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| | Battle of Waterloo - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Battle of Waterloo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Final battle of the Napoleonic Wars on 18 June 1815 in which a coalition force of British, Prussian, and Dutch troops under the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon near the village of Waterloo, 13 km/8 mi south of Brussels, Belgium. |
 | | Napoleon found Wellington's army isolated from his allies and began a direct offensive to smash them, but the British held on until joined by the Prussians under Marshal Gebhard von Blücher. |
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