British Infantry
regiments during the Battle of Waterloo including the 28th Gloucester
regiment, 2nd Yorkshire regiment, Royal Scots, 1st Regiment of Foot
Guards, Cameron Highlanders, Coldstream Guards, Gordon Highlanders,
Blackwatch and 95th Rifles, shown in historical military art prints by
Cranston Fine Arts.
Grenadier
Guards at Waterloo In the
campaign of Waterloo the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the First Guards, under
Maitland, and the 2nd battalions of the Coldstream and Third (Scots) Guards,
under Byng, formed the First Division of the army. They rendered service never
to be forgotten. The Division reached Quatre Bras about half past six on the
evening of June 26th, having met many wounded who said the day was going badly
for us. Maitland was at once directed to clear the Bots de Bossu, on the right
of the position, and his men straight away rushed into the wood with a cheer,
and drove all before them, but the French turned their gun fire upon the wood,
and many were killed or injured by trees cut down by the balls. Maitland's
Guards were then formed outside the wood, where they were furiously charged by
cavalry. Taking shelter therefore at the edge of the thicket and supported by
some Black Brunswickers, they almost annihilated their assailants and, with
heavy loss, held the ground. At Waterloo
the light companies of both brigades were posted in the wood and gardens of
Hougoumont, where they were reinforced at midday by four more companies of the
Coldstreamers, while the brigades themselves were on the ridge of the position
to the rear, on the extreme right of the line. At Hougoumont the First Guards
fought with heroic valour. It was a conflict worthy of Titans. In vain did
Prince Jerome throw his strength against the old château, to the possession of
which Bonaparte attached high importance. The walls were loopholed, and the
place was held in strength, but repeatedly the French came on to achieve a
temporary success, and then to be driven out again. A desperate struggle took
place in the wood, where on one side or the other, men retreated fighting from
tree to tree. Not less than 8,000 Frenchmen were put hors de combat in the
tremendous onslaught made upon Hougoumont. But Lord Saltoun maintained his
position, and renewed attacks were in vain. The loss, however, was terrible and
the light infantry were almost annihilated when the Coldstreamers came to their
aid. During this momentous struggle, the farm buildings were set on fire by the
guns, adding immensely to the difficulty of the defence, and consigning many
wounded to an agonizing death. While the
attack on Hougoumont was thus being made, a tremendous fire was poured on the
allied line. When it ceased, the Imperial Cavalry, at headlong speed, charged
the steady squares of the Guards, and the decimated ranks recoiled, but to hurl
themselves anew on our bayonets. The 3rd
battalion of the First Guards was one of the regiments most exposed to this
terrible onslaught. "It was upon these troops," says Siborne,
"that fell the first bursts of the grand early attacks, and it was upon
these troops also that the French gunners seldom neglected to pour their
destructive missiles." Through all that terrific day the vast masses of
gallant Frenchmen were broken against the iron sturdiness of the British
squares, which stood like stoney islands amid the lapping waves of a sea of
fire. General Cooke, commanding the division of Guards, and Colonels D'Oyly and
Stables, in command of battalions, retired wounded from the field, and Lord
Saltoun, who had returned from Hougoumont, succeeded to the 3rd battalion. At
length, as the day wore on, Bonaparte, seeing the oncoming of the Prussians,
concentrated his furious cannonade mainly on the position held by the Guards
preparatory to his grand attack, and but for the shelter of a hollow way, they
must have been annihilated. At this time, Maitland, by the Duke's orders, formed
his two battalions into line four deep, and scarcely was the change made, when
5,000 men of the Old Imperial Guard, led by Ney, were seen advancing at the pas
de charge to the attack. Shouting Vive l' Empereur! they came steadily on, but,
when they reached the crest, the Guards rose up like a wall and poured out a
pitiless volley, the rear ranks passing with loaded muskets to the front. What
matters it, says Lord Saltoun, whether Wellington cried "Up Guards and at 'em!"
or no? He never heard the words only "Now Maitland, now's your time!"
Thus was the iron shower set free. The Old Guard wavered and when at length the
column reeled, shattered and broken, Saltoun cried out, "Now's the time, my
boys!" and the Guards sprang forward, and drove the enemy over a hedge of
dead and dying down the hill. In that conflict of giants, and at Quatre Bras,
the First Guards lost 181 killed, including 7 officers, and had 853 wounded,
making a total of 1,034. They had rendered glorious service, and earned undying
fame. "Guards," exclaimed Wellington, "you shall be rewarded for
this." and so it happened that, as a distinguished honour, they became
"The First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards." (Excerpt from
The Navy and Army Gazette November
20th 1896 by John Leyland ) |
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Up Guards and at Them by Richard Caton Woodville.
