Among the contenders for most experienced unit in any army on the field of Waterloo in 1815, the Gordon Highlanders had, since their formation in 1794, spent most of their years at war - from Holland in 1799, Egypt in 1801, Corunna, all through the Peninsula War, including their hardest fight at Maya in 1813.
This episode looks at the key role played by the Gordons both at Quatre Bras, where they saw off French cavalry as well as assaulting La Bergerie farm under withering musket fire, and two days later at Waterloo.
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