NAM.1963-10-36-1

Copy of a letter from Capt Elton of 1st Dragoon Guards to Lt Gen Sir Henry Fane, 15 Jul 1815. Gives an account of the Battle of Waterloo including a list of the casualties of the British Cavalry on the 17 to 18 Jun 1815. Also included are copy letters to Lt Gen Sir Henry Fane from Sir William Ponsonby, who was killed at Waterloo, and from Maj C S Radcliffe, 4 Jul 1815. All letters recount events at the Battle of Waterloo, including enemy attack, formation of troops, injuries and casualties. The latter letter includes the fact that Radcliffe had to have his leg amputated as he was wounded in action as well as mentioning the Brunswickers behaving ‘scandalously’. Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)