Wellington orders the Grenadier Guards to advance during the closing stages of the Battle of Waterloo.
Open edition print. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £13.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee paper prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £135.00
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Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £1.50
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Scotland yet onto Victory by Richard Caton Woodville.
Depicting the charge of the Scots Greys supported by the Gordon Highlanders at the Battle of Waterloo.
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Gordons and Greys to the Front by Stanley Berkeley.
The charge of the Scots Greys with the Gordon Highlanders holding onto the stirrups. Although this is a point of argument as to the improbability, both regiments concur that this action did happen.
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Quatre Bras by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
28th Gloucester Regiment shown in square repelling the French cavalry.
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Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 40 inches x 26 inches (102cm x 66cm). Price £600.00
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Antique black and white Photogravure Size 13 inches x 27 inches (33cm x 69cm). Price £800.00
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Charge of the 2nd Carabiniers against the Square of the 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) at the Battle of Waterloo by Brian Palmer.
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The Battle of Waterloo by Felix Philippoteaux.
Depicting French Cuirassiers charging onto the British squares during the Battle of Waterloo.
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28th Gloucester Regiment at Waterloo by William Barnes Wollen.
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51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Light Infantry at Waterloo June 1815. by Brian Palmer.
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Royal Scots at Waterloo by Brian Palmer.
Royal Scots 1st of Foot about to form square around their colours during the Battle of Waterloo.
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1st Regiment of Foot Guards at Waterloo by Brian Palmer.
The light company of the 1st Foot Guards commanded by Lord Saltoun, defending the hollow way, behind Hougoumont.
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The Cameron Highlanders at Waterloo by Brian Palmer.
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Piper Kenneth Mackay at Waterloo by J. B. Anderson.
Piper Mackay marching repeatedly round the Camerons square, outside the bayonets, playing the Pibroch Cogadh na Sith at the height of the Battle of Waterloo.
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Saving the Kings Colour of the 32nd During the Battle of Waterloo by Richard Simkin.
A French Officer attempts to seize the Colour but was instantly run through by Sgt. Switzers Pike and also by the sword of Ensign Birtwhistle.
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Cameron Highlanders in Square at Waterloo by Richard Simkin.
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Defence of Hougoumont Farm by Robert Hillingford.
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Hougoumont by Robert Gibb.
Showing the 1st Foot Guards and The Coldstream Guards struggling to close the gates at Hougoumont Farm against the Heavy French forces at the Height of the the battle of waterloo. During the Battle of waterloo the 1st Foot Guards and the Coldstream Guards losses were as follows. 1st Foot Guards, 125 Killed, 352 Wounded, and the Coldstream Guards losses, were 97 killed and 446 wounded and four missing.
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Wellington orders the Grenadier Guards to advance during the closing stages of
the Battle of Waterloo.
Scotland yet onto Victory by Richard Caton Woodville
Depicting the charge of the Scots Greys supported by the Gordon
Highlanders at the Battle of Waterloo.
Gordons and Greys to the Front by Stanley Berkeley
The picture shows the charge of the Scots Greys with the Gordon
Highlanders holding onto the stirrups. Although this is a point of
argument as to the improbability, both regiments concur that this action
did happen.
Quatre Bras by Lady Butler 28th Gloucester Regiment shown in square repelling the French cavalry.
The Battle of Waterloo by Felix Philippoteaux
Depicting French Cuirassiers charging onto the British squares
during the Battle of Waterloo.
Royal Scots at Waterloo by Brian Palmer
Royal Scots 1st of Foot about to form square around their colours
during the Battle of Waterloo.
1st Regiment of Foot Guards at Waterloo by Brian Palmer
The light company of the 1st Foot Guards commanded by Lord Saltoun,
defending the hollow way, behind Hougoumont.
Piper Kenneth Mackay at Waterloo by J.B. Anderson
The picture shows piper Mackay marching repeatedly round the Cameron's
square, outside the bayonets, playing the Pibroch Cogadh na Sith at the
height of the Battle of Waterloo.
