La battaglia in realtà ebbe luogo nel territorio del villaggio di Mont Saint-Jean, a 5 km da Waterloo

(EPA/OLIVIER PAPEGNIES)

The Battle of Waterloo of 1815 is reenacted, 20 June 2010, in Waterloo, Belgium. The battle between the French army led by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Allied armies led by the Duke of Wellington and Field-Marshal Blucher was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium.