June 18 of the outgoing year marked the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo - as Wellington named it after the place where he lodged. In Prussia they called it the battle of Belle Alliance, in France - at Mont-Saint-Jean. At that time this territory was Dutch. Having escaped from prison on the island of Elba, Napoleon was going to regain his former conquests, the people of France seemed to support him. Military victories are a big deal, you never know that the country's economy is barely alive after the emperor's wars.→
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