Napoleon's Old Guard at Waterloo 

These men were larger then life. The stories of the Napoleonic officers and armies is epic. Real life hero`s

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Frontrank Old Guard miniatures are fantastic!

Napoleons tactical movements are still taught in military academies throught out the world to this very day

The old guard also saw some action on the outskirts of Paris 15 days after Waterloo. Seldom talked about are the battles after Waterloo, such as la suffel where french general Rapp beat Austrian 3 Corps while out numbered 2:1. With 3000 french and 2150 Austrian casualties. General vandamme, as well as Marshall’s grouchy and Davout were extremely eager for revenge after Waterloo, wanting to fight the Prussians, there were a few battles along the Rhine and in France, with units of the guard defending paris commanded by davout. On 3rd July, general Remi exelmans at the head of french dragoon’s fired the last shots of the Napoleonic wars…

It’s a crime this isn’t mainstream knowledge, majority of people believe the guard were broken by a few surprise volleys from the British, I was not aware they literally routed 2-3 British companies as well as Dutch artillery, before being driven off. Thank you! The defeat at Waterloo is portrayed as a single British surprise to the old guard, whereas it’s more a tale of throwing everything they had at them and only stopping them at the last minute….

Battle of La Suffel would be an interesting one to cover - fought ten days after Waterloo. General Rapp vs Crown Prince of Wurrtemberg

Amazing history lesson

Really well done video, very evocative of the period.

For the 100 Days you can’t go past the Perry’s for Old Guard. Commanders wise they also have the following: Imperial Guard Commanders mounted (General de Division Michel, killed leading the attack of the Chasseurs a Pied at Waterloo, Marechal de camp Cambronne, commander 1st Chasseurs de Pied, Marechal de camp Baron Christiani, commander 2nd Grenadiers a Pied).

The Old Guard were fighting off the Prussians. It was the Middle Guard that went up against the British.

Very interesting. Thanks very much for putting that together. I really enjoyed it. 👍

Superb

You missed all the battles after Waterloo ,on the roads and suburbs in the retreat to battle of Paris . I suggest everyone to read these last days of the actual Napoleonic era

Night approaches and death also, the guard will never surrender,

Will you upload more black powder battle reports?

our victrix ,wargames workshop and perry minatures compatable on the wargames table? sorry if this question has been asked before but would like to know before placing a order.

At 21:56 is that the photo of the 200th anniversary of Waterloo in 2015?

I was into this in the early 80s and did British.I did figures from a company called "Minifigs" does anyone remember what size they were? I think they were 13mm.I still have some but there is no size on them.id like to start Painting again too.Who make paint and who makes figures these days? Any help would be great!

"a pied"...pronounced: "a pi-ee"...not "a piet" :)

In process of creating one squad The Old Guard, for #turnip28

The "Old Guard" , very romantic. The "immortals", truly inspiring title. At the moment of their greatest destiny they ran away from the thin red line. A frog can only be a prince in fairy tales.