2nd Cuirassier Regiment, 1815 Size:A4 The last strongholds of the

The last strongholds of the French in Spain were Pamplona and San Sebastian

this image captures the magic of this impressive festival as the multi-coloured balloons fire their burners

The morning thereafter became dull with the battalion unable to see any of the action from their position in a ravine on the right of the battlefield but at about three in the afternoon they received orders to advance and marched into an open valley with the hill opposite fringed by French cannon

but each appeal in different ways

They held firm all day and helped drive off Napoleon's final massed infantry attack

2nd Cuirassier Regiment, 1815 Size:A4 The last strongholds of theThe 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (2e rgiment de cuirassiers or 2e RC) was an armoured unit of the French Army, which originated as a cavalry and then a cuirassier regiment. It was descended from the rgiment Cardinal Duc, which is at the top of the list of twelve cavalry regiments created by the same royal ordnance of 16 May 1635 this made the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment the oldest surviving cavalry regiment in the French Army until its disbandment in 1991