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Waterloo campaign: Waterloo to Paris (2–7 July)

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secured a strong position in front of the south side, which was mostly open and defenceless, was equally ready to storm the capital with his collected force. The effect of this well conceived and successfully executed plan of operation was to divide Davout's attention between two opposite points of the town. Should he attempt to assail the one army with his principal force, he would immediately find himself attacked by the other army; without possessing the means to carry on the contest with both simultaneously. On the other hand, should a general and formidable assault be made by those armies, on the opposite points, at the same time; the necessary division of his forces, in arranging his plan of defence, would render his situation still more desperate.
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from Paris across the Loire, and the placing of the capital in the keeping of the National Guards until the King should order otherwise. He offered, if they agreed to these terms, to endeavour to prevail on Blücher to halt his troops, and send an officer to settle the details; but, at the same time, he told them distinctly that he would not consent to suspend hostilities so long as a French soldier remained in Paris. Having received this explicit declaration on the part of Wellington, the Commissioners withdrew.
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the Coalition sovereigns who were travelling with the Austrian army would be likely to wish to spare the city, as they had in 1814, because Louis XVIII was their ally. In which case they would agree to terms similar to those Wellington was offering. Therefore, the two Coalition commanders were unlikely to have "the vain triumph of entering Paris at the head of our victorious troops", so Wellington suggested in his letter it was better to end the war immediately than in a few days time.
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which was garrisoned by the 12th and 24th Prussian Regiments, and the 2nd Westphalian Landwehr behind hastily built barricades, supported by a half battery of twelve pounders. After four hour during with the a number of attacks failed to dislodge the garrison, and with Prussian reinforcements on the
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To this representation Wellington replied that the great obstacle to the armistice having thus been removed, there remained only the question as to the terms; which he thought should be the halting of the Anglo-allied and Prussian armies in their present positions, the withdrawal of the French army
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About 22:30, however, the Prussians, who kept a sharp look out, heard these troops marching off; and perceived that their departure was conducted in rather a disorderly manner. Instant advantage was taken of this circumstance, and a part of the 1st and 2nd Prussian brigades attacked the French; who
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Wellington explained the terms he was going to offer the French Commissioners and why he would do so. An attack on Paris before the Austrians arrived in force was unlikely to succeed or if it did "loss would be very severe". If they waited for the Austrians then the city could be taken easily, but
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The Coalition commanders had thus succeeded in shutting up the French forces within their lines. Wellington was perfectly prepared to attack the north side of Paris, if circumstances should render such a step necessary; or if a favourable opportunity should present itself: whilst Blücher, having
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the French reach Paris and the Coalition forces, who were about a day's march behind them also arrive in the Paris area. By July 1 the Anglo-allied army were facing the French, who were positioned behind a strong defensive line in the northern suburbs of Paris, while the Prussians had seized two
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prefect of the department of the Seine, addressed Louis XVIII in the name of his companions, in a speech that began "Sire, one hundred days have passed away since your majesty, forced to tear yourself from your dearest affections, left you capital amidst tears and public consternation. ...", so
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On 4 July, under the terms of the Convention of St. Cloud, the French army, commanded by Marshal Davout, left Paris and proceeded on its march to the Loire: and the Anglo-allied troops occupied Saint-Denis, Saint Ouen, Clichy, and Neuilly. On 5 July, the Anglo-allied army took possession of
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In the meantime the Anglo-allied army, under Wellington, had advanced to Gonasse. The right immediately threw a bridge over the Seine at Argenteuil, crossed it, and opened the communication with Blücher. A British Corps was also moving upon the left of the Seine towards Neuilly.
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The troops composing the right wing of the French army occupied the lines on the right bank of the Seine, whence they were watching the Anglo-allied army. Some troops were posted in the Bois de Boulogne, and several posts were established along both banks of the
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realised that any further delay in surrendering was futile as defeat was inevitable and would lead to a further loss of life and possibly the devastation of Paris, so they initiated a unilateral ceasefire and sent an emissary to request an immediate armistice.
