Hi Bernard, I’ve just been reading a letter in the Your Questions section from someone who asks you to write about the 27th Inniskillings. Having just finished Sharpes’ Waterloo ( for the second time) I can say that you have inded written about them. They were at Waterloo occupying the area formerly, and briefly, held by the Dutch Belgians. Unable to deploy into line because of the constant threat of cavalry the Inniskillings were forced to remain in square for most of the day and were almost entirely battered to death by the french artillery. I’ve read other accounts of Waterloo which also make reference to that square which held its ranks even in death. My question is probably stupid but how did the rank and file know where to position themselves when ordered to form up? I suppose they had drill practices but did each man have his own appointed place? Being in the middle of a square – or at the back of a french column – must have had a much better survival rate than being in the front ranks – who decided? I was interested in your description of modern Waterloo. I’m determined to get there one day – hopefully in 2015. Is there an “atmosphere” or have the ghosts been chased away by the souvenir kiosks? Regards, Fiona