Talking about the Anglo-Allied ridge line behind the Ohain road to the west of La Haye Sainte. In particular during the great French cavalry charges.
I have read several accounts that talk about the French batteries having fine tuned their ranges by then and pounding the life out of the Anglo-Allied squares during the lull between the cavalry charges.
Here are the questions:
If Wellington had placed his squares on the reverse slope, how could the gunners even see the squares that were on the other side of the ridge?
Was the ground on which the French batteries were deployed higher than Wellington’s ridge thereby offering the gun captains a partial view of the squares on the other side?
Could a learned member that has visited the battlefield throw some light on this?
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards
Fred