Radstock's Waterloo Road

 My home town's connection to Waterloo. From 'Some of our old pictures' by Chris Howell.

Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers

Men of the corps depicted by Charles Hamilton Smith in his Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations 1812

 Wiki

 From here

Uniform of Heavy and Light Cavalry Cloaked, from Costume of the British EmpireCharles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859)

Military dress of the Peninsular War

 Today's bargain. 50p. Gerry Embleton is a great artist one of the best.

'Cavalry Staff Corps 1813' | Hamilton Smith

 

Tolentino 1815

 This week in 1815. Wiki

Waterloo Casualties Paul L. Dawson

 New book. Here

Many have sought reasons why Napoleon lost the great battle at Waterloo, seen by many as the most famous conflict of the nineteenth century.

Waterloo Casualties presents the litany of failures by one of Napoleon’s key subordinates, General Drouet d’Erlon, which ultimately led to defeat, and explores for the first time what really happened at Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and on the French right wing as the Prussians closed in. The actions between Papelotte and Frischermont were critical in the story of the battle, but have, so far, been seldom studied as no red-coated soldiers fought there. They come under scrutiny in Dawson’s meticulous analysis.