Sketch of the ground upon which was fought the memorable battle of Waterloo : copied from a plan which was taken by order of His Grace the Duke of Wellington in the month of April previous to the battle / C. Chaplin, Chateau de Brumagne, Namur. [1815?]

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Sketch of the ground upon which was fought the memorable battle of Waterloo : copied from a plan which was taken by order of His Grace the Duke of Wellington in the month of April previous to the battle / C. Chaplin, Chateau de Brumagne, Namur. [1815?]

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Shows the region south of Waterloo, including the villages of Mont-Saint-Jean and Belle-Alliance, in the Belgian province of Brabant. Does not show army positions or movements. Apparently based on one of a series of ms. maps made by the British Army's Royal Engineers before the battle; cf. J.W. Fortescue's A History of the British army v. 10 (1920) p. 348.

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 576 x 754 mm.

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