18/10/08
Victory at Waterloo
«DOWNING STREET, JUNE 22, 1815 – The Duke of Wellington’s Dispatch, dated Waterloo, the 19th of June, slaies that on the preceding day Buonaparte attacked, with his whole force, the British line, supported by a corps of Prussians; which attack, after a long and sanguinary conflict, terminated in the complete Overthrow of the Enemy’s Army, with the loss of one hundred and fifty pieces of cannon and two eagles. During the night, the Prussians under Marshall Blücher, who joined in the pursuit of the enemy, captured sixty guns, and a large part of Buonaparte’s Baggage. The Allied Armies continued to pursue the enemy. Two French Generals were taken…».
Extret del Times Archive, un arxiu que conté les notícies publicades al periòdic The Times entre 1785 i 1985.
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