200th Anniversity of Waterloo Archives - Adventures In Historyland

February 4, 2015February 18, 2021

Abstracts of a Battle.

This is a fairly large mash up of four subjects dealing with peripheries and little known areas of the Battle of Waterloo. Here I’ll tell you about some of the women of Waterloo, of how news reached Britain, of the suffering and treatment of the horses who fought at the battle and discuss the effects of what we now call PTSD in the aftermath. Continue reading “Abstracts of a Battle.”

January 26, 2015

The Italian Connection.

Waterloo being what it is, all you hear about in terms of British allies, is the Prussians, the Belgians and the Dutch. It may of interest to you good readers, to hear about the Italian connection and the story of a little known Waterloo Man. Continue reading “The Italian Connection.”