Waterloo Campaign | |||||||
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Part of War of the Seventh Coalition | |||||||
The Battle of Waterloo, by William Sadler II |
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Empire |
Seventh Coalition: United Kingdom Netherlands Hanover Nassau Brunswick Prussia |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Napoleon |
Duke of Wellington Gebhard von Blücher |
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Strength | |||||||
Total: 120 000
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215 000 |
Coalition victory, Second Treaty of Paris
Napoleon
Marquis de Grouchy
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Total: 120 000
The Waterloo Campaign (15 June – 8 July 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army. Initially the French army was commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, but he left for Paris after the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Command then rested on Marshals Soult and Grouchy, who were in turn replaced by Marshal Davout, who took command at the request of the French Provisional Government. The Anglo-allied army was commanded by the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army by Prince Blücher.