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  1. Battle on 18 June 1815 in which the British
  2. commander Wellington defeated the French
  3. emperor Napoleon near the village of
  4. Waterloo, 13 km/8 mi S of Brussels, Belgium.
  5. Wellington had 68,000 men, of whom 24,000
  6. were British, the remainder being German,
  7. Dutch, and Belgian, and Napoleon had 72,000.
  8. During the last stage of the battle
  9. Wellington was supported by the Prussians
  10. under General Blucher.
  11.