From mobilisation to war

'1815 From mobilisation to war' is the first volume in a series of four entitled 'The Netherlands field army during the Waterloo campaign'. COLOUR EDITION In March 1815 the fledgling Netherlands state saw its existance threatened by the escape from Elba and return to power in France of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Without hesitance a field army was mobilised of ultimately 30,000 men strong to defend the newly acquired territories in Belgium. This history explores in detail the unique perspective from the Netherlands field army for the period of mid-March 1815 up to the outbreak of war on 15th June, when it faced the French Imperial army for the first time at the village of Frasnes close to Quatre Bras. This history draws almost exclusively from archival sources and presents numerous hitherto unpublished or unknown contemporary documents, to recreate the history of the Netherlands field army during the campaign of 1815. 11 maps and 8 portraits in colour; 13 illustrations in black & white.