Fought on June 18, 1815, the Battle of Waterloo ended in a decisive defeat of the French army under Napoleon's command at the hands of Seventh Coalition forces mainly led by the English General, the Duke of Wellington. Following numerous unsuccessful attacks by French troops, and with the arrival of a large Prussian force from the east, Wellington's mixed force of Coalition units counter-attacked the French, driving them from the field and leading to the final overthrow of Napoleon.
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The Battle of Waterloo started at noon on Sunday 18th June 1815 and ended around 23.00, with Napoleon withdrawing from the battlefield, surrounded by his bodyguards and two battalions of the Old Guard, and being harassed on one side by Adam's Brigade and the Prussians on the other.
The Battle of Waterloo was part of the three day Waterloo Campaign that lasted from the 16th to the 19th June 1815.
The Battle of Waterloo.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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they laid dead there till nature did its work.