My Waterloo advanture begins in C* in the southeast of England. These history enthusiasts rehearsing for huge reenactments of the battle some a*'s 200 anniversary. Some have ancestors who were there. When the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte's looke

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These slow motion images are shocking.-It's showing quite clearly that the bone is disintegrating on the impact. The limb would have to be removed. There was no bone left. -Terrifying really. You can see the bone flexing as the bullet approaching. -A

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Coming up next...The battle begins, and I'm rolled up in to join the Waterloo gun group. I'm finding out what it was like to be a soldier at Waterloo 200 years ago. And now I'm heading for one of the key locations on the battle field. -We are going t

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-If you do that three times a minute, you're gonna win? -Bloody hell. He could do it. It must be very kind of difficult just to keep concentration. And when they were not...Oh, God! Incredible loud. My ears are ringing. A well-** gun crew could fire

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There's one thing playing soldiers with replica, the genuine Waterloo cannons without laughing matter. We persuaded the royal armies to let us fire this 200-year-old gun, using live ammunition. With test in the army approved range and s*, under the s

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Napoleon loved his cannons. He'd risen through the ranks as an artillery officer and he knew how brutally effective his so-called beautiful daughters could be. -What Napoleon actually wants to do is use these cannons to wear down the enemy. Yes, lite

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And absolutely starving, and tells you about the food.-The sergeant of each section gave us a small piece of bread about an ounce, so which is. -Not why you starving. -To each man and an inqury was made along the ranks for a butcher. One having gone

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