Waterloo Tour: Between the Allied Squares

Waterloo Tour: Between The Allied Squares

The Cuirassiers Are Coming!

This picture shows the direction the French Cuirassier came from. The Allied troops standing here in square formations first saw the French heavy cavalry when it emerged from behind the sunken Ohain road which doesn't exists anymore. It must have been an awful sight!

Captain Mercer's Monument

This stone is placed on the spot where Captain Mercer's G Troop Royal Horse Artillery had its last known position during the attack of the French heavy cavalry. They poured loads of deadly canister into the Cuirassier ranks only to take refuge in the nearest square at the very last moment.

Lieutenant Demulder's Monument

Augustin Demulder was a Belgian born in Nivelles in 1785 who served, as still many of his countrymen did in 1815 in the French army. He was a lieutenant in the 5th Regiment of Cuirassiers. He was wounded at Eylau in 1807, Essling 1809, Hannaut 1813 and he finally found his grave at Waterloo on what would be Belgian soil 15 years later after the Belgian Revolution.

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