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[[Image:waterloo.jpg|350px|thumb|The Battle of Waterloo]]

[[Image:waterloo.jpg|350px|thumb|The Battle of Waterloo]]

The '''Battle of Waterloo''' took place on June 18, 1815 in Belgium. It marked the end of [[The Hundred Days]], [[Napoleon]]'s attempt at regaining power after his initial defeat and exile the previous year.

The '''Battle of Waterloo''' took place on June 18, 1815 in [[Waterloo]], [[Belgium]]. It marked the end of [[The Hundred Days]], [[Napoleon]]'s attempt at regaining power after his initial defeat and exile the previous year.

Once the [[United Kingdom]]'s 67,000-strong army, under [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|the Duke of Wellington]], had forced a precarious stalemate against Napoleon's 73,000, [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher|Field Marshal Blucher]]'s Prussian forces arrived and were able to achieve decisive numerical superiority, forcing Napoleon out.  

Once the [[United Kingdom]]'s 67,000-strong army, under [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|the Duke of Wellington]], had forced a precarious stalemate against Napoleon's 73,000, [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher|Field Marshal Blucher]]'s [[Prussia]]n forces arrived and were able to achieve decisive numerical superiority, forcing Napoleon out.  

The battle marked the end of Napoleon's reign and his exile to the island of [[Saint Helena]] in the South Atlantic.

The battle marked the end of Napoleon's reign and his exile to the island of [[Saint Helena]] in the South Atlantic.

*Chesny, Charles A: Waterloo Lectures:A Study Of The Campaign Of 1815 ISBN 1428649883

*Chesny, Charles A: Waterloo Lectures:A Study Of The Campaign Of 1815 ISBN 1428649883

*Hofschröer, Peter: ''1815, The Waterloo Campaign: The German Victory'';Greenhill Books (London); ISBN 1-85367-368-4

*Hofschröer, Peter: ''1815, The Waterloo Campaign: The German Victory'';Greenhill Books (London); ISBN 1-85367-368-4

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