Sir Walter Scott's "Waterloo" standards

REGIMENTAL standards thought to have been found after the Battle of Waterloo by Sir Walter Scott have been dismissed as "tourist tat".

The four flags - described as three French and one Scottish - were heralded as an important discovery when they were found recently in a cupboard at Abbotsford House, the author's home near Melrose, Roxburghshire.

Posted by David on June 22, 2008 10:55 PM