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  2. Battle of Waterloo - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Waterloo campaign - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. Waterloo campaign order of battle - Wikipedia

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    The order of battle included below reflects all units of the Anglo-allied Army including those that were not present for the battles themselves (units spread across the area or on garrison duty). The casualty numbers include all the casualties suffered by each regiment over the three days of fighting during the campaign from 16 June 1815 to ...

  5. British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic ...

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    On the morning of 18 June, one of the greatest ever feats of British arms began: The Battle of Waterloo. The British, Dutch, Belgian, Nassau and German troops were posted on higher ground south of Waterloo. There had been heavy rain overnight and Napoleon chose not to attack until almost midday.

  6. Timeline of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    The British Army would not formally exist, however, for another 46 years, as Scotland and England remained two independent states, each with its own Army. 1 October 1661 – The Tangier Regiment is formed, later The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, the most senior English line infantry regiment in the British Army.

  7. Waterloo campaign: peace negotiations - Wikipedia

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    After the defeat of the French Army of the North at the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) and the subsequent abdication of Napoleon as Emperor of the French, the French Provisional Government repeatedly sent peace emissaries to British commander, the Duke of Wellington, who commanded the Anglo-allied army marching on Paris and others to Prince Blücher who commanded the Prussian army, which ...

  8. Hundred Days order of battle - Wikipedia

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    The Battle: a new history of Waterloo. Walker & Company. ISBN 0-8027-1453-6. Blaison, Capitaine (1911). La Couverture d'une Place Forte en 1815: Belfort et Le Corps de Jura. Paris: Henri Charles Lavauzelle. Bowden, Scott (1983). Armies at Waterloo: a detailed analysis of the armies that fought history's greatest Battle. Empire Games Press.

  9. 6th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The 6th Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Army.It served in the Napoleonic Wars (notably at the Battle of Waterloo), in the First World War on the Western Front where it was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division, and with the 1st Cavalry Division during the Second World War.