A concise guide to one of the most important clashes of the Napoleonic Wars, showcasing Napoleon's military genius

Gregory Fremont-Barnes is senior lecturer in War Studies at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and an authority on nineteenth-century military and naval history. He was the editor of The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies 1760-1815, and author of many other titles. He lives in Surrey.