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Battle of Waterloo reenactment

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20: 95: 83: 262: 71:. The show was located on a stage 150 metres long, with giant projector screens, pyrotechnics, dancers, classical musicians and local choirs – in addition to cast members drawn from the re-enactment groups. Three re-enactors were injured by explosives during this production, with one being taken to hospital with serious burns. 42:
It is held every June on the weekend nearest to the historic date of the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). In a regular year there will be 600–800 reenactors. The 5-year-anniversaries are greater events with 1,500–2,000 reenactors from France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Great Britain, USA, Germany,
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A major event, one of the largest ever staged, was held on the site of the battle to mark the 200th anniversary of the engagement. 6,200 re-enactors, 330 horses, and 120 cannons took part in actions in an arena area close to
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The Battle of Waterloo: Joining army of re-enacters remembering one of history's most famous military turning-points, The Independent
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200 años despues. Argentinos en Waterloo: recrearon una de las batallas más importantes de la historia, Clarin
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Portable loos and Belgian officiousness: When 'war' breaks out at the Battle of Waterloo, 2015, The Telegraph
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Battle of Waterloo relived: the sound a fury of a Napoleonic war re-enactment, The Telegraph
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Poland, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Chile among others.
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The event was opened with a poetic interpretation of the Battle, created by
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Huge sound-and-light show for Waterloo bicentenary, AFP/Yahoo News
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Annual reenactactment of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo
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Battle of Waterloo
Waterloo, Belgium
La Haye Sainte
Hougoumont
La Caillou
Luc Petit
French cavalry, June 2011
In the 2011 recreation, footsoldiers fire guns
Waterloo (1970 film)
200 años despues. Argentinos en Waterloo: recrearon una de las batallas más importantes de la historia, Clarin
The Battle of Waterloo: Joining army of re-enacters remembering one of history's most famous military turning-points, The Independent
Battle of Waterloo relived: the sound a fury of a Napoleonic war re-enactment, The Telegraph
Photos of the Allied camp
Photos of the French camp
Inferno
Archived
Wayback Machine
Huge sound-and-light show for Waterloo bicentenary, AFP/Yahoo News
Portable loos and Belgian officiousness: When 'war' breaks out at the Battle of Waterloo, 2015, The Telegraph
Official Battle of Waterloo site
History fans recreate Waterloo
BBC
360° Battle of Waterloo
National Geographic
Unseen Waterloo - The Conflict Revisited
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military history
stub
expanding it

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