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Title: Sunrise, July 6, 1794, South of Waterloo
Post by: MengJiao on November 10, 2021, 11:41:11 AM

  Historically, Coburg's Coalition army, retreated over a wide arc from the battle of Fleurus.  He was hoping from some support from the Hanoverians and King George III's army as well.  Historically there was a minor rear-guard action near Waterloo.  Here, after the mode cards and night marches happened, we see the Dutch and Austrians awaiting the columns of the Duke of York and the rest of the Coalition forces.
The Sambre et Meuse is marching up from the south:

Title: Re: Sunrise, July 6, 1794, South of Waterloo
Post by: MengJiao on November 11, 2021, 01:59:46 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on November 10, 2021, 11:41:11 AM

  Historically, Coburg's Coalition army, retreated over a wide arc from the battle of Fleurus.  He was hoping from some support from the Hanoverians and King George III's army as well.  Historically there was a minor rear-guard action near Waterloo.  Here, after the mode cards and night marches happened, we see the Dutch and Austrians awaiting the columns of the Duke of York and the rest of the Coalition forces.
The Sambre et Meuse is marching up from the south:

  As the Coalition forces start to retreat, the British Army column starts to arrive:

Title: Re: Sunrise, July 6, 1794, South of Waterloo
Post by: MengJiao on November 13, 2021, 01:38:57 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on November 11, 2021, 01:59:46 PM

  As the Coalition forces start to retreat, the British Army column starts to arrive:

  And it looks like the Coalition forces will escape, despite having taken a beating (more of a battle than historically, but with more or less the same result):