Carole Divall

This is the fourth and final article in a series on the Household Brigade.

“Scotland For Ever”, by Lady Butler Continue Reading »

This is the third of four articles about the Household Brigade.  The first three articles deal with the three regiments which made up the brigade, and next month the fourth will examine the part they played at Waterloo. Continue Reading »

This is the second of four articles about the Household Brigade.  The first three articles deal with the three regiments which made up the brigade, and the fourth will examine the part they played at the Battle of Waterloo. Continue Reading »

This is the first of three articles on the cavalry regiments which made up the Household Brigade at Waterloo.  A fourth article will describe the part they played at Waterloo. Continue Reading »

‘The Russian Cavalry, with the simple exception of the English, is the best in Europe, and the Russian has this advantage even over the English, that their horses can not only stand more fatigue, but can likewise better suffer all the severities of climate.’^{1 Continue Reading »}

Part 1: The Russian infantry

Coat of arms of the Russian Empire, 1800 Continue Reading »

Last month I looked at how the French army was perceived by a contemporary British writer.  This month I want to summarise the same writer’s account of how conscription worked in practice.

French infantry in action at Waterloo Continue Reading »

Contemporary views are often a useful corrective to how we see  situations 200 years ago through the wrong end of the telescope.  The following article, the first of two on the subject, considers a contemporary assessment of the French army. Continue Reading »

General Sir John Doyle Continue Reading »

Cadiz from the sea

Graham had won the battle of Barrosa; now he needed to win the battle of words which followed. Continue Reading »