Waterloo - Audio book
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the cannonade over who got more is a reminder that the Battle of Waterloo was not a syriza. Discreet events like the acts of a play. The battle is often described that way with Act one, the assault on Who More and Act to the attack by Della's core. But of course, the two events coincided. While Dolan's core is threatening Wellingtons left, there is also smoke gunfire on death on Wellingtons, right? The Duke is assailed by all this. He can see little because of the smoke, and always nothing of what happened to Gilmore is visible because a swell of land hides the chateau from his command position on the ridge. French round shot and shell are flying near him, and the noise is pounding the drums not just the noise of guns and exploding shells, but screams from the wounded drummers on the far ridge and on both ridges. The regimental bands play. One officer described the air's undulating from the passenger shells and round shot, and already that air was heating from the blast of the great guns. In time, it would be described was like walking into another. The Duke's great gift was to remain calm in this turmoil to philtre out what was unthreatening and to concentrate on what was essential. He knows that a great attack is about to be launched on his left, and he has written along that part of the ridge to inspect the troops who will be attacked. But he is content to let General Picton, who commands that wing, deal with the threat he knows and trusts picture justice. He trust MacDonald in huggable. He's watching the far ridge, using his telescope, trying to read what the Perry in intense. But he is also turning that spyglass to the east, and so is Napoleon. Because both men are waiting for reinforcements. Wellington knows he needs blue. She's troops. Indeed, he would never have made this stand or monster Zhaan's low ridge if he did not have the Prussians promise to come to his aid. Napoleon is looking for grouches court, those 33,000 men within 96 guns who will give him an overwhelming edge in numbers on DH so lead to victory over the man who carries the impertinent description off the conqueror off the world's conqueror on far off to the east, from whence help will come to one side or the other. Troops are visible. My sincere thanks to Bernard Cornwell, the author of Waterloo, for Blessing this one page excerpt as a sample of my voice.