1815: the Armies at Waterloo |
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2nd Brigade Maj advance arms attack ball Baron Battalion Company battle bayonet bearskin Blücher blue British army Brussels campaign carbine Cavalry Brigade Maj Chasseurs à Cheval Colonel column commander corps cuffs cuirassiers D'Erlon's Division Lieut Duke Emperor enemy epaulettes facing colour fire Flank Companies FRANCE Imperial Guard French army front Gneisenau gold Grenadier Company Grenadiers Grouchy ground gunners guns Hanoverian Haye Sainte heavy cavalry helmet Highland Horse Artillery horse bty Hougoumont Hussars Imperial Guard jacket King's German Legion La Haye Sainte lace Lancers Landwehr light cavalry Light Dragoons light infantry Ligny Line 4 bns Marshal Middle Guard Mont St Jean musket Napoleon Netherlands numbers Officer's officers Old Guard orders Plates plume pounder Quatre Bras ranks rear regiments ridge Rifles round shot Royal sabre Sergeant shako shot silver soldiers squadron square staff sword Trooper troops Uhlans uniform Voltigeurs Waterloo Wavre wearing Wellington wore worn wounded