In his detailed letter of the 24th June 1815, Archibald Hamilton described the charge by the British Heavy cavalry during the Battle of Waterloo, and the confusion which resulted: 'After killing I can't tell what number, we made all the rest prisoners, about 3,000, which were immediately sent to the rear. Nothing could stop the men; they went on, took a great many of the enemy's guns, and then, instead of halting, charged the lancers and cuirassiers. At this moment, I lost sight of the General, who was killed, and cut my way to the rear, we being completely overpowered by a fresh column of infantry firing upon us and by the cuirassiers and lancers having by this time rallied. We then retired and three squadrons were formed, [from] the nine in the brigade.'  In addition to the letter the file contains extensive new genealogical information and details of Archibald Hamilton military service. It should be noted that the contents of this file  are also available within the on-line archive. 

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