Set of two maps showing the disposition of the French and Prussian forces at 4.00 pm respectively on the 18th and 19th of June 1815.
Anaglyptograph. When held to the light vertically the engravings are designed to illustrate the landscape in a Two D effect.
TheBattle of Wavrewas fought on 18–19 June 1815 between thePrussianrear guard, consisting of the Prussian III Corps under the command of GeneralJohann von Thielmann(whose chief-of-staff wasCarl von Clausewitz) and three corps of the French army under the command of MarshalGrouchy. A blocking action, this battle kept 33,000 French soldiers from reaching theBattle of Waterlooand so helped in the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.
