Cavalry 
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6/19/2022
Clearing the Name of a Horse Blamed for Near-Defeat at Waterloo
by Stephen Dando-Collins
A failed cavalry attack nearly doomed Wellington at Waterloo. For years, Major General William Ponsonby's Irish horse was blamed to deflect from the tactical mistakes of human officers.
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