The capture of two French eagles at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815

Lithograph by J Atkinson, published by R Ackermann's Lithography, 1 June 1817. Number 15 of a series of sixteen lithographs, 'incidents of British bravery during the late campaigns on the continent. Graphically illustrated in a series of drawings on stone'.

In the foreground the capture of 105th Regiment's eagle by the 1st (or Royal) Regiment of Dragoons. Corporal Francis Stiles carried the captured colour to the rear but Captain Alexander Kennedy Clark claimed he struck down the French officer carrying the colour. In the background is the less controversial capture of the eagle of the 45th Regiment by Sergeant Charles Ewart (1769-1846) of the 2nd (Royal North British) Dragoons.

The caption reads, 'Among the Trophies of the memorable 18th of June the Standard of the 45th and 105th Regts form no inconsiderable feature. One was captured by Corporal Stiles of the 1st Royals the other by Scotch Greys and had been presented to their respective Regts but a short time before they were tricolored like the old republican and richly embroider'd with Napoleon's name on one side and the names of the places where the Regts had fought on the other'.