More than 200 years of history stare at you. As announced by the BBC, several human remains, but also of horses, have been found in Belgium, in the same place as the battlefield of the famous Battle of Waterloo, held in 1815. It is an exceptional discovery, in this important site archaeological site from the Napoleonic era that had not been touched by excavations since 2019.
To the British media, Tony Pollard, director of the Center for Battlefield Archeology at the University of Glasgow, in charge of these new excavations, expressed his joy after these discoveries.
“I’ve been a battlefield archaeologist for 20 years and I’ve never seen anything like it. […] We have never been as close to harsh as the battle of Waterloo could have been,” he says.
In detail, three amputated human limbs were discovered near the Mont-Saint-Jean farm, which at the time of the battle was the site of an English field hospital.
few leftovers
On June 18, 1815, France experienced one of its most painful military defeats at Waterloo, which also marked the end of Napoleon’s ambition to rule over part of the European continent. The French army had been defeated by the British forces of the Duke of Wellington, who had allied himself with a Prussian army led by Marshal von Blücher.
According to the BBC, if tens of thousands of people died at the site, very few remains were found to have been shredded and composted by surrounding farmers. More excavations are expected in the coming days.
Source: BFM TV
