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- By 7 P.M., the battle of Waterloo has been raging for nearly
- eight hours without respite. ^1Wellington's^ army is badly
- shaken by this struggle, but has yielded hardly an inch to
- the French Army's battering tactics. ^3Napoleon's^ troops are
- also exhausted, and are now fighting the British and
- Prussians simultaneously on two fronts. So far in the battle,
- the Emperor has held back most of the best units of ^4Friant's^
- powerful Imperial Guard, and now he decides to employ
- them in what he hopes will be the coup de grace to
- Wellington's Army. With ^2Marshal Ney^, the "Bravest of the
- Brave," at their head, Napoleon directs his beloved
- Guardsmen to attack Wellington's ^6right-center^. It is there,
- however, that the Duke has deployed several depleted but
- firm brigades with orders to hold their position at all costs.
-
- The fate of Europe for generations is about to be decided!
- Will the Imperial Guard break the enemy line or fall back
- ("recule") in disorder?
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- ANGLO-ALLIED STRATEGY TIPS
- The British have very good troops in a superior position, but
- they must be very careful if the French concentrate on only
- one hill. ^8Maitland^ can shift east or west depending on the
- main French assault, but it might also be necessary to
- dispatch additional regiments if only one hill is being
- assaulted. Be sure to bring up d'Aubreme's brigade as soon
- as it's available in order to deny the French from gaining a
- victory site -- or to counterattack, as necessary.
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- FRENCH STRATEGY TIPS
- The French guard needs to take or contest at least one
- victory point site from the British (^5here^ or ^7here^). They have
- to march up one or both of the hills and slug away. It won't
- be easy unless the British are careless about Donop's
- French cavalry. If Donop is used successfully, the French
- can gain a good hilltop position and keep d'Aubreme's fresh
- troops from retaking the objective. Another consideration is
- Petit, whose brigade of "Grognards" becomes available as a
- reinforcement, but these troops are very expensive and the
- French had better control one of the big objective sites in
- order to justify releasing Petit's troops.
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