Join us on a tour to the battlefields of the glorious campaign of Waterloo. We start our tour in Paris, where we visit the Invalides, military archive and site of Napoleon's tomb. While in Paris we will visit the sites of fighting during 1814, as well as museums and the best military bookshops. Nearby: the Napoleonic residences of Malmaison and Fontainebleau. We travel the route Napoleon took on June 13, 1815, on his way to join the army for the Waterloo campaign, stopping to examine the Battlefields of Craonne and Laon (1814). As we cross into Belgium, after we have paid our respects to the Brewery of Chimay, we will view the sites of the French crossing over the Sambre, and the action of Charleroi. This is all just a prologue to the heart of our tour, where we will spend the most time: the battlefields of Ligny, Quatre-Bras, Wavre and Waterloo itself. We'll spend an evening in Bruxelles, a beautiful city full of things to do. We will follow Napoleon's escape route back to Paris. The routes have been carefully crafted to combine history with scenic appeal. The great deeds of the past are almost palpable, there is a memory lingering in the air of these places that makes a visit unforgettable. We will follow in the footsteps of the armies, through towns filled with reminders of a bygone age, past forests and streams, old inns and churches standing just as they were in 1815. We will travel at a comfortable pace, taking time to explore along the way. We will meet local historians and enthusiasts who are familiar with the terrain and conversant with details concerning their locality which are often not recorded in the history books. To help you follow the action you will receive a Tour Guidebook, containing battlefield maps and a day-by-day account of events. PARTICIPANTS Over the years we have built-up a small coterie of dedicated battlefield travelers!  They are a great bunch, and don't grumble too much when we announce "wheels up at 0800." That means we are on the road punctually, no time for that last cup of coffee. The history is exciting, but the best part is meeting people.  All the localities have put us in touch with local historians in their area.  They are enthusiastic to share their knowledge about their past. A number of Napoleonic enthusiasts from Paris and Belgium will accompany us and provide translation and interpretation of events. SHORT ITINERARY Aug 21, Saturday: Paris Aug 22, Sunday: Compiegne Aug 23, Monday: Wavre Aug 24, Tuesday:  Bruxelles Aug 25, Wednesday: Laon Aug 26, Thursday: Paris Aug 27, Friday: Paris Sign up NOW! Go to the 1999 Tour page at Back to OSG News May 1999 Table of Contents Back to OSG News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Operational Studies Group. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com