Waterloo

  200 years since the great battle. I wish I could have taken part in the re-enactment but alas I could not go. Still, I have plenty of Napoleonics on the workbench. I shall hopefully have the 2nd Battalion of the 44th done soon, although I have found that I have had very little time to paint lately but I pray that will change.
  It is good that there are commemorations for the battle going on today. this battle was a key part of the history of not just these Isles, but of Europe and the world. I shall be watching the 1970 film 'Waterloo' later, a great film and deeply moving, particularly towards the end when Wellington surveys the battle and makes his famous comment:

                                       "Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won."

                                       Sir Denis Pack, commander of the British 9th Brigade