As yesterday's question sparked some fun and interesting chat, here's another one with no right answer that we can throw out there (especially off the back of the Forgotten Foreign Forces pods): Which unit in any of the three armies of the Waterloo campaign do you think has been unfairly underrated, and why? (If you would rather talk about a brigade or type of unit, rather than a specific regiment, then be my guest!)
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the Nassau battalion which heroically defended Hougomot (along with British and Brunswick units) - one gets the impression it were some heroes of the British Guards doing it by single hand.