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On 7 July, the two Coalition armies entered Paris: the Chamber of Peers, having received from the Provisional Government a notification of the course of events, terminated its sittings; the Chamber of Deputies protested, but in vain. Their President
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Whilst the Prussian 1st Brigade was thus gaining ground; the 2nd, together with the reserve artillery, advanced towards the heights of Meudon. The reserve cavalry of the I Corps followed the 1st Brigade, in support. The 4th Brigade occupied Sèvres.
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Wellington had already arrived to join Blücher at St. Cloud and officers furnished with full powers by their respective commanders-in-chief, soon met there. The result of their deliberations was the surrender of Paris under the terms of the
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At a French Council of war, which was held during the night of 2/3 July in Paris, it was decided that the defence of the capital was not practicable against the two Coalition armies. Nevertheless, the French Commander-in-Chief
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When it became clear that the attack had failed, that the two Coalition armies were in full communication with each other, the French high command decided that, providing terms were not too odious, they would capitulate.
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entered Paris and was restored to the throne. Over the coming months the French royalist government exerted its authority over all of its domain including some fortresses under Bonapartist governors (the last of which,
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Whilst the Prussian I Corps (Zieten's) had been thus successfully effecting its movement against the south side of the capital; the III Corps (Thielmann's), which formed the right column, proceeded towards
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In Issy the French force was reinforced: fifteen battalions were posted in and about Issy, supported by numerous guns and cavalry: their light infantry occupying the vineyards in front of the village.
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Prince Augustus had made every preparation for starting the siege of Charlemont but, on 20 September, he received information from Paris that hostilities were to cease throughout the whole of France.
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On hearing of the unilateral French ceasefire, Blücher, required from Marshal Davout, a negotiator possessing greater powers, before he would agree to a suspension of hostilities; and indicated the
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On 10 July the wind became favourable, but a British fleet made its appearance and Napoleon, seeing the difficulty of eluding its ships, resolved, after having previously communicated with Captain
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The I Corps had its right on the height of Clamart, its centre on that of Meudon, its left at Moulineaux, and its vanguard at Issay; in rear of which point was the reserve cavalry of the corps.
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During the whole of this day, the troops of the Anglo-allied army continued in position in front of the fortified lines on the north side of Paris. Wellington having established a bridge at
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The left wing, III and IV corps and the Imperial Guard, extended from the Seine as far as the Orleans road. It had a strong presence in Vaugirard, and the main body was posted between the
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in considerable force. The 3rd Brigade was therefore ordered to proceed by its left towards Saint-Cloud, and to oppose any movement which might be attempted against that flank.
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The reduction of the fortresses left in rear of the British and Prussian armies, adjoining their main line of operations, was handled by a Coalition force under the command of
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put the whole Prussian army in motion towards the south side of Paris, where he proposed taking possession of the advantageous position comprising the heights of
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The French Provisional Government, fully alive to this state of things, and duly aware of the approach of the Bavarian, Russian, and Austrian armies (see
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On 6 July, the Anglo-allied troops occupied the Barriers of Paris, on the right of the Seine; while the Prussians occupied those upon the left bank.
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By the end Saturday 24 June (the end of the first week after the defeat at Waterloo) the French who had fought at Waterloo were at
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The III Corps: the 9th Brigade was at Châtillon, the 10th and 11th brigades were in front of Velisy, the 12th Brigade was at
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protested, but in vain, and on the following day the doors were closed, and the approaches guarded by Coalition troops.
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Napoleon was not permitted to land in England (the British Government having decided upon sending him to the island of
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The French losses on this day in the defence of Moulineaux and Issay are estimated to have been about 3,000 men.
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bridges down stream of Paris, had crossed the river Seine and were about to approach Paris from the south west.
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retreated in disarray back towards France. As agreed by the two Seventh Coalition commanders in chief, the
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in such confusion that Paris might have been entered at this moment, if more Prussians had been at hand.
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as the place where the negotiations should be carried on, and to which he then moved his headquarters.
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Anglo-allied army: The troops of the Anglo-allied army continued in position in front of the lines of
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Accordingly, at 07:00, the fire on the part of the French suddenly ceased; and Brigadier General
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on the left bank of the Seine, and opened more direct line of communications with the Prussians.
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and the result of the delegates' deliberations was the surrender of Paris under the terms of the
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During the night, Zieten posted his corps in the following manner: His right upon the height of
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was signed on 20 November 1815. The 1815 treaty contained stronger punitive terms than the
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The third week started with the consolidation of the Prussians on the South side of Paris.
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In the evening, the French, after having re-formed, and collected their defeated force at
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The following were the positions of the respective armies during the night of 2 July.
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island. Napoleon remained a captive on Saint Helena until his death in 1821.
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armies in 1815. Red: Anglo-allied Army; light green: Prussian Army; orange:
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The reserve cavalry of the corps bivouacked about Le Plessis-Piquet.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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It was also on 8 July that Napoleon Bonaparte embarked on the
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Napoleon surrenders to the British and is sent to Saint Helena
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Dictionnaire des rues de Paris accompagné d'un plan de Paris
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that is used to describe the momentous events of that year.
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engraved by J. Kirkwood, showing the invasion routes of the
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At 03:00 on 3 July, Vandamme advanced in two columns from
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and had been under detachment for some days), towards the
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The French army retreats and the Coalition armies advance
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Rocroi seen from the air shows its defensive structure
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the 14th Brigade bivouacked at the Château Bel Air,
