The letter provides description of the Waterloo campaign and the events surrounding E Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. In the letter to his brother dated the 24th June, William Swabey outlined the situation during the massed French cavalry charges: 'At about half past twelve large masses of Cavalry and Infantry moved to attack our centre (which centre was by the bye, properly speaking nearer the right) and endeavoured to gain the Brussels road. The left was likewise threatened. The charges on the centre were the most obstinate the French ever made on us. The guns were repeatedly passed through by the Cuirassiers of the Guard who were almost immediately driven back by our Infantry. They charged likewise our squares of Infantry again and again, and left men and horses in heaps.’ In addition to the letter the file contains extensive genealogical information and the full details of William Swabey's military service. The entire contents of this file are in the on-line archive.

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