On the evening of 18 June 1815 the Prussian Army achieved its revenge for an evening nine years earlier when they had experienced one of the most humiliating debacles in military history. How did the Prussian Army achieve this turn-around? What was experienced on the path toward this end? Who were the personalities who pushed and cajoled the Prussian Army out of its Frederickian past?

The overall objective of this Study Group will be to examine this army from its rather disastrous entry into the Napoleonic Wars to its involvement in Napoleon's final defeat during the summer of 1815. It is hoped that the debate produced by such a study may lead to a better understanding and awareness of the army itself; its great leaders - Blucher, Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, Yorck and others; the battles it fought, from Schlieg in 1806 to Issy in 1815. The study will include the organisation that made this possible; the tactics and strategy; the uniforms and the position within Prussian society that the army held during the period.

For further information contact Patrick E. Wilson, 39 Greenbourne Gardens, Windy Nook, Tyne & Wear, NE10 9TD.

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