18 juni 1815 "Battle of Waterloo"

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On this page you see a lot of pictures taken from my first attempt to paint after 35 years...My youngest daughter was the one who kept pushing me in the toyshop to buy two boxes of soldiers...Here, she is helping me with the horses of the French Dragoons.

For me it was very hard to find out that my eyes where not anymore what they had been 35 years ago...I had to use glasses!

	The first French soldiers after more than 25 years are standing on a box in the grass in my garden. Painted with a very shaking hand..

	French Dragoons

	And of course, the British Artillery is waiting for them.

	Meanwhile, I started with my fourth box of soldiers. My wife was becoming very nervous...what is he going to do with it? In a few weeks I made a small landscape, placed on the piano from about 40x120cm.

	Scotch Grey's

	French Dragoons looking for some opponents

	Massive French Cavalry attacking.

	The Imperial Guard opens fire.

	The French Carabineers and in the back Hussars.

	Scotsch Greys, nica action picture

	On the left Dutch troops, also in blue like the French. During the battle there was a lot of confusion about the Dutch uniforms, because they looked nearly familiar with the French. The explanation is simple. The Netherlands (Dutch) had been a part of France for years and had nearly the same uniforms. The battle took place a year after the liberation of Holland and the did not had the time to change the uniforms.

	The allied...

	The French

	It looks like real from the back

	Dutch soldiers merging to the battlefield.

	Fire!

	French "Red Lancers"