Saving the Kings Colour of the 32nd During the Battle of
Waterloo by Richard Simkin A French Officer attempts to seize the Colour but was instantly run
through by Sgt. Switzers Pike and also by the sword of Ensign Birtwhistle. Hougoumont by Robert
Gibb. Showing
the 1st Foot Guards and The Coldstream Guards struggling to close the
gates at Hougoumont Farm against the Heavy French forces at the Height of
the the battle of waterloo. During the Battle of waterloo the 1st Foot
Guards and the Coldstream Guards losses were as follows. 1st Foot Guards,
125 Killed, 352 Wounded, and the Coldstream Guards losses, were 97 killed
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Waterloo; Defence of
Hougoumont by Denis Dighton This Limited edition of
850 published in 1976 which has been long time sold
out. was signed by the Then Duke of Wellington as is a very rare print to
find
One secondary market print being sold on behalf of a
major collector's estate. No. 591/850
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Grenadier Guards at Waterloo Excerpt from
In the
campaign of Waterloo the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the First Guards, under
Maitland, and the 2nd battalions of the Coldstream and Third (Scots) Guards,
under Byng, formed the First Division of the army. They rendered service never
to be forgotten. The Division reached Quatre Bras about half past six on the
evening of June 26th, having met many wounded who said the day was going badly
for us. Maitland was at once directed to clear the Bots de Bossu, on the right
of the position, and his men straight away rushed into the wood with a cheer,
and drove all before them, but the French turned their gun fire upon the wood,
and many were killed or injured by trees cut down by the balls. Maitland's
Guards were then formed outside the wood, where they were furiously charged by
cavalry. Taking shelter therefore at the edge of the thicket and supported by
some Black Brunswickers, they almost annihilated their assailants and, with
heavy loss, held the ground.At Waterloo the
light companies of both brigades were posted in the wood and gardens of
Hougoumont, where they were reinforced at midday by four more companies of the
Coldstreamers, while the brigades themselves were on the ridge of the position
to the rear, on the extreme right of the line. At Hougoumont the First Guards
fought with heroic valour. It was a conflict worthy of Titans. In vain did
Prince Jerome throw his strength against the old château, to the possession of
which Bonaparte attached high importance. The walls were loopholed, and the
place was held in strength, but repeatedly the French came on to achieve a
temporary success, and then to be driven out again. A desperate struggle took
place in the wood, where on one side or the other, men retreated fighting from
tree to tree. Not less than 8,000 Frenchmen were put hors de combat in the
tremendous onslaught made upon Hougoumont. But Lord Saltoun maintained his
position, and renewed attacks were in vain. The loss, however, was terrible and
the light infantry were almost annihilated when the Coldstreamers came to their
aid. During this momentous struggle, the farm buildings were set on fire by the
guns, adding immensely to the difficulty of the defence, and consigning many
wounded to an agonizing death. While the attack
on Hougoumont was thus being made, a tremendous fire was poured on the allied
line. When it ceased, the Imperial Cavalry, at headlong speed, charged the
steady squares of the Guards, and the decimated ranks recoiled, but to hurl
themselves anew on our bayonets. The 3rd
battalion of the First Guards was one of the regiments most exposed to this
terrible onslaught. "It was upon these troops," says Siborne,
"that fell the first bursts of the grand early attacks, and it was upon
these troops also that the French gunners seldom neglected to pour their
destructive missiles." Through all that terrific day the vast masses of
gallant Frenchmen were broken against the iron sturdiness of the British
squares, which stood like stoney islands amid the lapping waves of a sea of
fire. General Cooke, commanding the division of Guards, and Colonels D'Oyly and
Stables, in command of battalions, retired wounded from the field, and Lord
Saltoun, who had returned from Hougoumont, succeeded to the 3rd battalion. At
length, as the day wore on, Bonaparte, seeing the oncoming of the Prussians,
concentrated his furious cannonade mainly on the position held by the Guards
preparatory to his grand attack, and but for the shelter of a hollow way, they
must have been annihilated. At this time, Maitland, by the Duke's orders, formed
his two battalions into line four deep, and scarcely was the change made, when
5,000 men of the Old Imperial Guard, led by Ney, were seen advancing at the pas
de charge to the attack. Shouting Vive l' Empereur! they came steadily on, but,
when they reached the crest, the Guards rose up like a wall and poured out a
pitiless volley, the rear ranks passing with loaded muskets to the front. What
matters it, says Lord Saltoun, whether Wellington cried "Up Guards and at 'em!"
or no? He never heard the words only "Now Maitland, now's your time!"
Thus was the iron shower set free. The Old Guard wavered and when at length the
column reeled, shattered and broken, Saltoun cried out, "Now's the time, my
boys!" and the Guards sprang forward, and drove the enemy over a hedge of
dead and dying down the hill. In that conflict of giants, and at Quatre BRas,
the First Guards lost 181 killed, including 7 officers, and had 853 wounded,
making a total of 1,034. They had rendered glorious service, and earned undying
fame. "Guards," exclaimed Wellington, "you shall be rewarded for
this." and so it happened that, as a distinguished honour, they became
"The First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards."
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