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The UK’s National Museum of Arms and Armour. Free admission | Book online. #RoyalArmouries
Jun 18, 2020 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
#OTD in 1815, between 11.50am and 1.30pm (accounts differ), the 80 guns of Napoleon's Grande Batterie fired the opening salvoes of the Battle of #Waterloo Image One of the most astonishing tales of the battle is that of Sgt John Shaw of the 2nd Life Guards, based at La Haye-Sainte on the morning of the 18th of June 1815 who was heavily involved in the day's fighting Image