Battle of Waterloo - Waterloo, Belgium - Battlefields on Waymarking.com

A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, combined with a Prussian army under the command of Prince Blücher.

The strategic location of Waterloo on a paved road towards Brussels explains why the battle took place just south of Waterloo. It was important for the allies to stop Napoleon from reaching Brussels, just 17 kilometres (11 mi) away, and Waterloo was the last settlement to cross before negotiating the forest and getting to Brussels.

The Lion's Mound (French: Butte du Lion, lit. "Lion's Hillock/Knoll"; Dutch: Leeuw van Waterloo, lit. "Lion of Waterloo") is a large conical artificial hill located in the municipality of Braine-l'Alleud. King William I of the Netherlands ordered its construction in 1820, and it was completed in 1826. It commemorates the location on the battlefield of Waterloo where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) and knocked him from his horse during the battle.

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Name of Battle: The Battle of Waterloo Name of War: The Napoleonic Wars Entrance Fee: 7.00 (listed in local currency) Parking: N 50° 40.773 E 004° 24.404 Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 07/18/1815 Date of Battle (End): 07/18/1815

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