10 Fascinating Facts About the Battle of Waterloo

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Source/Further reading:

https://projecthougoumont.com/16-june-1815-battle-of-ligny/
https://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_war/campaign/page_16.html
https://youtu.be/JXU-7a_BFUA
https://youtu.be/RsVziFEWLlM
https://www.historyspage.com/battle-of-waterloo
https://militaryhistorynow.com/2018/09/02/cavalry-at-waterloo-how-mounted-troops-made-history-in-the-napoleonic-wars-final-battle/
https://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Dutch/Cavalry1815/c_Dutch6thHussars1815.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=WI5WDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT245&lpg=PT245&dq=imperial+guard+shoot+prisoner+waterloo&source=bl&ots=g08rc_3xdc&sig=ACfU3U0ev9uUOba4e5h_covmkWLGza4xvw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7y6XrtaTkAhUOKK0KHf2nBzIQ6AEwF3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=imperial%20guard%20shoot%20prisoner%20waterloo&f=false
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33085031
https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/timelines/blucher-and-the-prussians-at-waterloo/