30% or nearly 8,500 of the Duke of Wellington’s 28,000 British soldiers, including Wellington himself, were Irish. Based on a casualty rate of 25% it can be ascertained that roughly 2,000 Irishmen were killed or wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.
This was much the same throughout the campaign and indeed in the earlier famous naval encounter, the Battle of Trafalgar.
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Hi,
I'm David, I'm from Ireland. I am an avid fan of history. I have my B.A. in History, my M.A. in Military History and Strategic Studies,a Post Qualification Diploma in History and I've been teaching History for five years now.
I wanted to create a podcast that examines, in great detail, major Irish battles and battles allover the world in various wars that Irish people played a significant part in.
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The Irish at War 