article_snippet: A soldier's dramatic account of a pivotal moment in the Battle of Waterloo has been unearthed after 200 years.
article_snippet: A soldier's dramatic first hand account of the Battle of Waterloo has been unearthed after 200 years .
article_snippet: we swords reeked with French Blood.'
article_snippet: Despite the popular image of Waterloo as a heroic endeavour, it was also the scene of brutal slaughter as thousands of troops were killed, with the French bearing the brunt of the losses.
highlights_snippet: Battle of Waterloo had left British swords 'reeking with French blood'
  Corporal Richard Coulter dramatic first hand account has been put up for sale after 200 years .