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Definition of Battle of Waterloo
1. Noun. The battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: Napoleonic Wars
Geographical relationships: Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom Of Belgium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Waterloo
Literary usage of Battle of Waterloo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decisive Battles of the World by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, John Gilmer Speed (1899)
"armistice was granted; and on the 3d of July the capitulation of Paris terminated
the war of the battle of Waterloo. On closing our observations on this, ..."
2. The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by Walter Scott (1829)
"Account of the Defence of Hougoumont, during the battle of Waterloo, on the 18th of
... IT appears to me, that the battle of Waterloo is the greatest event ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... battle of Waterloo to Napoleon seems to have been mainly owing to the imprudent
use he made of nearly his whole cavalry in a desperate strife during the ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1816)
"... the unfortunate people, and to relieve them from the distress and danger to
which they must be exposed. ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS OF THE Battle of Waterloo, ..."
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