Waterloo.

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"Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won." - His Grace the Duke of Wellington.

"How war veterans helped to uncover one of the Battle of Waterloo’s greatest finds"

"The recent discovery in a Belgian field by archaeologists and former soldiers might be the first mass grave ever found from the conflict"

From the archive of the "Telegraph" the article by Danielle Sheridan | DEFENCE EDITOR | 25 July 2023 • 

"When Clement Boland, a former private with 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment, saw a 50-metre wide depression in the ground where the first shots of the Battle of Waterloo were fired, the first thing he felt was 'sadness'."

British Afghan combat veteran helping with an archaeological dig the Waterloo battlefield experiencing a catharsis?

"catharsis: noun - A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience.

A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit."

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I guess the best I can say is that unless you have actually engaged in mortal combat you just cannot fully appreciate.

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