The Rest of the Battle.
3 – 11 PM 18 June 1815. Continue reading “Those Terrible Greys part 4.”
Those Terrible Greys part 4.
Those Terrible Greys: Part 3.
Let Battle commence. Continue reading “Those Terrible Greys: Part 3.”
Peace For Friedrich Brandt.
The Death of Friedrich Brandt.
1 Brigade Kings German Legion consisted of 162 officers and 1,834 men commanded by Lt. Colonel George Charles Du Plat. They formed part of Lord Hill’s II Corps of the Duke of Wellington’s allied army at Waterloo. Continue reading “Peace For Friedrich Brandt.”
The things you find in gutters.
Dressed in his robes of state, Napoleon looked over the Champ de Mai in Augustan splendour. It could have been twelve years ago, in the glory days before Austerlitz. Continue reading “The things you find in gutters.”
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.”
Lady Butler’s Waterloo.
This is a story of two walks in time, as we accompany Lady Elizabeth Butler, or just Elizabeth “Mimi” Thompson as she was then, around the field of Waterloo, guided by a man who was there on the fateful day.