The fabled Scottish Highlanders, including the 42nd, 79th and 92nd Regiments, marched into battle at Quatre Bras and Waterloo behind beating drums and shrieking bagpipes, shouting their fierce war cry, “Scotland forever!”   More »

At the village of Fuentes de Onoro, the English Duke of Wellington waited to see French Marshal Massena and his optimistically named Army of Portugal.   More »

The minarets of Alexandria shone distantly as a British expeditionary force headed for the fabled city. A French counterattack was soon under way.   More »

Armed with the Baker Rifle, specially trained British troops became the premiere skirmishers and marksmen of early 19th century warfare.   More »

Henry Shrapnel set his fertile mind to explosive shells and helped win the Battle of Waterloo.   More »

Did the same heroism that led to victory in the Peninsular War lead to Edward Pakenham’s defeat at the Battle of New Orleans?   More »

Pride and discipline went up against Andrew Jackson and the American frontiersmen in the Battle of New Orleans.   More »

By Don Hollway
In the face of disaster, few military commanders in history maintained the British stiff upper lip as well as Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. In mid-June 1815 he attended a ball given by Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond, in her Brussels home. Her guest list included all   More »

The Prussian Army’s Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher made some critical decisions on the field at the Battle of Waterloo.   More »

When Marshal Ney mistook the removal of British wounded at the Battle of Waterloo as a full retreat, his resulting cavalry charges were soon dashed.   More »