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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 8017032, member: 86498&quot;]What value is your life? Bucephalus was a war horse sired to carry a man into battle and survive the extremely hostile environment of that battlefield. That animal could save your life. There is a monument in the crypt of St Paul&#039;s in London for this man.[ATTACH=full]1390216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1390217[/ATTACH] General Sir William Ponsonby was commander of the British cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo. He led his cavalry on a successful attack on a column of French infantry. After routing this formation he continued with his attack but got isolated from the rest of his men. Pursued by French lancers his horse got bogged down in a muddy field and Ponsonby was killed. Glorious but unavoidable death? No Sir William was worried that his good horses might get all shot up during the battle, so he chose to take into battle one of his inferior horses which may have cost him his life. Photos by T Cheesman[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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