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dark green: 54:Part of France 44: 43: 36: 35: 29: 28: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1888: 1877: 1874: 1872: 1869: 1868: 1866: 1855: 1854: 1847: 1846:public domain 1838: 1837: 1836: 1835: 1827: 1823: 1818: 1814: 1810: 1805: 1802: 1798: 1793: 1790: 1788:0-582-49314-5 1784: 1780: 1776: 1771: 1768: 1764: 1759: 1755: 1751: 1750: 1744: 1743: 1739: 1732: 1731:EM staff 1918 1727: 1724: 1720: 1715: 1712: 1708: 1703: 1701: 1697: 1693: 1688: 1685: 1681: 1676: 1673: 1669: 1664: 1661: 1657: 1652: 1649: 1645: 1640: 1637: 1633: 1628: 1625: 1621: 1616: 1613: 1609: 1604: 1602: 1600: 1598: 1596: 1592: 1588: 1583: 1580: 1576: 1571: 1568: 1564: 1559: 1557: 1553: 1549: 1544: 1542: 1540: 1538: 1536: 1534: 1532: 1530: 1526: 1522: 1517: 1515: 1513: 1509: 1505: 1500: 1497: 1493: 1488: 1486: 1482: 1478: 1473: 1470: 1466: 1461: 1458: 1454: 1449: 1447: 1445: 1443: 1441: 1437: 1433: 1428: 1425: 1421: 1416: 1414: 1410: 1406: 1401: 1398: 1394: 1389: 1386: 1382: 1377: 1375: 1373: 1371: 1369: 1367: 1363: 1354: 1350: 1345: 1342: 1336: 1333: 1327: 1324: 1318: 1315: 1311: 1307: 1302: 1299: 1292: 1290: 1288: 1284: 1280: 1272: 1270: 1264: 1259: 1248: 1243: 1241: 1238: 1237: 1231: 1226: 1224: 1223:Philippeville 1221: 1220: 1214: 1209: 1207: 1204: 1203: 1197: 1192: 1190: 1187: 1186: 1180: 1175: 1173: 1170: 1169: 1166:Capitulation 1165: 1162: 1159: 1158: 1152: 1150: 1141: 1136: 1128: 1126: 1124: 1120: 1116: 1113: 1109: 1108: 1102: 1098: 1094: 1093: 1087: 1082: 1080: 1076: 1072: 1071: 1064: 1062: 1057: 1053: 1045: 1040: 1038: 1036: 1030: 1027: 1020: 1015: 1013: 1011: 1005: 1003: 995: 993: 991: 986: 982: 978: 976: 972: 968: 963: 960: 956: 950: 942: 940: 938: 929: 924: 921:(both in the 920: 916: 912: 908: 907: 906: 903: 901: 896: 894: 890: 882: 878: 874: 871: 867: 863: 860: 859: 858: 855: 849: 847: 843: 841: 836: 833: 825: 823: 819: 817: 813: 809: 805: 800: 798: 794: 785: 783: 780: 778: 773: 771: 765: 759: 757: 755: 750: 748: 743: 739: 737: 733: 729: 725: 721: 717: 709: 707: 705: 701: 700:Ville-d'Avray 696: 694: 690: 686: 682: 678: 674: 670: 666: 662: 657: 655: 651: 647: 639: 634: 632: 630: 626: 621: 616: 614: 610: 606: 602: 597: 594: 590: 586: 583:(2 July) and 582: 577: 574: 571: 566: 564: 560: 559:Englefontaine 556: 552: 548: 544: 540: 536: 532: 531:Marshal Soult 528: 523: 521: 516: 514: 510: 506: 502: 498: 483: 480: 478: 475: 473: 470: 468: 465: 463: 460: 458: 455: 454: 450: 449: 445: 442: 441: 437: 436: 433: 430: 428: 425: 423: 422:Rocheserviere 420: 419: 416: 413: 412: 409: 406: 404: 401: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 388:Aubervilliers 386: 384: 381: 379: 376: 374: 371: 369: 366: 364: 363: 359: 357: 356: 352: 350: 347: 345: 344: 340: 338: 337: 333: 331: 328: 327: 324: 321: 320: 317: 312: 304: 299: 297: 292: 290: 285: 284: 281: 273: 270: 268: 265: 264: 259: 256: 253: 252: 249: 245: 243: 240: 239: 236: 232: 231: 226: 222: 209: 204: 197: 184: 179: 172: 158: 144: 143: 139: 137: 132: 127: 126: 121: 113: 110: 109: 104: 100: 96: 91: 88: 87: 84:2–7 July 1815 83: 80: 79: 75: 71: 70:Army of Italy 67: 63: 59: 55: 50: 45: 42: 37: 32: 27: 19: 1852: 1834:Attribution: 1833: 1832: 1821: 1808: 1796: 1774: 1762: 1747: 1726: 1714: 1707:Siborne 1848 1692:Siborne 1848 1687: 1680:Gifford 1817 1675: 1663: 1656:Siborne 1848 1651: 1644:Siborne 1848 1639: 1632:Gifford 1817 1627: 1620:Siborne 1848 1615: 1608:Siborne 1848 1582: 1575:Siborne 1848 1570: 1563:Siborne 1848 1548:Siborne 1848 1504:Siborne 1848 1499: 1492:Siborne 1848 1477:Gifford 1817 1472: 1465:Siborne 1848 1460: 1453:Siborne 1848 1432:Siborne 1848 1427: 1420:Siborne 1848 1405:Siborne 1848 1400: 1388: 1381:Siborne 1848 1344: 1335: 1326: 1317: 1312:, "Pirch I". 