Henry Paget, who was the Earl of Uxbridge at the time.
The direction of the battle itself was given by Napoleon to Marshal Ney. Therefore we can say that the second in charge was Ney.
On the Confederate side, the second General was P.G.T. Beauregard. (His commander, Sidney Johnston, was killed at this battle.) On the Union side, Grant's second-in-command was Sherman.
Napoleon is the French commander opposed by Wellington for the British. Blucher comes, vitally, to Wellingtons aid. Marshal Grouchy, detatched by Napoleon to keep Blucher at bay, gets the blame !
World War 1Both the First Battle of Ypres and the Second Battle of Ypres were bloody, but the second stands out because it was the first use of poison gas by the Germans. World War 2Battle of the Bulge or the Ardenne Forrest. Napoleonic WarsThe Battle of Waterloo.
There were actually three American commanders. General Gates was in overall command. Colonel Morgan commanded the rangers (sharpshooters), and Benedict Arnold assumed tactical command during the battle.
Horatio Gates was first in command and Benedict Arnold was in second.
WAS the Second Empire in France established immediately after the battle of Waterloo?
No, he came in a close second, but his army was destroyed and he was neither killed or captured.
Second in command
The first and second World Wars, the Battle of Waterloo, the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Hastings. Well, those are 5 battles that Britain were involved in...
General Sidney Johnston, killed at that battle. And his second-in-command P.G.T. Beauregard.
starscream ,he is in second command
On the Confederate side, the second General was P.G.T. Beauregard. (His commander, Sidney Johnston, was killed at this battle.) On the Union side, Grant's second-in-command was Sherman.
Sidney Johnston - killed in the battle, and replaced b his second-in-command P.G.T. Beauregard.
The leaders of the Battle of Gettysburg was lee and his second in command Longstreet for the South and Meade, Reynolds, Chamberlain for the north.
Grant (Union) Sidney Johnston (Confederate), who was killed in that battle, and replaced by his second-in-command Beauregard.
Napoleon is the French commander opposed by Wellington for the British. Blucher comes, vitally, to Wellingtons aid. Marshal Grouchy, detatched by Napoleon to keep Blucher at bay, gets the blame !
World War 1Both the First Battle of Ypres and the Second Battle of Ypres were bloody, but the second stands out because it was the first use of poison gas by the Germans. World War 2Battle of the Bulge or the Ardenne Forrest. Napoleonic WarsThe Battle of Waterloo.