from an unrecorded attack on the hospital to physical evidence of how the French nearly tipped the battle in their favour in the gardens of Hougoumont. Waterloo Uncovered’s chief executive offic ...

Lieutenant Colonel Sir James Macdonell of Glengarry was commander of the Guards who defended Wellington’s strategic forward position, the Chateau of Hougoumont. The success of the battle of ...

"The battle changed history. Had we not won, we probably would be speaking French now." Yesterday, Prince Charles unveiled a memorial to British soldiers at Hougoumont Farm, the site of some of ...

from an unrecorded attack on the hospital to physical evidence of how the French nearly tipped the battle in their favour in ...

and eventually joined the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Sgt Clay was one of the allied soldiers who successfully held off Napoleon's forces at Hougoumont. In 1818 he returned home with his ...

Following on from Ligny and Quatre Bras Part II starts by focusing on the concentration of the Allies on the ridge of Mont St Jean and the plans of the opposing armies While the guns of the Grand ...