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| rdfs:comment | - The Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815 between the British army and the French army with the Prussian army coming into the spectrum later in the day. It was the last decisive action of the Napoleonic Wars and is the most famous.
- The Battle of Waterloo took place on 18 June 1815 in the Belgian province of Waterloo. (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros) It saw the defeat of the reconstituted French imperial army of Napoléon Bonaparte by the British under the Duke of Wellington and the Prussians under Marshal Blucher. The time-manipulating Players tried to subvert this by assassinating the Duke before the battle and then issuing false orders to the Prussian reinforcements. These attempts were thwarted by the Second Doctor and his companion Serena. Serena sacrificed herself to take the shot that would have killed the Duke. The Doctor later posed as Napoleon- the two being superficially similar enough for the Doctor to pass himself off as Napoleon to the average French soldier who had never met their Emperor directly but only s
- The Battle of Waterloo is celebrated in Britain as their greatest victory over the French since the Battle of Agincourt and that time Winston Churchill gave Charles de Gaulle an exploding cigar in 1940 as a reminder how badly France had fought against the Germans. The battle marked the permanent retirement of Napoleon Bonaparte from European politics but not Eurovision as he was discover when ABBA rubbed his Corsican nose with their hit song Waterloo in 1974.
- 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 Blücher assembled close to the north-eastern 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 (16–19 June 1815) occurred at the Battle of Waterloo. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life".
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| Strength | - 72000
- Anglo-allies: 68,000
- One Army and Napoleon's hat
- Prussians: 50,000
- Total: 118,000
- Two Armies
- * United Kingdom: 25,000 British and 6,000 King's German Legion
* Netherlands: 17,000
* Hanover: 11,000
* Brunswick: 6,000
* Nassau: 3,000
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| Partof | - the War of the Seventh Coalition
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| Date | - 1815-06-18
- 1815-06-22
- 1815-07-08
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| Caption | - Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler
- Let's sabre the Frogs and knock off early!
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| Casualties | - French flee the battle. Napoleon loses his snuff box
- Anglo-allies: 17,000
* 3,500 killed
* 10,200 wounded
* 3,300 missing
Prussians: 7,000
* 1,200 killed
* 4,400 wounded
* 1,400 missing
- Allies lose a lot of boots
- Total: 24,000
- Total: 51,000
- * 28,000 killed and wounded
* 8,000 captured
* 15,000 missing
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| Result | - Decisive Coalition victory
- Napoleon did surender
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| Campaign | - The March away from Brooke
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| combatant | - Allies
- France
- French
- Brunswick
- Seventh Coalition:
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| Place | - Belgium
- Waterloo, then Netherlands, present-day Belgium; 15 km south of Brussels
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| abstract | - The Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815 between the British army and the French army with the Prussian army coming into the spectrum later in the day. It was the last decisive action of the Napoleonic Wars and is the most famous.
- 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 Blücher assembled close to the north-eastern 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 (16–19 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 delayed giving battle until noon on 18 June to allow the ground to dry. Wellington's army, positioned across the Brussels road on the Mont-Saint-Jean escarpment, withstood repeated attacks by the French, until, in the evening, the Prussians arrived in force and broke through Napoleon's right flank. At that moment, Wellington's Anglo-allied army counter-attacked and drove the French army in disorder from the field. Pursuing coalition forces entered France and restored King Louis XVIII to the French throne. Napoleon abdicated, surrendered to the British, and was exiled to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821. The battlefield is in present-day Belgium, about south by south-east of Brussels, and about from the town of Waterloo. The site of the battlefield is today dominated by a large monument, the Lion's Mound. As this mound was constructed from earth taken from the battlefield itself, the contemporary topography of the part of the battlefield around the mound has not been preserved.
- The Battle of Waterloo is celebrated in Britain as their greatest victory over the French since the Battle of Agincourt and that time Winston Churchill gave Charles de Gaulle an exploding cigar in 1940 as a reminder how badly France had fought against the Germans. The battle marked the permanent retirement of Napoleon Bonaparte from European politics but not Eurovision as he was discover when ABBA rubbed his Corsican nose with their hit song Waterloo in 1974. In contrast, the victorious Duke of Wellington received money, expensive dinner plates and uniforms from aristocratic admirers. This was unfair to the Prussians and General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. who had turned up late and had given the French a thorough kicking as they lay prone in the dust. However, since Blücher was senile, mad and demented, the old idiot was ignored and died shortly after the battle. Wellington had no need to share the glory.
- The Battle of Waterloo took place on 18 June 1815 in the Belgian province of Waterloo. (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros) It saw the defeat of the reconstituted French imperial army of Napoléon Bonaparte by the British under the Duke of Wellington and the Prussians under Marshal Blucher. The time-manipulating Players tried to subvert this by assassinating the Duke before the battle and then issuing false orders to the Prussian reinforcements. These attempts were thwarted by the Second Doctor and his companion Serena. Serena sacrificed herself to take the shot that would have killed the Duke. The Doctor later posed as Napoleon- the two being superficially similar enough for the Doctor to pass himself off as Napoleon to the average French soldier who had never met their Emperor directly but only seen him at a distance- to pass safely through French territory and deliver the message to the Prussians. This defeat marked the end of the French Empire. Bonaparte was deposed as Emperor for the second time and once again exiled. (PROSE: World Game) As part of a plan to conquer Earth, Davros attempted to alter the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo by providing Napoleon with Dalek weapons, but when Napoleon learned of Davros' true agenda from the Sixth Doctor, he deliberately allowed himself to lose to save humanity from being conquered by the Daleks. (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros) The Sixth Doctor's companion Flip Jackson never possessed a solid grasp of history and her only knowledge of the battle came from the song. Upon meeting Napoléon only hours before the battle was to take place, she told him of its outcome by quoting the song's opening lyric: "At Waterloo, Napoléon did surrender." (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros) After the battle, Wellington told the Doctor, "The only thing sadder than a battle lost is a battle won." Some time later, the Fourth Doctor considered how right he was. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors) Wellington fought alongside Oliver Blazington at the battle. (AUDIO: The Eye of the Jungle) Major General Fergus Lethbridge-Stewart, an ancestor of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, served as Wellington's right-hand man during the battle. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice) In 1872, Major Thessiger told the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown that his father had fought in the battle. (AUDIO: The First Sontarans) "Waterloo" became a byword for defeats. For example, the Fourth Doctor referred to the defeat of the Sontarans as "their Waterloo". (TV: The Sontaran Experiment) While teaching at Farringham School for Boys in November 1913, John Smith gave a lesson on Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. (TV: Human Nature) In a history project for school in 2009, Clyde Langer and Luke Smith were required to show the battle strategies by Wellington and Napoleon at the battle. The pair re-enacted the battle on Mr Smith. (TV: The Last Sontaran)
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