Military mobilisation during the Hundred Days
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During the Hundred Days of 1815, both the Coalition nations and the First French Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte mobilised for war. This article describes the deployment of forces in early June 1815 just before the start of the Waterloo Campaign and the minor campaigns of 1815.
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Military mobilisation | |||||
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Part of the Hundred Days | |||||
Strategic situation in Western Europe in June 1815 | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
France |
Seventh Coalition: United Kingdom Netherlands Hanover Nassau Brunswick Prussia Austria Russia Sardinia Switzerland French royalists | ||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||
Napoleon Bonaparte Jean Lamarque (Armée de l'Ouest — Vendée and Loire) |
Duke of Wellington (Anglo-allied) Gebhard von Blücher (Prussian) Prince of Schwarzenberg (Upper Rhine), Duke of Casalanza (Upper Italy), Johann Frimont (Naples) Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (Russia) von Hake |
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