Waterloo, Belgium Waterloo, became part of the Dyle department, which became the province of Brabant Méridional in 1815 under the Dutch rule after the defeat of Napoleon. It changed name in 1830 when Belgium became independent and became the province of Brabant for 165 years. The Battle of Waterloo took place near Waterloo on 18 June 1815 between the First French Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Seventh Coalition (troops from Prussia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick and Nassau), under the main allied commanders, the Duke of Wellington and General von Blücher. The strategic location of Waterloo on a paved
Waterloo Campaign: Ligny through Wavre to Waterloo few battalions in position at Wavre, and to follow the main army, with his corps, as a reserve, in the direction of Couture-Saint-Germain. It was nearly 16:00 on 18 June when Vandamme's Corps arrived in front of the position which Thielemann was in the act of leaving, with a view to follow and support the remaining three Prussian Corps that were at that moment on the march towards the battlefield of Waterloo; and, with a fire that was opened from the French batteries, commenced the Battle of Wavre. Some time before the Battle of Waterloo commenced, a Prussian patrol reached