After the battle, most were buried where they ... For decades, there have been rumors that the bones of soldiers killed at Waterloo were dug up for use in industrial processes.
The success of the battle of Waterloo depended on the closing of ... He was described in his discharge papers as a soldier of “most exemplary character”. Latterly he lived in Crail in Fife ...
Napoleon’s soldiers charged ... but in reality he lost the battle of Waterloo because he didn’t believe he could win it, because he didn’t believe he could win the campaign.
Play the game and take sides in the Battle of Waterloo. The battle was fought between the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Duke of Wellington, leader of the Anglo-Allied forces.
around 40% of the British Army comprised soldiers from across the island of Ireland. Nowhere was the Irish influence in the British military more evident than at the Battle of Waterloo ...
A new museum is to be established to tell the story of Irish soldiers in the British Army ... but they also played a significant role at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, where Corporal James ...