The Waterloo Podcast

Captain Samuel Bolton's Battery of the Royal Artillery. One of the least experienced units in the British Army at Waterloo, it stood its ground in the thick of the fighting and was instrumental in repelling the final French attack on that section of the Allied line.

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Manning the barricade and the steep banks of the Nivelles road, the 51st Foot held the furthest most westerly point of Wellington's line at Waterloo. These Peninsula veterans were perfectly suited to this light infantry work - skirmishing and keeping in check any probing French movements west of Hougoumont. This episode looks at some of the extraordinary experiences of the day as well as what became of these men in the decades that followed.

Many thanks to Paul Hayward, Jonathan Durbin, Stuart Lyon, Neil James and Jack Humphrey

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The ranks of the Royal Welch Fusiliers at Waterloo contained veterans from Egypt, Corunna, Albuera, Badajoz, and Orthes, as well as numerous other actions from Martinique in the Caribbean to Toulouse in the south of France.

Probably due to their experience and reputation, the Regiment was positioned in a more central role than the other two units of Mitchell's Brigade, and suffered disproportionate casualties among its officers.

This episode looks at the role of the Regiment in 1815 and what became of its men in the decades that followed.

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The first of a 3-part look at Mitchell's 4th Infantry Brigade. These were the Peasant Boys, fresh from the plough of the fields of central England. Formed in 1813, they were the only British unit at Waterloo who had not seen action before. Positioned on the far west of the Allied line, this is the story of their baptism of fire, and what became of these lads in the decades that followed.

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Thank you also to artist Patrice Courcelle for permission to include his bugler of the 51st Foot - You can buy prints of his work at https://www.patricecourcelle.com/

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A very special episode first published on the anniversary of Waterloo. Special guest Richard Heffer, who starred as Mercer in the 1970 epic Waterloo kindly reprises his role to read the lines of 2nd Captain Alexander Cavalie Mercer, who commanded G-Troop at Waterloo.

Despite being the least experienced troop at Waterloo, G-Troop is more famous than all other British artillery troops and batteries combined due to the extraordinarily thorough journal kept by Mercer. This episode not only examines the campaign through his words but also considers his unusually compassionate nature.

Sincere thanks to Richard Heffer, Jonathan Durbin, and Paul Hayward.

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The famous Rifles, bookending Adam's Brigade at Waterloo, fought in the unfamiliar role of conventional line infantry, forming column, line, and square. This episode includes numerous first hand accounts, some of them previously unpublished, as well as new data, new statistics, and new stories!

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Many thanks to: Stuart Lyon, George Williams, Jeff Taylor, Micky Vega, Robert Hogan, Stewart Crichton, Alistair White, Matt Taylor, and David Hart

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From Blaauwberg in South Africa, to Buenos Aires, and through the hard campaigns of the Peninsula, these were "The Glasgow Heroes", who formed part of Adam's Brigade at Waterloo. This episode traces who these men were and what became of them in the years that followed the Napoleonic Wars.

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Trained at Sir John Moore's Light Infantry camp at Shorncliffe, Kent, the 52nd formed part of the famous Light Division, central to Wellington's successes in the Peninsula War. At Waterloo the Regiment formed part of Adam's 3rd Brigade where it played an important roll on the right flank of the battlefield. This episode looks at the horror of their experience there, surprising insights into discipline in this crack force as part of the army of occupation following Waterloo, and what became of some of the men in the years after.

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Captain James Webber-Smith's Troop was placed in at least two different positions at Waterloo: to the north west of Hougoumont, firing down the pavé, the Nivelle Road, and then on the main ridge, alongside Bull and Ramsay. Personally, I suspect the lack of comment from Webber-Smith himself and the conflicting accounts (or at least timings) of others point to something unspoken - perhaps, that it was this troop of horse artillery that Augustus Frazer mentions retiring due to heavy French fire, and then having to be ordered back into position. Who knows?

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An important regiment both in their role at Waterloo as well as during the retreat through Genappe the previous day, these were the unlucky men of Talavera, unfashionable, unloved and often overlooked but full of interesting and capable individuals.

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Many thanks to: Terence Blacker, Neil James, Peter Molloy, Alistair White, Jim Tate, Andrew Baillie,

Diogo Vasconcellos, Paul Phillips, and Harry Bucknall

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