Capt. Alexander Cavalie Mercer, Commander G Troop, Royal Horse Artillery,
Waterloo 1815
Arriving too late for Quatre Bras Mercer's G Troop, a six-gun artillery unit, fought with the cavalry rearguard covering Wellington's retreat to Waterloo. Initially fighting on the extreme right wing G Troop was moved into the thick of the action nearer the center of the line. There Mercer, disobeying his orders to abandon his guns and retire inside nearby infantry squares as the enemy closed, beat off repeated attacks by the French heavy cavalry, inflicting heavy casualties.
1:9 Scale from Mitches Military Models. Unmodified and painted with Vallejo acrylics. Cannonballs, not part of the kit, are .50 cal musket balls and are roughly in scale to an 8lb cannon which, I understand, was common to Horse Artillery units.
Waterloo 1815
Arriving too late for Quatre Bras Mercer's G Troop, a six-gun artillery unit, fought with the cavalry rearguard covering Wellington's retreat to Waterloo. Initially fighting on the extreme right wing G Troop was moved into the thick of the action nearer the center of the line. There Mercer, disobeying his orders to abandon his guns and retire inside nearby infantry squares as the enemy closed, beat off repeated attacks by the French heavy cavalry, inflicting heavy casualties.
1:9 Scale from Mitches Military Models. Unmodified and painted with Vallejo acrylics. Cannonballs, not part of the kit, are .50 cal musket balls and are roughly in scale to an 8lb cannon which, I understand, was common to Horse Artillery units.
