In his letter from Paris in July 1815, Sir Robert Gardiner provided a detailed description of the  Battle of Waterloo: ‘It was about seven o'clock in the evening, when the Emperor made a last effort and advanced an enormous force against our left centre. If at any part of the day, victory was at all doubtful, I should say it was at this moment. I could observe, however, the Duke collecting his numbers from different points, and moving them to meet this effort and we had at length the happiness of seeing the firmness of the army in its former trials of the day, rewarded in this last, with ultimate success. The enemy was repulsed, leaving the ground covered with their dead and wounded, to the most dinning and continued run of cannon and musketry ever heard.'  In addition to the letter the file contains extensive genealogical information and details of Sir Robert Gardiner's military service. It should be noted that the entire contents of this file form part of the on-line archive. 

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