COLDSTREAM GUARDS - Hougoumont, nr. Waterloo 1815

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COLDSTREAM GUARDS - Hougoumont, nr. Waterloo 1815Coldstream Guards defending Chteau d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont). Chteau d'Hougoumont is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in Braine l'Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium. The escarpment is where British and other allied forces faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo (Source Wikipedia) Limited edition of 50 c w authentication certificate by David Higham, commemorating the Battle of Waterloo June

While still in line formation the regiment was charged from behind by the 5e Lanciers belonging to Comte Piré’s 2nd Cavalry Division

Now gloriously uniformed in green and scarlet in Hussar style the Chasseurs took enormous pride in their privileged role as Napoleon’s bodyguard

The approach to the breach of St

The regiment wore light cavalry uniforms of blue with gold lace and red facings

One of a series of images with a ‘French Kitchen’ theme

A delightful quirky illustration by Marek Jagucki

alongside the Emperor

The name derives from the border regions of England

a small group of about forty men who formed the initial attack

the Cockapoo is the first of the “designer dogs” (not a “pure” dog breed)

The 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars)

Coldstream Guards defending Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont)