The Battle of Waterloo was Fought on 17th June Sunday 1815 between the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and Coalition Army(United Kingdom, Netherlands, Hanover, Nassau.Brunswick and Prussia) led by a veteren General of Peninsular Wars, Duke ofWellington.
Duke of Wellington (England) He was defeated by Wellington, But Wellington would have lost had the Prussians under Blucher not joined the battle, Napoleon needed to keep the 2 opponents apart & defeat them seperately. Marshal Grouchy gets the blame: Had the French won, however, Napoleon would have taken the credit.
Napoleon was ultimately defeated at Waterloo in 1815 by the British with the (not inconsiderable) aid of Prussia. However this does nothing to mention what had happened at Wagram, Aspern-Essling, Borodino or Leipzig & elsewhere in previous times & in previous campaigns. Indeed many of Wellingtons allied forces at Waterloo had fought for Napoleon in previous years. Napoleon had run out of friends on the battlefield. No Saxons, Bavarians, Wurttembergers to do his bidding any more. Britain had been constant in opposition, but it was the loss of his continental allies which made the difference.
Indeed the major battle the French fought between 1805 and 1809 were four and not three. Austerlitz - Dec. 2, 1805; Jena-Auerstadt- Oct. 14, 1806; Eylau - Feb. 8, 1807; Wagram - July 5-6, 1809.
Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on Elba and reformed his Army. Wellington had previously chosen the ground, assuming that a returned Napoleon would make a move for Brussels. Napoleon divided the armies of Blucher and Wellington, and having done so, hoping he could defeat them individually, he gave battle at the place where Wellington chose to hold him. This place was just south of a little town called Waterloo.Or: Napoleon's escape from Elba and his successful attempt to regain the power in a very short time, alarmed all the European Courts leading to an immediate mobilization of their armies.Napoleon claimed he had but no hostile intention against none of the European Nations and he wanted only rule France according to the clear wish expressed by the French people immediately after his return. But in vain: the mobilization went on and the first two allied armies, those of Great Britain and Prussia were deploying their troops through the Flanders (The Belgium of today).The general strategical plan of the Allied coalition foresaw to concentrate the most possible of their armies before getting engaged in the hostilities and then proceed to invade France, as they had already done in the campaign of 1814. In so doing they would have again had such a numerical superiority over Napoleon's army to secure them the victory.But Napoleon forestalled that plan and invaded Belgium, beating the Prussians at Ligny, thus dividing them from the British and forcing Wellington to fight at Waterloo.Or:Two great armies met.
Russia was very, very large and their enemies were difficult to tie down for a battle. When they did fight they fought with skill and daring, they were not afraid of taking chances. Russia was indifferent to casualties had vast troop reserves and the Russian Winter was bitter.
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Yes, it was near Brussels.
Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated at 'The Battle of Waterloo' by combined British and Prussian forces. It was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, in present-day Belgium.
Napoleon was the Emperor of France and Waterloo is where he fought and lost his final battle.
Waterloo
Napoleon fought and lost to Prussia and the UK.
Napoleon lost in Spain and took a huge defeat in Russia. These two losses were two huge factors in Napoleon's downfall. His final loss was at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium.
The Battle of Waterloo...which is in present day Belgium and about a mile from the town of Waterloo.
The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June,18,1815
The Battle of Waterloo.
The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June,18,1815
Waterloo was a battle fought by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands vs the Empire of France that had claims on Belgium. The British did not want to give France Belgium's industry and therefore fought the French at Waterloo.