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The Scots Greys at Waterloo, Sergeant Ewart captures an Eagle.

The 2nd (Royal North British) Dragoons, (then their offical name), were part of the heavy cavalry charge of the Union & Household Brigades that smashed D'Erlons Corps & captured 2 Imperial Eagles.

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2021-08-29

John Constable, The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (‘Whitehall Stairs, June 18th, 1817’), 1832 https://t.co/9rJBpCKkFi

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2021-08-16

Fanart for The Waterloo Watermelon on YouTube!

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2021-08-02

There's something similar in Belgium for the battle of Waterloo

https://t.co/yyB441hnON

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2021-07-16

John Constable, The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (‘Whitehall Stairs, June 18th, 1817’), 1832 https://t.co/9rJBpCKkFi

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2021-07-10


Right Now 18th June 1815 19:50
NOW MAITLAND, NOW IS YOUR TIME!
Wellington’s men have been lying down to take shelter from French cannon fire. Under his orders, of ‘Up Guards, and at ‘em’, they stand and begin firing on the Imperial Guard.

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2021-06-19

1815 Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, fought his last battle at Waterloo. Find out how the action unfolded in our video: https://t.co/MYoaJX6VxO

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2021-06-19

There is considerable indication that Napoleon may have lost the Battle of due to extremely painful thrombosed hemorrhoids.
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"Piles of defeat" (1988) https://t.co/tRs2qkJj5o

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2021-06-18

RIGHT NOW in 1815, the first shots of the Battle of Waterloo are being fired. The fighting continues for nine hours and leaves 65,000 casualties. When it's over, Napoleon Bonaparte's "Hundred Days" comeback is over

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2021-06-18

John Rennie's Waterloo Bridge over the Thames opened 1817. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1942 and various parts of it survive. We have the central span keystone on display.

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2021-06-18

18th June 1815, Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo resulted in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.

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2021-06-18

Today in 1815: the Battle of Waterloo takes place in Belgium. The Duke of Wellington described it as the 'the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life'. It was a decisive victory for Anglo-allied forces and Napoleon abdicated four days later.

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Le 18 juin 1815 marque la défaite de Napoléon dans la morne plaine de Waterloo.

Les troupes britanniques de Wellington et les troupes prussiennes de Blücher y remportent une victoire décisive. Cette défaite provoquera la chute définitive de l'Empire napoléonien.

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2021-06-18

“I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me. ...” (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington).

The Battle of Waterloo, Sunday, 18 June 1815.

‘Happy Waterloo Day’

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2021-06-18