Waterloo 1815 by John Grehan

Author:John Grehan [Grehan, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Modern, 19th Century
ISBN: 9781783831999
Google: _0KuCAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Frontline Books
Published: 2015-05-30T02:51:41+00:00

Ensign Macready was one of those men inside the square of the 30th Regiment. The 30th had lost heavily at Quatre Bras and had to combine with the 73rd Regiment to form this square:

As soon as they quickened their trot into a gallop the Cuirassiers bent their heads so that the peak of their helmets looked like visors and they seemed cased in armour from the plume to the saddle. Not a shot was fired till they were within thirty yards when the word was given … The effect was magical. Thro’ the smoke we could see helmets falling – cavaliers starting from their seats with convulsive springs as they received our balls, horses plunging and rearing in the agonies of fright and pain, and crowds of the soldiery dismounted; part of the squadrons in retreat, but the more daring remainder backing their horses to force them on our bayonets. Our fire soon disposed of these gentlemen.

The main body reformed in our front were reinforced and rapidly and gallantly repeated their attacks. In fact from this time (about four o’clock) till near six we had a constant repetition of these brave but unavailing charges … The best cavalry is contemptible to a steady and well supplied Infantry regiment – even our men saw this and began to pity the useless perseverance of their assailants and as they advanced would growl ‘here come those damned fools again’.6

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