The letter provides a description of the part played by the Nassau troops. In his extraordinary letter of the 26th July 1815, Heinrich von Gagern recalled the fighting on Sunday 18th June and the climax of the Battle of Waterloo: ‘At this time the crisis had already started, because the Prussians, who had long been expected, had still not arrived. Some of the Allied battalions were quite dispersed, and the French attacked with renewed courage. Our battalion, however, with the Landwehr Battalion on our left, and slightly behind, advanced while covered by the cavalry. One of the main mistakes was that our artillery had completely run out of ammunition, and no cannon was able to support us. We charged twice and were repulsed twice. The brave Hereditary Prince of Orange rode alongside our square the first time, and encouraged our soldiers, but was wounded beside our square, too.’ It should be noted that the contents of this file are also available within the new on-line archive.

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