The Battle of Waterloo (Monument of the Belgians) - Waterloo, Belgium
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The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815.
Waymark Code: WMP6VA
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date Posted: 07/11/2015
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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. Two large forces under Wellington and Blücher assembled close to the north-eastern border of France. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the coalition. Waterloo was the decisive engagement of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last. The defeat at Waterloo ended Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French, and marked the end of his Hundred Days return from exile.
Waterloo cost Wellington around 15,000 dead or wounded and Blücher some 7,000 (810 of which were suffered by just one unit: the 18th Regiment, which served in Bülow's 15th Brigade, had fought at both Frichermont and Plancenoit, and won 33 Iron Crosses). Napoleon's losses were 24,000 to 26,000 killed or wounded and included 6,000 to 7,000 captured with an additional 15,000 deserting subsequent to the battle and over the following days.
In 1820, the Netherlands' King William I ordered the construction of a monument. The Lion Mound (
visit link) , a giant mound, was constructed here using 300,000 cubic metres. Apart from the Lion Mound, there are several other monuments throughout the battlefield.
This monument for the Belgian soldiers of both sides, fallen on 18 june 1815 was erected in 1914. It is located on the crossroads of the Brussels-Charleroi and the Braine L'Alleud-Ohain road. La-Haie-Sainte is about 200m down the road on the right and Mont-St-Jean is about 1000m up that same road.