![This painting by Ernest Crofts was to be the first of no fewer than twelve shown at the Royal Academy by the artist between 1875 and 1906 representing the events surrounding the Waterloo campaign, the one exception being his 1887 rendition, Napoleon leaving Moscow.[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Crofts_Ernest_The_Battle_Of_Ligny.jpg)
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English: Ligny This is a representation of the Battle of Ligny in 1815, showing Napoleon surrounded by his staff surveying the battlefield while columns of infantry advance to the front. The windmill is probably that on the heights of Naveau, which served as Napoleon's command post during the battle.
This painting by Ernest Crofts was to be the first of no fewer than twelve shown at the Royal Academy by the artist between 1875 and 1906 representing the events surrounding the Waterloo campaign, the one exception being his 1887 rendition, Napoleon leaving Moscow.[1] |
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| Date | 1875 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55906&page=26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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