Project Gutenberg 2025-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 307 Mercer, Cavalié 1783 1868 Mercer, Cavalie Mercer, Alexander Cavalié Journal of the Waterloo campaign, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b kept throughout the campaign of 1815 $aLondon :$bWilliam Blackwood & sons, $c1870. Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Journal of the Waterloo campaign, vol. 2 (of 2): kept throughout the campaign..." by General Cavalié Mercer is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work details the personal observations and experiences of General Mercer, who commanded the 9th Brigade Royal Artillery during the Waterloo campaign. The likely focus is on the daily life, logistics, challenges, and encounters of British forces and their allies as they advanced through France in the turbulent aftermath of the famous battle, providing both military and human perspectives. The opening of this journal offers a vivid chronicle of the Allied army’s arduous post-Waterloo march through northern France. Mercer describes in detail the chaotic congestion of troops, artillery, and baggage trains on muddy roads; tense interactions and even scuffles with allied contingents; and the often indifferent, rural peasantry who persist with their daily lives despite the foreign occupation. He captures scenes of makeshift bivouacs, the hardship of moving through monotonous landscapes, and the fragile discipline within the armies—contrasting British restraint with reports of Prussian and allied plundering. The narrative depicts moments of hospitality from local French families, the practicalities of finding food and shelter, and the poignant passage of King Louis XVIII amid grateful royalist citizens. As the journal progresses, Mercer’s reflections move between logistical frustrations, the beauty or desolation of the countryside, and the shifting morale and uncertainty among troops as they approach Paris, blending military movements with cultural observations and personal anecdotes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/journalofwaterlo01mercuoft/page/4/mode/2up 20210225025631mdercer 1870 GB Reading ease score: 62.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Personal narratives, British Mercer, Cavalié, 1783-1868 -- Diaries DC Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 523301 2025-06-30T05:25:37.734838 text/html 497513 2025-04-16T08:56:59 text/html 451050 2025-06-30T05:25:44.512799 application/epub+zip 448876 2025-06-30T05:25:39.301854 application/epub+zip 448873 2025-06-30T05:25:38.466827 application/epub+zip 1330302 2025-06-30T05:25:48.725775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1280912 2025-06-30T05:25:43.784813 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 470177 2025-06-30T05:25:37.097852 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 450138 2025-04-16T08:56:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16712 2025-06-30T05:25:48.860781 application/rdf+xml 12681 2025-06-30T05:25:38.667855 image/jpeg 1678 2025-06-30T05:25:38.566842 image/jpeg 626411 2025-06-30T05:25:37.778852 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia