Battle of Waterloo in silver for 42 Euros. Articles Books Historiography and memory Maps Primary sources Uniforms Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo, also called the Battle of Mount St. John, was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt. The battle
Waterloo, South Australia Waterloo, South Australia Waterloo is a settlement in South Australia, located just off the Barrier Highway between Manoora and Black Springs, approximately north-east of the state capital of Adelaide. The township of Waterloo was surveyed and established in 1865 in the Hundred of Waterloo, County of Light. It derives its name from the famous battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Waterloo is situated in a valley on the head of the Light River. Located about midway between Kapunda and Burra, it is not to be confused with Waterloo Corner on the Adelaide Plains. In 1866 a petition was signed by 233