The skeleton of a horse can be found in the National Army Museum 's Conflict in Europe Gallery. Traditionally identified as Marengo, the Emperor Napoleon's favourite charger, captured at the Battle of Waterloo, recent scholarship has called this into question. Join Luke Reynolds, author of the award-winning Who Owned Waterloo? Battle, Memory, and Myth in British History, 1815-1852, as he examines how Marengo ended up in British hands and why, even if he is a fake, he deserves his place in the Museum's collection.
Warning: This video contains animal remains.
Originally recorded for the Napoleonic and Revolutionary War Graves Charity's Waterloo Live 2023. Camera by Sam Jolley, editing by Dr. Zack White. With thanks to the National Army Museum.