1815 Lego Battle of Waterloo at Hougoumont

“Battle commences at Hougoumont: Jerome’s columns put in motion, drew the fire of our battery upon them, to which theirs replied. Close fighting at Hougoumont … The enemy press on and approach the masked wall, from whence the crashing fusillade astounds them…” Edward Cotton, an English soldier who survived the defense of Hougoumont, published his account in 1849 in “A Voice from Waterloo.” It is viewable on Google Books here: