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Battle of Waterloo and Abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte

1815 Original British, French and Dutch Reports of Historic Battle

This complete and original 1815 newspaper records one of the most celebrated military battles of all time, the Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon Bonaparte ended his legendary military and political career. This newspaper is full of reports of the battle and its military and political aftermath. I have seen other newspapers offered that report on the Battle of Waterloo but none are as complete in its accounts of the battle as this one and few contain either the Duke of Wellington's official report on the battle or Napoleon's declaration of abdication.

Pictured above and below are excerpts from the newspaper that give a flavor of its contents.  Six days after the battle Napoleon tried his best to rescue his political heritage by installing his son as the new Emperor of France, as shown in his "Declaration to the French People" as shown above. It didn't work and by October he was in exile once again on the island of Saint Helena.

There was chaos on the French side after the battle as is evident from the Marquis de Lafayette's speech to the National Assembly and reports from the front that Wellington was moving on Paris without opposition.

Below is a picture of the front page of the August 8, 1815 New Hampshire Gazette. There are small tears and a few holes at the folds but the newspaper overall is in very good shape for its age.

The historic battle of Waterloo and its aftermath receives complete coverage in this newspaper and one can imagine the feelings it excited in its readers as they sat down to read these contemporary accounts of large events on the other side of the Atlantic.

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