Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Germans still seem to think that the arrival of the Prussian troops (albeit rather late) tipped the balance against Napoleon - well, they would, wouldn't they. There are still quite a few buildings still standing in Hannover which hark back to the history of Imperial Germany, one of which is the surviving staircase of the Cumberland Gallery (at the back of what was, after WWII, the so called Amerika Haus - spreading US culture to the vanquished). Cheers Douglas GREG LORENZO wrote: >Douglas Sharp writes: > > > >>GREG LORENZO wrote: >> >> >> >>>Wonder how it's going to end? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Didn't someone say "I wish it were night, or that the Prussians would >>come", Wellington waiting for Cumberland I think ;-) >>Douglas >> >> >> > >Douglas, > >I believe that regiment (an all volunteer Hanoverian Hussar Regiment in >service with the British) reportly left the field at Waterloo early in the >battle. In most armies desertion in the face of the enemy could get you >shot. > >Don't know what Wellington did with them or their Colonel afterward, but >mounted horse regiments were usually made up by the nobility (paid for >theur own equipment and horses) in Napoleonic times so probably they would >have no little political influence. So probably nothing. > >I'll have to see what Bowden's tome has to say about their make-up and >comportment. > >Regards, > >Greg > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >