map, map
Accession Number
NAM.1974-06-35-82
Description
Rough sketch map of roads around La Haye Sainte by Lt Col Henry Murray, 18th Hussars, June 1815. Murray states that this is an inaccurate sketch intended to show relative situations of the armies. Reverse side records movement of Napoleon with his 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 6th Corps and Imperial Guard, attacking the Prussian Ports at Thuin and Lobbes on the Sambre. Mentions the Duke of Wellington assembling his troops ready to march against the enemy. From a collection of papers of Lt Col Sir Henry Murray of the period 1813-1860 (c). Associated with the Battle of Waterloo (1815).
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)