Soldier Gallery

French Lancers J840002

Engraving of French Napoleonic soldiers. An Officer of the Chevaux-legers Lanciers (2nd Regiment of Imperial Guard), with a mounted private in the background. In 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo this unit formed part of General Lefebvre-Desnouettes Guard Light Cavalry Division, which took part in Marshal Ney's massed cavalry attack on the British lines. They had also been engaged at the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16th June as scouts ahead of Marshal Ney's main body

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Prussian soldiers J840001

Engraving of Prussian Napoleonic soldiers produced in Berlin. Foot Artillery drivers ("2te Artillerie Brigade") and a Jager (light infantry "2te Jager Abtheilung") on guard at a sentry box. On 18th June 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo, 2nd Artillery formed part of General von Zieten's Prussian I Corps. They were also engaged on 15th June and at the Battle of Ligny on 16th June

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Ice pail depicting a Highlander with Spanish militia N081111

APSLEY HOUSE, London. Ice pail from the Duke of Wellington's Prussian Service, made in Berlin 1817-19. This was a gift to the Duke from the King of Prussia, and here depicts scenes from the Peninsular War. Here shown are a British Highlander (42nd Foot - Black Watch) and Spanish Miquelet (militia from Catalonia or Valencia). WM1057_1948

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