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Tango01 | 07 May 2015 3:30 p.m. PST |
… Battle of Waterloo. "An international team of archaeologists, led by the University of Glasgow's Dr Tony Pollard, has broken ground in the first excavation of the battlefield of Waterloo. The team which uniquely includes international archaeologists and British veterans, including some still serving in the Coldstream Guards, have been working on site at Waterloo on the project's first excavations. Dr Tony PollardThrough a combination of Geo-physical survey work by the Ghent University's Department of Soil Management, metal detecting and a series of test trenches, the Waterloo Uncovered team has started to explore the area of a former wood that dominated the French army's approach to the Hougoumont farm buildings which were defended by regiments including the Coldstream Guards. A number of spent musket balls fired by both British and French troops have been found at the Southern extremity of this wood; these are thought to be some of the first shots fired in the Battle…" Full text here link Amicalement Armand |
Grognard1789 | 07 May 2015 7:44 p.m. PST |
There are some original items here as well; auction |
Tango01 | 08 May 2015 10:22 a.m. PST |
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