The only RHA troop to remain attached to their Brigade, Sir Robert Gardiner's E-Troop were positioned with their old Peninsula friends, the Hussars, under Sir Hussey Vivian.

After a frantic dash from Genappe through the torrential rain of the 17th June, harried all the way by the French vanguard, the 18th June at first brought little action, being positioned on the eastern periphery of the battlefield. However, on going to the aid of the heavy British cavalry, two 6-pdrs of Gardiner's soon found themselves heavily outgunned.

This episode looks at what became of the men following Waterloo, and unearths an extraordinary connection to literary greats.

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