Peterloo 15th The King's Hussars
the peterloo massacre, august 1819
officer of 15th king s hussars mounted on charger, c.1830
the regiment played pivotal role in notorious peterloo massacre in august 1819, when 60,000 strong crowd calling democratic reform charged yeomanry. panic crowd interpreted attack on yeomanry , hussars (led lieutenant colonel guy l estrange) ordered in. charge resulted in 15 fatalities , many 600 injured.
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