
Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams.It involved the deployment of huge armies and incurred heavy losses on both sides; for those who fought in it, Dutch and Belgians, Prussians and Hanoverians as well as British and French troops, it was a murderous struggle.It was a battle that would be remembered very differently across Europe.In Britain it would be seen as an iconic battle whose memory would be enmeshed in