The Battle of Waterloo
The day after the Battle of Waterloo, which was fought on June 18, 1815, Captain Thomas Wildman of the 7th Hussars wrote a long description of the engagement. His letter, which has never been published, is introduced by Sir Grimwood Mears and read by Leslie Stokes. ' As a grand military affair,' Captain Wildman wrote of Waterloo, 'it will probably for ever stand unrivalled and alone.'