Waterloo

• what was the composition of the allied forces


  12,000 cavalry

  50,000 infantry

  5,000 gunners
• what was the size of the French army

  70,000
• who were the commanders at the battle 


  duke of Wellington

  Napoleon
• what weapons were used at the battle

  heavy artillery

  brown bess musket + bayonet

  dragoons
• why was napoleons decision to delay the battle bad for them

  because it ment the Prussians arrived in time to reinforce allied troops
• what did Wellington order when the bombardment started

  he ordered his men to lay down behind the ridge so cannons would bounce over them
• what did the French infantry attack first

  chateau d'Hougoumont
• how did the Allied forces defend against french cavalry

  hollow infantry squares
• what did the French successfully take control off roughly at 4pm 


  the farm in the middle of the battle field this made wellingtons army vulnerable
• what did Wellington do to limit desertion

  when personally leading an attack to retake the farm house he ordered the cavalry to go behind him meaning if anyone did try and turn and run they would be faced with charging horses
• in a last chance to win who did Napoleon depoly

  the imperial guard
• how did Wellington combat the imperial guard

  artillery fire

  general advance (with full Prussian force)
• what was the outcome of the battle

  the allies won

  25,000 french were dead or injured

  23,000 allied troops were dead or injured