The Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819 was the result of a cavalry charge into the crowd at a public meeting at Saint Peters Field , in Manchester , England . Eleven people were killed and more than 400 , including many women and children , injured . Local magistrates arranged for a substantial number of regular soldiers to be on hand . The troops included 600 men of the 15th Hussars ; several hundred infantrymen ; a Royal Horse Artillery unit with two six-pounder ( 2.7 kg ) guns ; 400 men of the Cheshire Yeomanry , 400 special constables and 120 cavalry of the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry , relatively inexperienced militia recruited from among shopkeepers and tradesmen
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
Cheshire Yeomanry