NAM.1974-06-35-75

Manuscript note, Lt Col Henry Murray's responses to Lt W Siborne, Assistant Military Secretary's letter (dated 4 Feb 1836 in Dublin), Wimbledon, 9 Feb 1836. Murray writes Siborne's questions and his answers adjacent in two separate columns. He attempts to give details on the positions of the French Tirailleurs and Battery of Horse Artillery, the formation of the 18th Hussars and the Hanoverian Brigade (led by Colonel Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Ompteda). Mentions a lot of smoke preventing clear vision of the field and details of wounded and deserted horses. From a collection of papers of Lt Col Sir Henry Murray of the period 1813-1860 (c). Associated with the Battle of Waterloo (1815).

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