William Clarke
This file contains a typeset copy of a contemporary account by William Clarke, a former Serjeant serving with the 2nd (or Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons, which has been transcribed from the handwritten manuscript.
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In his detailed account of the Waterloo campaign, William Clarke provided a description of the charge by the British Heavy cavalry during the battle on Sunday 18th June 1815: 'The infantry opened, to enable the cavalry to pass through them. Immediately in their front was a narrow road, which ran along the brow of the height, on one side of which was a hedgerow and a ditch, which the whole brigade of cavalry were obliged to leap over. This circumstance exposed them to a very heavy cannonade from a brigade of the enemy's artillery, which was posted on the opposite height and played over the heads of their own columns, which were in great masses in the hollow between the two heights; likewise, a tremendous fire of musketry from the infantry just in their front.' In addition to the account the file contains genealogical information and details of William Clarke’s military service. The entire contents are also in British Correspondence #2. |
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