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French Army deployed 48,950 infantry, 15,765 cavalry and 7.232 artillery for a total of 71.947 troops.
Wellington Army deployed 49,608 infantry, 12,408 cavalry and 5,645 artillery for a total of 67,661 troops.
Bluecher's Prussian Army of about 89,000 troops joined in groups Wellington's between 3.00 and 7.00 PM.
Napoleon had 72,000.
Wellington had 68,000.
The Prussians had 50,000.
Napoleon had about 72,000 troops at Waterloo and another 33,000 under Grouchy trying to keep the Prussians from rendezvousing with Wellington.
The British and allied strength was 118,000
About 25000 casualties + 7000 men taken prisoner
Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, met his final defeat in the Battle of Waterloo. The defeat was the work of the troops of many nations allied in the Seventh Coalition against the French & their famed Emperor. The bulk of the forces who fought against the French at the Battle of Waterloo were arrayed in two armies, one of British, Dutch, & Belgians along with troops from several German states, all under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst (Prince) von Wahlstatt. The Duke of Wellington is usually afforded the honor of being the "last to defeat Napoleon".
Napoleon won many victories, across all of Europe, against all the other major continental powers. His most famous are Austerlitz, Jena-Auerstadt, the Battle of the Pyramids, to name some amongst many.
Battle of WaterlooDate 18 June 1815Location Waterloo, present-day Belgium south of BrusselsResult Decisive Coalition victoryIn the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo, Belgium) forces of the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington. It was the decisive battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Bonaparte's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as the French emperor, and marked the end of Napoleon's Hundred Days of return from exile.Upon Napoleon's return to power in 1815, many states that had opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilise armies. Two large forces under Wellington and von Blücher assembled close to the northeastern border of France. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the Coalition. The decisive engagement of this three-day Waterloo Campaign (16 June - 19 June 1815) occurred at the Battle of Waterloo. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life.
One can learn about the Battle of Waterloo from many different historical references. Many libraries will have books about the Battle of Waterloo in their collections while websites such as History have lots of information about the topic.
In the battle of Waterloo that lead to the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte, there were 23,000 British troops along with 44,000 allied troops (Germans, Belgians, Dutch, and the Prussians). The French had 74,000 troops of which 48,000 troops perished.
About 25000 casualties + 7000 men taken prisoner
Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, met his final defeat in the Battle of Waterloo. The defeat was the work of the troops of many nations allied in the Seventh Coalition against the French & their famed Emperor. The bulk of the forces who fought against the French at the Battle of Waterloo were arrayed in two armies, one of British, Dutch, & Belgians along with troops from several German states, all under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst (Prince) von Wahlstatt. The Duke of Wellington is usually afforded the honor of being the "last to defeat Napoleon".
Napoleon of France fought against the Allied forces (primarily the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher). At first Napoleon was winning against the Duke, and almost won, until the Prussians reinforcements arrived and sealed the fate of the French. The French lost and Napoleon was exiled from France, and King Louis the XVIII was reinstated as king of France.
Napoleon won many victories, across all of Europe, against all the other major continental powers. His most famous are Austerlitz, Jena-Auerstadt, the Battle of the Pyramids, to name some amongst many.
Six days later on the 24th of June Napoleon announced his abdication.
One can learn about the Battle of Waterloo from many different historical references. Many libraries will have books about the Battle of Waterloo in their collections while websites such as History have lots of information about the topic.
Battle of WaterlooDate 18 June 1815Location Waterloo, present-day Belgium south of BrusselsResult Decisive Coalition victoryIn the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo, Belgium) forces of the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington. It was the decisive battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Bonaparte's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as the French emperor, and marked the end of Napoleon's Hundred Days of return from exile.Upon Napoleon's return to power in 1815, many states that had opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilise armies. Two large forces under Wellington and von Blücher assembled close to the northeastern border of France. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the Coalition. The decisive engagement of this three-day Waterloo Campaign (16 June - 19 June 1815) occurred at the Battle of Waterloo. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Most reliable sources have Napoleon with about 200,000 troops when he returned to Paris in 1815.
Napoleon was finally defeated at Waterloo in 1815. It was not the first battle he had lost, that was Aspern-Essling in 1809. He was also defeated at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and in the France Campaign of 1814. Borodino, in Russia in 1812 was a bloodbath, and might best be described as a draw, as was Wagram in 1809. As a result of the defeat by the Austrian & Prussian Armies in 1814 Napoleon was exiled to the Island in the Mediterranean. After Waterloo when Bluchers Prussians come to the aid of Wellingtons' British & Dutch/Belgians (Many of the Dutch/Belgians had previously fought for Napoleon !) Napoleon boarded HMS Bellerephon & was Exiled to St Helena, many miles from anywhere in the Atlantic Ocean. Napoleon died there in 1821. And apart from all that he still remains as one of the greatest Generals in History. Vive L'Empereur !
Waterloo June 18th 1815 was fought between the French and the British & Prussians. 2 days earlier Marshal Ney had fought Wellington at Quatre Bras, a draw, & Napoleon had defeated Bluchers' Prussians at Ligny. A great many of Wellingtons veterans of the Peninsular war (Spain & Portiugal) had been sent off to the USA, therefore much of Wellingtons' forces were made up with the aid of allies from Belgium & Holland, a lot of whom had previously served Napoleon previously.(For example Nassauers changed sides in Spain in 1812) After Ligny Napoleon detached a corps under Marshal Grouchy to chase off the Prussians & he marched north in pursuit of the British. Oh, how it rained ! The ground was so damp & waterlogged that the French needed time on the morning of the 18th to move all their artillery into place, the British were assembled across a fairly shallow valley, atop Mont st Jean. There were 3 strongpoints on the British side of the valley : Hougoumont, a farmhouse with a walled garden; La Haye Sainte, in the centre, on the main road, farm buildings; & Papelotte/la Haye, more buildings which could be fortified on the British left. It deserves saying that the French approach to the battle, up to this point, is a model of military excellence. Unfortunately it is about to all go wrong for the French! Grouchy has not followed the main body of the Prussians, he's pursuing stragglers, the first salvoes are fired at Waterloo & it is suggested that Grouchy should now march to the guns..... He does not heed the sage advice ! To cut a long battle short Blucher does not march east, but north after Ligny & therefore is in position to intervene on the British left in the afternoon & evening of the 18th: But had Blucher not aided the British then the result would have been victory for the French, unfortunately for Napoleon the Prussians, though many of doubtful quality, are simply far too numerous and the French reserves are exhausted. Napoleon's return to the battlefield after Elba, the Hundred Days, is a great example of a military campaign, its culmination, Waterloo was a splendid though very bloody battle: A near run thing indeed.