Waterloo Association

Our thanks to Chris Brett of the Nelson Society for his fascinating @WaterlooA lecture tonight on 'Nelson and the Slave Trade'. Our next online event is on 25 Feb when Andrew Field will lecture on 'The Enigma of the French Grand Battery at Waterloo' share.google/AdHdaxvIFSJUOu…

If you enjoyed 'Poldark', 'Moonfleet' and 'Doctor Syn', you'll love this Waterloo Association video on "The Rise and Decline of Smuggling during the Napoleonic Wars" by Dr John Morewood youtube.com/watch?v=mGaitZ…

Reenacting memory: 2024 Fort Erie. Like the opening moves on a chess board, the action builds as more pieces are moved into place! Photo by Lisa Brown

In order to converse with @ThatchGer1 I have been forced to purchase William James’ Naval Occurrences of the War of 1812! 🤣 📚 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

4 Feb 1793 On this day, Nelson left his home at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk to take command of HMS Agamemnon. Britain had just gone to war with Revolutionary France It was the last time Nelson would ever see Burnham Thorpe as his home 📷HMS Agamemnon, Bucklers Hard Shipyard Trust

#OnThisDay 3 February 1807 The Battle of Montevideo. British forces under Sir Samuel Auchmuty stormed the Spanish-held city, breaching the walls after days of bombardment & fierce night fighting. Spain lost est 1,500 casualties & 2,000 prisoners. Britain lost 600.

My @penswordbooks "Black Redcoats" is at @CMNRavens, the College of the Muscogee Nation, the Muscogee are descendants of the Creek who the @RoyalMarines & former enslaved I wrote of fought alongside against the US. The corn is from Tecumseh's Tippecanoe, & Alabama #History

Re-enacting Memory: 2014, a lovely day at Battlefield House in Stoney Creek. What is a little winter weather with the warmth of friendships and the promise of a pub afterwards

How do soldiers reflect on battle? Have a listen to out latest episode where the pod team sit down to discuss their experiences from The Battle of La Boissiere Ecole. Out on YouTube, Spotify & Apple podcasts🎧

NEW VIDEO: The Waterloo Association presents an illustrated talk by Andrew Field on the 3rd (British) Division at Waterloo, looking at the division's composition and its experience on the battlefield of Waterloo. youtube.com/watch?v=_B9vK7…

A good general - but did his failure to engage at either Ligny or Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815 cost Napoleon the Waterloo campaign?

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On this day in 1833 Admiral Edward Pellew died. Pellew was one of the most successful Royal Navy commanders of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. So famous were his exploits that he was featured prominently in C. S. Forester's fictional series Hornblower.

#OTD January 24, 1798 – On this day in 1798, Napoleon didn’t just conquer a city—he toppled the Pope’s government as his forces entered Rome. French troops under General Berthier entered Rome, effectively ending Papal temporal rule. Acting under orders from Napoleon, Berthier proclaimed the Roman Republic, and Pope Pius VI was taken into captivity soon after. #rome

Reenacting memory: 2025 River Raisin The young lad accompanied his grandfather to the event. He watched from the sidelines when we had opposed lines firing at each other. This is the fun part, he cannot get old to 16 years old fast enough in his mind! Photos by Tim Zeipekis

Did you know we have released a new documentary? Check it out on YouTube, Spotify & Apple podcasts.🎥

#OnThisDay 23 January 1795, a French hussar cavalry regiment captured 14 Dutch ships that were frozen at anchor in the 2-mile stretch between Den Helder & Texel island. The cavalry moved across the frozen Zuiderzee bay & completed their unique capture of the Dutch fleet.

On this day in 1806 William Pitt the Younger died. Pitt’s skillful leadership as British prime minister during the Napoleonic and Revolutionary Wars mark him out as one of the most significant historical figures of his age. He is buried in Westminster Abbey in London.

"Napoleon inherited the tools for victory from the old regime. Revolutionary warfare was not revolutionary. Everything commonly regarded as its essence had been invented earlier." - Tim Blanning amzn.to/3MCxoy1 @NapWarsPod #PrimeAndLoad

@theknightirish @WaterlooA I was reading an Osprey book about the Portuguese army. Was reading about William Warre a Portuguese/British officer. Part of the Warre’s Port family. Realised I was drinking from a bottle or Warre’s port called Warrior named after his horse.