Cherie's Place » Ernest Crofts http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sat, 16 May 2026 02:31:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Capture of a French Battery… http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/11/17/capture-of-a-french-battery/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2016/11/17/capture-of-a-french-battery/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:20:08 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=17831 …by the 52nd Regiment at Waterloo 1896

Capture of a French Battery

This incident took place during the final stages of the Battle of Waterloo, after the 52nd Light Infantry had routed the last advancing column of the French Imperial Guard and the pursuit of the French by Wellington’s army was in progress. *

*from an information plate next to the painting

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