"Waterloo Podcast - 32nd (Cornwall Foot" Topic
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| Lord Hill | 26 Aug 2024 3:48 a.m. PST |
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| Lieutenant Lockwood | 26 Aug 2024 5:01 a.m. PST |
Every week I look forward to seeing these get released. Some really good work. Yes it's about the much-dreaded Waterloo, which had largely been done to to death, but this series is at a level of detail which is unprecedented. The "new" military history is all about the human experience in battle, and Martin's work lets us see just how battle impacts the individual soldier. So well done. |
| 14Bore | 26 Aug 2024 6:37 a.m. PST |
Another fantastic episode
Between these and the book Waterloo Casualties I am seeing at least in this battle the horrific death toll are a bit exaggerated so has me wondering about other battles in the black powder era going back through the 7YW. Certainly something I am now looking at. |
| forrester | 27 Aug 2024 7:41 a.m. PST |
Watched it, again fantastic, and very enlightening as to exactly what happened on the left.Confirmation that D'Erlon's command was still busy [not just with Papelotte and LHS] after the failure of the main attack.
The 32nd mixed in with the 27th? Never heard of that before. Not even in the same brigade. Maybe we are too used to our toys standing on their bases and not wandering. After all this time, still new material emerging. |
| Lord Hill | 30 Aug 2024 7:20 a.m. PST |
Maybe we are too used to our toys standing on their bases and not wandering. I think that's a very good point – I imagine things were far less neat and tidy on the battlefield, especially one as crowded and congested as Waterloo.
Men of the 32nd mention being mixed up with the 27th at various points, and men of the 95th calling over to them. Not to mention "in our third charge when the cavalry came to our assistance". It sound quite cluttered and fluid around that hedgerow to the north-east of La Haye Sainte. Many thanks for all the kind and encouraging comments above! |
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