Battle of Waterloo

Denis Dighton's painting shows the defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard at Waterloo

10 moments that decided the Waterloo campaign

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Napoleon’s surrender: letter begging Prince Regent for mercy after Waterloo defeat to go on show in Windsor

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

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Louis-Napoléon Geoffroy’s The Apocryphal Napoleon imagined what would have happened if the emperor had conquered Russia in 1812 instead of being defeated at Moscow. In this painting, Napoleon retreats from Moscow. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Picture depicting the Battle of Waterloo

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Were the pulverised bones of soldiers and horses who died at the battle of Waterloo sold as soil fertiliser?

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, displayed remarkable leadership of the British army at the battle of Waterloo. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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