Bones of fallen soldiers from the 1815 Battle of Waterloo may have been sold as fertilizer, a new study suggests. The study, by the University of Glasgow’s Professor Tony Pollard, suggested that ...

South Western Railway, alongside Network Rail, has marked 210 years since the Battle of Waterloo. They partnered with ...

Map of the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, showing major movements and attacks. Napoleon's units are in blue, Wellington's in red, Blücher's in grey.

He pushed a Prussian army back at the Battle of Ligny on 15 June 1815, and three days later attacked an Anglo-Allied force led by the Duke of Wellington near the village of Waterloo.

Some may hear the word Waterloo and the number 1815 and imagine it is a reference to a train timetable (probably the delayed 16.00 service). Of course, the battle of Waterloo was one of the most ...

Archaeologists made an “incredibly rare” find Wednesday in Belgium when they uncovered the remains of soldiers and horses who died in the 1815 Battle of Waterloo. The discovery was made by the ...

What the Battle of Waterloo means to us 02:16. A British-led archaeological dig has uncovered new human bones at the site of the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium.. Historians estimate that more than ...

WATERLOO, BY R. CATON WOODVILLE; Napoleon on the Battlefield -- Veritable Relics of the Duke of Wellington and the Emperor. Share full article. Dec. 10, 1895.

Estimates vary on how many died at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, but the number runs into the thousands. Many were buried in mass graves that were looted, plundered for bones for sugar ...

Archaeologists and military veterans have uncovered a “unique” clearance trench on the site of a field hospital on the Waterloo battlefield. Veteran support charity Waterloo Uncovered is ...