The Waterloo Collection
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JOSE FERRE CLAUZEL (SPANISH, BORN 1961)
Signed 'Clauzel' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
76.5 x 103.5cm
Their position hopeless, being outflanked by Bourgeois' brigade column on the left and Charlet's skirmishers advancing up the Brussels road, two companies of the 1st 95th Light Infantry fire a last volley and then abandon the defensive position near the sand pit before retreating in haste back to the ridge line at Waterloo.
CHRIS COLLINGWOOD (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY)
Signed and dated 'Collingwood/2011' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
76.5 x 107cm
Colonel Cubieres formed an advance guard of elite companies from his own regiment and gave it to sous-lieutenant Bonnet to force an entry into Hougoumont farm. Rushing the North gate, Bonnet "... struck with mighty blows at the gate, threw it down and penetrated into the courtyard, where he and his men were shot down at point blank range..." (Colonel Petiet).