Waterloo, Battle of

A battle in Belgium in 1815 in which the British and Prussians defeated the French under Napoleon Bonaparte . Napoleon abdicated as emperor a few days after this final defeat, and a few weeks later he was captured and sent into exile. The British were led by Arthur Wellesley, later to be named duke of Wellington ; they were joined by Dutch and German soldiers and were greatly aided by the last-minute arrival of fifty thousand troops from the German kingdom of Prussia .

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Notes

Waterloo has become a general term for a decisive, final defeat.

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Waterloo, Battle of, at Vauxhall, ii.

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Waterloo, battle of, i, 233; iv, 82; xi, 161.

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Count, 10, 11, 12, 28, 44.Waterloo, battle of, 102, 110.Weber,

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Waterloo, battle of, iii, 357-68.

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