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Battle of Waterloo: Wellingtons
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Among Wellington's officers was Major-General Peregrine Maitland, commander of the 1st brigade of the Foot Guards at the battle of Waterloo. Maitland, who had been a widower for ten years and had a son ... named Peregrine, had eyes that evening only for Lady Sarah, the 23-year old daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond. Sarah, who was a sprightly,
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At the time of the Battle, Wellington placed Colonel Macdonell in charge at Hougoumont with the words “defend the post to the last extremity”. This Macdonell achieved and Hougoumont was not taken in the nine hours of fighting. The insides of the Chateau were burnt to the ground and remain a memorial to the Brigade of Guards.
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In the closing moments of the battle a cannon ball struck the Earl of Uxbridge as he rode with the Duke of Wellington. The Duke said “By God you’ve lost your leg.” The Earl said “By God, so I have.” The remains of the leg were amputated in a house nearby and the owner buried the leg in his garden where it was a place of interest for some years.
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Wellington's HQ along the Brussels Road was in the village of Waterloo the night before the battle. He had retreated here trusting that the Prussians under Marshal Blucher would come to his support.
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The furious Wellington, who claimed sole responsibility for the triumph, insisted Siborne depict the position of the armies at the start of battle instead. Siborne was leant on by the powers that be and he reluctantly removed thousands of hand-painted Prussian soldiers. Wellington saved face and Siborne died a broken man. By standing up for historical accuracy he stood accused of subverting a central element of national mythology: the conviction that Britain alone - and the genius of the Iron Duke in particular – had saved Europe from the tyranny of Napoleon.
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On the 18th of June 191.300 soldiers fought one of the most decisive battles in the history of Europe in only one day. The Wellington army had 67.000 soldiers, Blücher's army 52.300 and Napoleon's army 72.000. A total of 48.500 men fell or were severely wounded.
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