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    Waterloo General: The Life, Letters and Mysterious Death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby 1772 - 1815
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    Waterloo General: The Life, Letters and Mysterious Death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby 1772 - 1815

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    At the Battle of Waterloo Sir William Ponsonby, a man who the Duke of Wellington stated had ‘rendered very brilliant and important services and was an ornament to his profession’, was killed by French lancers after leading the Union Brigade (the three Dra
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    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateSep 30, 2016
    ISBN9781473868069
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    Waterloo General: The Life, Letters and Mysterious Death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby 1772 - 1815
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    John Morewood

    John Morewood read history at Oxford University. He was editor of the Nelson Society from 1997 to 1999 and of the Waterloo Association from 2001 to 2011. He writes articles and lectures on the Napoleonic Wars and co-authored HMS Vanguard at the Nile: The

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