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NHAE staff (22 October 2010), Allies Order of Battle, Waterloo 1815; Pigeard, Alain (2005), La Garde Impériale (in French), Paris: Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne, ISBN 2-84734-177-3; Schneider, John (28 April 2012f), L'Armée du Nord (French Order of Battle for the campaign) (in French), archived from the original on 17 July 2012
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The French Imperial Army under the command of Napoleon I was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition .
The Waterloo campaign (15 June – 8 July 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army. Initially the French army had been commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, but he left for Paris after the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
After their defeat at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, the French Army of the North, under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte retreated in disarray back towards France. As agreed by the two Seventh Coalition commanders in chief, the Duke of Wellington , commander of the Anglo-allied army, and Prince Blücher , commander of the Prussian ...
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WATERLOO, Belgium (AP) — To the victor go the spoils: So Waterloo became synonymous with Napoleon's demise, even if the worst of the battle never happened there. Ignoring the bloodied ...
Napoleon and the French came under huge pressure in the early hours of the battle. Melas believed he had already won and turned over delivery of the final blow to a subordinate. Suddenly, the prompt return of a detached French force under Desaix and a vigorous French counter-attack converted the battle into a decisive French victory. The ...
Battle or campaign Order of battle Date French Revolutionary Wars; Battle of Jemappes: French and Austrian armies: November 6, 1792 Siege of Toulon: French fleet: August 29 – December 19, 1793 Battle of Tourcoing: French and Coalition armies: May 17–18, 1794 Glorious First of June: British and French fleets: June 1, 1794 Martin's cruise ...