Battle of Waterloo and withdrew in good order—though at the cost of 33,000 French troops that never reached the Waterloo battlefield. Wellington sent describing the battle to England on 19 June 1815; it arrived in London on 21 June 1815 and was published as a "London Gazette Extraordinary" on 22 June. Wellington, Blücher and other Coalition forces advanced upon Paris. Napoleon announced his second abdication on 24 June 1815. In the final skirmish of the Napoleonic Wars, Marshal Davout, Napoleon's minister of war, was defeated by Blücher at Issy on 3 July 1815. Allegedly, Napoleon tried to escape to North America, but the
Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign This is the complete order of battle for the four major battles of the Waterloo Campaign. L'Armée du Nord under the command of Emperor Napoleon I.<br> "Major Général" (Chief of Staff): Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia.<br> Commander of artillery: General of Division Charles-Étienne-François Ruty.<br> Field commanders under the direct command of Emperor Napoleon: Combined British, Dutch and Hanoverian forces were under the supreme command of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The Order of Battle included below reflects all units of the Anglo-allied Army including those that were not present for