Royal Horse Guards, 1812

Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith, 1812.

In 1815 The Royal Horse Guards fought at Waterloo with Major-General Edward Somerset's Household Cavalry Brigade. They took part in the attack on the French infantry which were advancing towards the British centre at La Haye Sainte.

From Charles Hamilton Smith's 'Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations 1812', published by Colnaghi and Company, 1812-1815.