The longest afternoon the 400 men who decided the battle of waterloo simms brendan isbn 9780141979267 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The longest afternoon the 400 men who decided the battle of waterloo simms brendan page michael isbn 9781494506919 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Wellington famously described waterloo as the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life and brendan simms illustrates this nicely with this concise account of the struggle for control of the le haye sainte farmhouse which anchored the center of the british line 400 men held the position for the longest time and the theory goes had they yielded earlier the french would have time to pour through the center smash through wellingtons army long before blucher could have come . In the longest afternoon brendan simms captures the chaos of waterloo in a minute by minute account that reveals how these 400 odd riflemen successfully beat back wave after wave of french. In the longest afternoon brendan simms captures the chaos of waterloo in a minute by minute account that reveals how these 400 odd riflemen successfully beat back wave after wave of french infantry the battalion suffered terrible casualties but their fighting spirit and refusal to retreat ultimately decided the most influential battle in european history