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Sir James Shaw Kennedy

 
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Notes On The Battle Of Waterloo by Sir James Shaw Kennedy. The work interleaves an Autobiographical Memoir with Kennedy's analytical notes on the Waterloo campaign. Kennedy recounts his military career—from joining the 43rd Regiment in 1805 and serving in the Copenhagen and Kioge operations, through Lisbon and Talavera, to his staff duties with General Craufurd in the Peninsula and his actions at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajos. In 1815 he joined the 3rd division at Waterloo, where he describes the formation of the center and the division's oblong battalion posture to resist cavalry, and his conversations with the Duke of Wellington. The Notes critique Siborne's account and offer Kennedy's five-act framework for Napoleon's five great attacks, grounding the narrative in terrain, order of battle, and artillery. The volume also contains a discussion of civil-military matters, Kennedy's reflections on the necessity of study by great commanders, and a final Schemes for the Defence of Canada—detailing fortifications, corps dispositions, and naval considerations.

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