Charge of the Dutch Lancers against the British Squares at Waterloo by Brian Palmer. (AP) WAR30 having suffered severe casualties during

having suffered severe casualties during a fighting retreat over many days

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Charge of the Dutch Lancers against the British Squares at Waterloo by Brian Palmer. (AP) WAR30 having suffered severe casualties duringDHM1415AP. Charge of the Dutch Lancers against the British Squares at Waterloo by Brian Palmer. Mistaking the withdrawal of wounded troops from the plateau of Mount St John for a general retreat , Marshal Ney ordered 5000 heavy and light cavalry to charge the allied position. Far from retreating, Wellington was in fact reinforcing his beleaguered front line. Wave after wave of French cavalry repeatedly threw themselves at the allied squares for over