Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>The Battle of Waterloo was fought <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 18 June, 1815. Walter Scott visited the battlefield shortly after; his 1816 book PAUL’S LETTERS TO HIS KINSFOLK contains one of the earliest accounts of the aftermath, & is an important early example of war journalism</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/walter-scott-war-journalism-from-the-waterloo-battlefield-43304" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/walter-sco</span><span class="invisible">tt-war-journalism-from-the-waterloo-battlefield-43304</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Waterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterloo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SirWalterScott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SirWalterScott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19thcentury</span></a></p>