Waterloo - League of Augsburg Weekend Part 2

The French plan was to ignore the big potential meat grinder on the left flank; Hougoumont chewed up so many battalions on the day of battle and for no discernible gain.

Instead a diversionary attack on the ridge of the Allied right would pin troops in place whilst the weightiest assaults would fall on the Allied centre and left.

Hougoumont... so tempting...

French skirmishers circle the chateaux.

French columns advance on the Allied ridge.

 

 

A Dutch/Belgian brigade stands ready.

 

 

French cavalry wait to exploit any opening