1301: 1276: 1273:Peace treaty 1268: 1163:Commencement 1146: 1106: 1101:Saint Helena 1091: 1083: 1069: 1065: 1061:Hundred Days 1049: 1031: 1028: 1026:Montmartre. 1024: 1006: 999: 987: 983: 979: 964: 952: 933: 904: 897: 893:Rocquencourt 886: 856: 853: 844: 837: 829: 820: 801: 789: 781: 774: 766: 763: 751: 744: 740: 713: 697: 669:Rocquencourt 658: 643: 617: 598: 578: 575: 567: 524: 517: 494: 481: 398:Rocquencourt 360: 353: 341: 334: 311:Hundred Days 246: 233: 140: 123:Belligerents 53: 39:Part of The 26: 1092:Bellerophon 1079:Isle of Aix 1052:Louis XVIII 965:During the 900:Saint-Denis 730:) and 4th ( 718:), reached 716:Steinmetz's 681:Saint-Cloud 661:Thielmann's 620:Louis XVIII 518:During the 393:Saint-Denis 368:2nd Genappe 349:1st Genappe 336:Quatre Bras 171:Netherlands 1865:Categories 1777:, London: 1740:References 1719:Tombs 1996 1587:Tynna 1812 1206:Marienberg 1189:Landrecies 1112:third-rate 1035:Lanjuinais 889:Le Chesnay 812:Courbevoie 804:Argenteuil 736:Moulineaux 728:Pirch II's 665:Versailles 625:Charlemont 541:, were at 472:18–24 June 467:17–18 June 462:16–17 June 451:Chronology 444:Guadeloupe 101:) towards 64:; yellow: 1668:Waln 1825 1393:Waln 1825 1250:16 August 1245:15 August 1041:Aftermath 971:St. Cloud 955:Vaugirard 877:Montreuil 770:Vaugirard 677:Malmaison 654:Châtillon 438:Caribbean 427:La Suffel 208:Brunswick 1351:and the 1233:8 August 1228:7 August 1172:Maubeuge 1160:Fortress 1086:Maitland 1016:4–7 July 881:Viroflay 866:Châtenay 816:Suresnes 808:Asnières 724:Bellevue 679:towards 673:Zieten's 551:Hannapes 482:2–7 July 355:Waterloo 261:Strength 99:Waterloo 89:Location 1779:Longman 1349:Avignon 1216:28 July 1211:27 July 1199:21 July 1194:19 July 1182:12 July 975:Neuilly 957:to the 870:Sceaux. 797:Bülow's 777:Clamart 568:During 555:Cambrai 457:15 June 378:Cambrai 221:Prussia 183:Hanover 1848:: 1785:  1240:Rocroy 1177:8 July 1155:Siege 1075:Méduse 990:Revest 930:3 July 910:river. 814:, and 720:Sèvres 685:Colomb 650:Meudon 635:2 July 581:Sèvres 561:, and 543:Rethel 403:Sèvres 218:  196:Nassau 193:  168:  154:  136:France 111:Result 1293:Notes 1263:Givet 1070:Saale 830:In a 747:Jagow 609:Loire 373:Namur 362:Wavre 343:Ligny 330:Gilly 103:Paris 93:From 1828:–527 1815:–483 1783:ISBN 1767:1494 1756:–161 1277:The 1105:HMS 1090:HMS 973:and 917:and 868:and 754:Issy 652:and 585:Issy 527:Laon 408:Issy 81:Date 1826:526 1813:482 1801:304 1754:159 1867:: 1781:, 1699:^ 1594:^ 1555:^ 1528:^ 1511:^ 1484:^ 1439:^ 1412:^ 1365:^ 1355:. 1110:a 1012:. 925:). 810:, 557:, 1265:. 1033:( 883:; 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Index

Waterloo Campaign: Waterloo to Paris (2–7 July)
Waterloo campaign
Part of France engraved by J. Kirkwood
Seventh Coalition
North German Federal Army
Army of the Upper Rhine
Army of Italy
La Belle Alliance
Waterloo
Paris
First French Empire
France
Seventh Coalition
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Kingdom of Hanover
Hanover
Nassau
Duchy of Brunswick
Brunswick
Prussia
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans
Dominique Vandamme
Duke of Wellington
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow
French Army order of battle
Prussian Army order of battle
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