The Battle Of Waterloo
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"Run. Take cover," yells a British soldier. "Boom, boom," roars the guns and cannons of all the armies. "Crack, crack," went the burning houses that started falling apart.
Men ran in groups to take cover, but some faltered as they were shot in the head and back. Bodies of cruel enemies and fellow ....
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.... It effectively ended French domination of the European continent and brought about drastic changes in the political boundaries and the power balance of Europe. Fought on June 18, 1815, near Waterloo, in what is now Belgium, the battle ranks as a great turning point in modern history.
After raising France to a position of preeminence in Europe from 1804 to 1813, Napoleon (pictured above) met defeat in 1814 by a coalition of major powers, notably Prussia, Russia, Great Britain, and Austria. ....
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