Coloured engraving of the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

'French Cuirassiers in the Battle of Waterloo Charged and Defeated by the Highlanders and Scotch Greys', published by E. Orme, 4 June 1816.

The main focus of the print is a Scots soldier using his bayonet to attack a mounted Frenchman, while to the extreme right a Highland soldier attempts to help a fallen comrade.

There were 6,070 officers and men of Scottish regiments present at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, of a total of 67,655 commanded by the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon led almost 72,000 men. The British lost 15,000 killed and wounded, and the French 25,000.

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Online ID:	000-000-100-264-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0207: The Thistle at War Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland M.1950.873
Date:	18 June 1815 4 June 1816 Published 1816
Material:	Paper
Dimensions:	250 mm H x 325 mm W
What:	Print / engraving
Subject:	Prints
Who:	E. Orme (publisher) French Cuirassiers (Non-British forces, inc. Imperial and Colonial)
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Event:	Battle of Waterloo
Description:	French Cuirassiers - Coloured engraving of the regiment at Waterloo, published by E. Orme, 4 June 1816.
References:	McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh, NMS, 1997
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