LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THOMAS PICTON & 32nd Regiment of Foot, Waterloo 1815 General Kellermann As part of the Allied

As part of the Allied advance the British 12th Light Dragoons made the fatal mistake of charging them and they paid a terrible price for their audacity

taking casualties but never wavering

the regiment fielded a total of 1

Because of a chronic lack of siege materials it took Wellington until April 1812 to finally eject the French from the city at great cost to both the allies and the townsfolk who suffered greatly when the victorious troops ransacked the city

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THOMAS PICTON & 32nd Regiment of Foot, Waterloo 1815 General Kellermann As part of the AlliedLieutenant General Thomas Picton The body of Lieutenant General Thomas Picton being carried from the Battlefield of Waterloo by two grenadiers from 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton GCB, a Welsh officer of the British Army, fought in a number of campaigns for Britain in the Napoleonic Wars. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible