Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st18 June 1815
Wellington & Blucher join up at La Belle Alliance after defeating Napoleon
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Wellington & Blucher join up at La Belle Alliance after defeating Napoleon
The British lose close to 15,000 & the French 25,000 killed & wounded. The Allies have a force of 68,000 British, Belgians, Dutch & Germans under Wellington. Napoleon commands 72,000. Helps end Napoleon's "100 days" rule, Napoleon's final Battle. At 9PM Wellington & Blucher meet between La Belle-Alliance & Rossome
Distinguises himself as the leader of the Household Cavalry brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, wounded in the right arm and had to undergo amputation, but he quickly learned to write with his left hand
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