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Forces TV Meets the Author Telling Stories of Battle of Waterloo

Preparations are well underway to mark June's bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, described as one of the most important battles ever fought by the British Army.
 
More than 50,000 men lost their lives in just three days as Napoleon was defeated by the armies of Wellington and his allies. 
 
In a new book 'Of Living Valour', General Barney White Spunner, who has commanded British and Allied troops at every level, has set about telling the stories of those who fought and their loved ones. 
 
Kate Gerbeau caught up with him in the Forces TV studio.

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