The musings and meandering thoughts of a crotchety old man as he observes life in the world and in a small, rural town in South East Nebraska. My Pledge-Nulla dies sine linea-Not a day with out a line.
18 June 2025
The Battle of Waterloo
Today marks the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, in which the Allies, under the command of Field Marshal His Grace The Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS, defeated Bonaparte, the usurper and Revolutionary "military genius".
The Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, saw the final defeat of Napoleon and the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
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