Battle of Waterloo — Description of the Battle of Waterloo (c/1815)
“ When the cannon and infantry had staggered the masses of the enemy, and somewhat calmed their fury; round the extremity of the cross road, full on the flank of the foe—horse, in perfect condition; men, in steady determination—wheeled, like a whirlwind, the Royals Greys, and Enniskillens—England, Scotland, and Ireland, in high rivalry and irresistible union. ”
Battle of Waterloo — Description of the Battle of Waterloo (c/1815)
“ Nothing could be more tremendous than the mode of attack; it was headed by artillery, which discharged showers of iron grape shot, each bullet larger than a walnut. It was a battle, on the part of the French, of cavalry and cannon, both equipped as if by magic, and much more formidable than had ever been known in the French armies, even to take the field. ”
Battle of Waterloo — Description of the Battle of Waterloo (c/1815)
“ In truth, the British army were a mile and a half from the nearest skirts of the wood, and never had one man within it; and so far from being crushed and overlaid, the masses, and of the French guard too, were often routed by the bold dash of an almost incredibly small proportion of their numbers,—nay sometimes, as will afterwards be told of the Highlanders and Scotch Greys, and it happened in many other parts of the field besides, by the prodigies of nearly insolated, individual valour. ”
