We found seventeen posts for Waterloo on Clay Lane. The posts are listed order of relevance to your search.
1
The Button Man of Waterloo
ByBenjamin Robert Haydon
Amid all the confusion of the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington
spotted a man in civilian clothes riding busily around on a stocky horse.
… Haydon left behind a diary in which he recorded an anecdote set against the background of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 …
In the middle of the battle of Waterloo he saw a man in plain clothes riding about on a cob in the thickest fire …
2
Bad Day at Waterloo
BySir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
Frederick Ponsonby’s involvement in the Battle of Waterloo began early,
and it seemed to him that it went on for ever.
… Early in the Battle of Waterloo on June 18th …
3
The Battle of Waterloo
ByClay Lane
The Russians had checked it in the East, but in the West the expansion of Napoleon Bonaparte’s empire was far from over.
… Napoleon intercepted Wellington in the mud and rain
at Waterloo in Belgium on June 18 …
4
Serjeant Munday
ByWilliam Howitt
William Howitt had some advice for Victorian tourists hoping for
an authentic experience at the battlefield of Waterloo.
… The Battle of Waterloo in 1815 created a tourist attraction for patriotic Englishmen hoping to connect with the Duke of Wellington’s legendary victory …
5
Wellington’s Cook
ByWilliam Howitt
The hero of Waterloo needed all his men to believe in him that day,
but none believed in him more than his cook.
… Charles Dickens’s ‘Household Words’ for 1851 recounted a summer visit to the site of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 …
6
Wellington’s Secret
BySamuel Smiles
The future hero of Waterloo dealt with political ambush as comfortably as he dealt with the military kind.