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Waterloo , commune (1991 pop. 27,860), Walloon Brabant prov., central Belgium, near Brussels. The battle of Waterloo (see Waterloo campaign ) was fought just south of there on June 18, 1815. The battle is commemorated by a large monument (built 1823-27).

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Waterloo, Battle of

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Waterloo, Battle of a battle fought on 18 June 1815 near the village of Waterloo (in what is now Belgium), in which Napoleon's army was conclusively defeated by the British (under the Duke of Wellington) and Prussians. Waterloo is often used as a word for a decisive defeat or failure.
Waterloo ball a frivolous entertainment preceding a serious occurrence (with reference to a ball given in Brussels by the Duchess of Richmond on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo).

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Waterloo, Battle of (June 18, 1815) Final engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought c.20km (12mi) from Brussels, Belgium. The Duke of Wellington commanded Allied troops against Napoleon I's slightly larger French forces. The conflict was stalemated until the Prussians, under Marshal Blücher, arrived to overwhelm the French flank, whereupon Wellington broke through the centre. The battle ended Napoleon's Hundred Days and resulted in his second and final abdication.

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