENERAL HOWARD
1/50th Regiment of Foot - West Kent 597
1/71st Regiment of Foot - Highland - (Light Infantry) 497
1/92nd Regiment of Foot - Highland 764
3/95thRegiment of Foot - Rifle Corps 1 Company 76
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: MAJOR GENERAL SIGISMUND, BARON LÖW
1st Battalion of the Line, the King’s German Legion 512
2nd Battalion of the Line, the King’s German Legion 484
5th Battalion of the Line, the King’s German Legion 422
7th Battalion of the Line, the King’s German Legion 410
Battalion Light Infantry, the King’s German Legion 2 companies 86
3 DIVISION:
DIVISIONAL COMMANDER
MAJOR GENERAL SIRTHOMAS PICTON.
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: COLONEL HENRY MACKINNON
1/74th Regiment of Foot - Highland - Highland 485
1/88th Regiment of Foot - Connaught Rangers 467
1/45th Regiment of Foot - Nottinghamshire 508
5/60th Regiment of Foot - Royal American 3 Companies 183
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES COLVILLE
2/5th Regiment of Foot - Northumberland 504
2/83rd Regiment of Foot - Royal Irish Rifles460
2/88th Regiment of Foot - Connaught Rangers 687
94th Regiment of Foot - Scotch Brigade 536
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: BRIGADIER MANLY POWER
9th Portuguese Line Infantry regiment- 910 men. Commanded by Major Francisco Xavier Calheiros.the casualties inthis unit: 2 men killed and 6 wounded, or 8 men in total
21st Portuguese Line Infantry regiment- 740 men. Commanded by Lt. Colonel João Maria de Araujo Bacellar.the casualties inthis unit: 8 men killed, 11 wounded and 1 missing, or 20 men in total.
5 DIVISION:
DIVISIONAL COMMANDER
MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM ERSKINE
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: BRIGADIER ANDREW HAY
3/1st Regiment of Foot - Royal Scots 672
1/9th Regiment of Foot - East Norfolk 627
2/38th Regiment of Foot - 1st Staffordshire 402
Brunswick - Oels 1 Company 69
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: MAJOR GENERAL JAMES DUNLOP
1/4th Regiment of Foot - King’s own 612
2/30th Regiment of Foot - Cambridgeshire 507
3/ 44th Regiment of Foot - East Essex 437
Brunswick - Oels 1 Company 68
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: BRIGADIER WILLIAM F. SPRY
3rd Portuguese Line Infantry regiment- 724 men. Commanded by Colonel João António Tavares. Had no casualties.
15th Portuguese Line Infantry regiment- 556 men. Commanded by Colonelthomaz McMahon. Had no casualties.
8th Portuguese Caçadores Battalion- 484 men. Commanded by Lt. Colonel Francis Needham Offley.the casualties in this unit: 6 men wounded.
6 DIVISION:
DIVISIONAL COMMANDER
MAJOR GENERAL ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: COLONEL HULSE
1/11th Regiment of Foot - North Devonshire 837
2/53rd Regiment of Foot - Shropshire 459
1/61st Regiment of Foot - South Gloucestershire 697
5/60th Regiment of Foot - Royal American 1 Company 48
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: COLONEL ROBERT BURNE
1/36th Regiment of Foot - Herefordshire 514
2nd Regiment of Foot - Queen's Royal 558
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: GEORGE ALLEN MADDEN
8th Portuguese Line Infantry regiment- 915 men. Commanded by Lt. Colonel John Douglas. Had no casualties.
12th Portuguese Line Infantry regiment- 1.222 men. Commanded by Colonel António de Lacerda Pinto da Silveira.the casualties inthis unit: 2 men killed and 2 wounded, or 4 men in total.
7 DIVISION
DIVISIONAL COMMANDER
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN HOUSTON
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SONTAG
2/51st Regiment of Foot - 2nd Yorkshire West Riding (Light Infantry) 590
85th Regiment of Foot - Bucks Volunteers( Light Infantry) 387
Chasseurs Britanniques 839
Brunswick - Oels 8 companies 593
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: BRIGADIER JOHN MILLER DOYLE
7th Portuguese Line Infantry regiment - 713 men. Commanded by Colonel José Cardoso de Menezes Souto Maior.the casualties inthis unit: 3 Men killed, 4 wounded and 1 missing, or 8 men in total.
19th Portuguese Line Infantry regiment - 1.026 men. Commanded by Major St. John Travers.the casualties inthis unit: 2 men wounded.
2nd Portuguese Caçadores Battalion- 442 men. Commanded by Lt. Colonel Robert Nixon.the casualties inthis unit: 18 men killed, 13 wounded and 19 missing, or 50 men in total.
LIGHT DIVISION
DIVISIONAL COMMANDER
BRIGADIER ROBERT CRAUFURD
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: LT. COLONEL SYDNEY BECKWITH
1/43rd Regiment of Foot - Monmouthshire 754
1/95thRegiment of Foot - Rifle Corps 4 Companies 354
2/95thRegiment of Foot - Rifle Corps 1 Company 76
3rd Portuguese Caçadores Battalion- – 447 men. Commanded by Lt. Colonel George Elder.the casualties inthis unit: 17 men wounded (2 officers and 15 men).
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: COLONEL GEORGE DRUMMOND
1/52nd Regiment of Foot - Oxfordshire 835
2/52nd Regiment of Foot - Oxfordshire 542
1/95thRegiment of Foot - Rifle Corps 4 Companies 357
1st Portuguese Caçadores Battalion- – 450 men. Commanded by Lt. Colonel Jorge de Avillez Zuzarte.the casualties inthis unit: 7 men wounded.
INDEPENDENT BRIGADE
BRIGADE - COMMANDING OFFICER: BRIGADIER CHARLES ASHWORTH
6th Portuguese Line Infantry regiment- 986 men. Commanded by Lt. Colonel Maxwelll Grant.the Casualties: 4 men wounded.
18th Portuguese Line Infantry regiment- 1.130 men. Commanded by Colonel Manuel Pamplona Carneiro Rangel.the casualties inthis unit: 9 men killed and 3 wounded, or 12 men in total.
6th Portuguese Caçadores Battalion- – 423 men. Commanded by Lt. Colonel Sebastião Pinto de Araujo Correia. Casualties: 10 men killed (1 officer and 9 men), 14 wounded (4 officers and 10 men) and 5 missing, or 29 men in total.
ARTILLERY
COMMANDING OFFICER
BRIGADIER HOWORTH
48 GUNS
R. Bull Troop Royal Horse Artillery
H.D. Ross Troop Royal Horse Artillery
R. LawsorVs Company Royal Artillery
G.thompsorfs Company Royal Artillery
1st Portuguese Artillery Regiment 220 men. Commanded by Major Victor Von Arentschild. Had no casualties.
Brigade under command of Captain Pedro de Rozierre 1st Artillery Regiment
Brigade under command of Captain João da Cunha Preto 1st Artillery Regiment
2nd Portuguese Artillery Regiment 330 men. Commanded by Major Arentschild. Had no casualties.
Brigade under command of Captain F.A de Sequeira 2 Artillery Regiment
Brigade de J.C. Rosado 2 Artillery Regiment
Total Portuguese troops 12.030
Killed 1 officer and 51 men
Wounded 6 officers and 83 men
Prisoners or missing 26 missing
Total portuguese casualties 167 men