He added: “I can’t think of any other site that has this combination of elements – it’s truly unique, within Napoleonic ...

Canto Three of his “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” starts with Byron’s literary alter ego, Harold, witnessing the site of the ... depiction of the Battle of Waterloo influenced countless ...

If ten (10) or fewer horses declare to start, the Battle Of Waterloo will be contested as a single final dash, without eliminations, on Monday, August 4, 2025. 1. If eliminations are required ...

Uxbridge’s leg was buried in a field at Waterloo and even received its own headstone. It became a tourist attraction for those visiting the battle site until 1878 when the bones of the leg became ...

In his poem ‘The Eve of Waterloo’ (part of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage), the poet fixes on a ball given in Brussels on 15 June 1815 by the Duchess of Richmond at which many of the Allied commanders in ...

To play the Waterloo Interactive Battle Simulator, you must first choose whether to play as Napoleon (French side) or as Wellington (Allied side). The computer will play as your opponent.

The Recruitment Officer c1815, showing a Black trumpeter rallying locals. It is exceptionally rare to find an image depicting a Black soldier at the Battle of Waterloo. Image reproduced by permission ...

This summer marked the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and in discussions of memory 200 years is an interesting amount of time. It falls outside the 'saeculum', the span of living memory.

Sergeant David Robertson At Quatre Bras, he was given orders directly by Wellington and at Waterloo found himself twice in the front line at critical moments of the battle. At 2pm, Robertson and ...

How about a map across tables measuring 24 by 8 metres (that’s 192 square metres), printed from William Siborne’s original 1830 survey of the Waterloo battlefield ... at the correct position on the ...