Duke of Wellington aka The Iron Duke (1769-1852) directing maneuvres during the Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, the French army was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition, a British-led coalition consisting of units from Britain, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick and Nassau, under the command of the Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army under the command of Field Marshal von Blücher. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
'The Illustrated History of the World' Published by Ward; Lock & Co; 1890
Size: 4783px × 2951px
Location: Waterloo, Belgium
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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