The Waterloo Podcast

From Blaauwberg in South Africa, to Buenos Aires, and through the hard campaigns of the Peninsula, these were "The Glasgow Heroes", who formed part of Adam's Brigade at Waterloo. This episode traces who these men were and what became of them in the years that followed the Napoleonic Wars.If you enjoy this podcast, you can support it for just the price of a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcast All proceeds go to the kind volunteers who read the extracts. Many thanks to: Jonathan Durbin, Peter Molloy, Jack Humphrey, Alistair White, Barry Millar, Graham Leadbitter, Ruben O’Leary, Stewart Crichton, and Diogo VasconcellosContact: waterloopodcast@outlook.com

Trained at Sir John Moore's Light Infantry camp at Shorncliffe, Kent, the 52nd formed part of the famous Light Division, central to Wellington's successes in the Peninsula War. At Waterloo the Regiment formed part of Adam's 3rd Brigade where it played an important roll on the right flank of the battlefield. This episode looks at the horror of their experience there, surprising insights into discipline in this crack force as part of the army of occupation following Waterloo, and what became of some of the men in the years after. If you enjoy this podcast, you can support it for just the price of a coffee buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcast. All proceeds go to the kind volunteers who read the extracts. Many thanks to: Jack Humphrey, Alistair White, Stuart Lyon, Martin Berkeley, Neil James, Dominic McBrien, and David Hart. Contact: waterloopodcast@outlook.com

Captain James Webber-Smith's Troop was placed in at least two different positions at Waterloo: to the north west of Hougoumont, firing down the pavé, the Nivelle Road, and then on the main ridge, alongside Bull and Ramsay. Personally, I suspect the lack of comment from Webber-Smith himself and the conflicting accounts (or at least timings) of others point to something unspoken - perhaps, that it was this troop of horse artillery that Augustus Frazer mentions retiring due to heavy French fire, and then having to be ordered back into position. Who knows? If you enjoyed this episode, you can support the podcast for the price of a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcast All funds go towards sending something bottle-shaped to the kind volunteers who do the voiceovers for this podcast.Sincere thanks to: David Hart, Jack Humphrey, and Jonathan DurbinContact: waterloopodcast‪@outlook.ِcom‬

An important regiment both in their role at Waterloo as well as during the retreat through Genappe the previous day, these were the unlucky men of Talavera, unfashionable, unloved and often overlooked but full of interesting and capable individuals.If you enjoy this podcast, you can support it for just the price of a coffee buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcast. All proceeds go to the kind volunteers who read the extracts. Many thanks to: Terence Blacker, Neil James, Peter Molloy, Alistair White, Jim Tate, Andrew Baillie, Diogo Vasconcellos, Paul Phillips, and Harry Bucknall Contact: waterloopodcast@outlook.com

Continuing the story of "The Battle Within The Battle", this episode moves eastwards from Episode 28 on the Coldstream Guards, from the walled garden and into the large apple orchard. This was the battlefield over which the Third Regiment of Foot Guards fought throughout the 18th June 1815 - charging up to line the ditch at the thick head to the south, being beaten back to the sunken lane, where they would reform and repeat the same advance. Throughout the day, the Regiment was able to repulse a larger French force due to the help of the devastating fire coming from the Coldstream lining the east wall of the garden. If you enjoy this podcast, you can support it for just the price of a coffee buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcast. All proceeds go to the kind volunteers who read the extracts. Many thanks to: David Hart, Arthur Hayward, Paul Hayward, Alistair White, Stuart Lyon, Jack Humphrey, Matt Taylor, Zac Williamson, and Diogo VasconcellosThank you to Steve Brown for his research on regimental postings available at https://www.napoleon-series.org/milit...Contact: waterloopodcast@outlook.com

This episode includes a previously unpublished account of D-Troop's experiences in 1815. Accounts of Waterloo from the other ranks in the artillery are extremely rare, so this is an invaluable memoir from an ordinary Gunner providing detail on 16th-19th June. His words provide new insights into the Troop's movements with graphic descriptions of the casualties among his officers and comrades. If you enjoy this podcast, you can support it for just the price of a coffee buymeacoffee.com/waterloopodcast. All proceeds go to the kind volunteers who read the extracts. Many thanks to: Rich Agar, Robbie Hogan, and Alistair WhiteContact: waterloopodcast@outlook.com