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Waterloo, two centuries on ...

Musée du Louvre, Paris.

The twin battles of Ligny and Waterloo were fought between Friday, 16 and Sunday, 18 June, 1815 - just 200 years ago today. This post is in memory of the brave English, French, Irish, Netherlander, Scots, Prussian and other German States, Welsh and other soldiers who, in spite of the fact that considerably more than half of them were inexperienced in combat or even barely trained, fought and in many cases died in these battles. May their souls sit at God's Right Hand. With greatest respect, JR. Painting - Thédore Géricault, "Le Chasseur de la Garde" (Hussar of Napoleon's Imperial Guard), 1812-1814.