Waterloo and major London Stock Sell Off? (1 Viewer)

[Gideon]

I came upon an article recently which I am having trouble verifying. Wondering if anybody here knows more about the backstory about people getting a message out that England lost to Napoleon at Waterloo triggering a massive stock sell off. Apparently, the Rothschilds manipulated a crash through selling their holdings and bought everything back for pennies on the pound.

Here is a quote from the article:

"During the Napoleonic war between France and Britain Rothschild’s friends in battle got the news of Britain victory back to him first. Rothschild then went to the stock market and sold all his property, the other wealthy landowners and business men also sold all their properties and business because they assumed Britain had lost the war as the powerful Rothschild’s were selling up. After that Rothschild’s bought up everything at massively reduced prices as nobody else wanted them.

The future of the European continent was perceived to depend upon the battle of Waterloo. If Napoleon won, France would have been confirmed as the undisputed master of Europe. If Napoleon was beaten, England would have become the leading power in Europe and greatly expand its sphere of influence.

What Western school children are not taught - for obvious reasons - is the much bigger story behind the official narrative, the story of one of the biggest frauds in human history. Nathan Rothschild, the head of the English branch of the Rothschild family, took advantage of his advance knowledge of the outcome of the battle by tricking the London Stock Exchange into believing that Napoleon had won. The resulting crash of the Exchange enabled Nathan Rothschild’s agents to buy the entire London stock market for a Penny in the Pound and seize control of the Bank of England."

What truth is there to this, if any???

 

[trooper]

Don't know how true it is, but it's one hell of a story! Trooper

 

[Phantom Warrior]

I have heard a story similar to that. What I read was the first news back from Europe was that the Prussians had been beaten and driven off - which was true. This left Wellington and his small army alone to fight the French. And further news was that Wellington was being overrun at Hugemot and bulk of the army was being pummelled by the French artillery - also all true. That news got back and the London market crashed. News of Wellington's victory didn't arrive until the next day and a few well placed people got the news first and bought everything they could at distress prices.

Terry

 

[trooper]

Another version is that Nathan Rothschild, who had virtually singlehandedly financed the British efforts during the Napoleonic War, calculated after the victory that there would be a bounce in government bonds after a two year period of restabilisation. Acting on his hunch he purchased the entire bond issue for a huge sum. He then resold them two years later for 40% profit. Trooper

 

[Gideon]

Thanks for the back story on the reports.

So many just bend historic fact to fit their needs without acknowledging the real events and to manipulate the truth.

Ughhhhhhhh. Now I have some ammo with the person who sent it to me convinced that there is a several hundred year conspiracy thing going on.

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Rothschild is reputed to have had his own observer at Waterloo with the means to get the results of the battle back to England very quickly. It isn't fact that Rothschild started a rumour that Wellington lost the battle, but he certainly did nothing to stop the rumour that Wellington had lost while he bought up the stock market after receiving his advance news.

Terry

 

[Gideon]

Understood. But that's more an extreme case of "insider trading" than a full on conspiracy. Still horrible tho.

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Understood. But that's more an extreme case of "insider trading" than a full on conspiracy. Still horrible tho.

Why is it insider trading? He didn't use inside information on individual companies he was managing or friends were managing. He simply set up his own observer service to get news of the outcome quickly. Any wealthy investor could have done the same - and in those days it was mostly the wealthy investing in the market.

Terry

 

[Mitch]

Just seems a move anyone in a similar position would have taken advantage of
Mitch