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1、BattleofWaterloo---------------------OnJune20,1815LeadingroleNapoleonBonaparteArthurWellesleyvs.Atthebeginningofthe1815,NapoleonBonaparteescapedfromElbaIsland,wherehewassenttoexile.HedrovetheLouis18thaway,andassembledapowerfulmilitaryforcequickly.ThereturnofNap
2、oleonisaremount(传奇故事）.WhenheescapedfromElbaIsland,therewereonlyfoursubordinatesfollowedhim.NearlyeveryonecouldcatchhimandsendhimtoLouis18th,whoruleFrenchthatdays.However,heneverhidehisidentity.Wherehecame,givingaspeech,thepeopleandarmyofwherewouldjoinhim.Hecame
3、backtoPariswithoutanycost.Napoleonfairlydesiredavictory.HehadlostnearlyallofthearmyintheRussia,thenhewasbeateninthebattleofLeipzig.Hehadtoeatthebitterfruitoffailure.Nowhewaspowerfulagain.Hedecidedtorevenged.Terrifiedandworried,Britain,Austria,Russia,andPrussiaf
4、ormedaallianceagain.Theypiecedanarmygroupquickly,headingforParis.Asatalentedgeneral,Napoleondidn‘tgetveryworryaboutit.Hehitout,andsoonhebeatthearmyofPrussia,leadingbyBlücher.Theyescaped,andNapoleondispatchonethirdofhisarmy,leadingbyGrouchytochasethem.However,th
5、istimehemadeafatalblunder.OnJune16,ThearmyofNapoleonandWellingtonmeteachother.Bothtwoofthemknewthattheymustwinthecampaign,forthemselvesaswellasfortheircountry.AsforNapoleonandhisarmy,otherwisetheybreakthroughthepositionoftheBritish,theywouldbesieged.Sotheymustf
6、ighttowinordie.TroopsCannonscausalitiesreinforcementsNapoleon720002543300032000,ledbyGrouchyWellington680001602200060000,ledbyBlücherComparisonoftwoforceAtnoon,Ahorrifyingbattlestarted.AttheriskofBritishbulletsandshells,Frenchcavalryman(骑兵）andinfantry（步兵）launch
7、edviolentattacks.Themajorityofthemfelldownonthewayofrushingforward,andsomeofthemrushintoBritainposition,andsoontheybekilled.Afteralongtimestruggle,intheafternoon,Napoleon’sarmyfinallyoccupiedthepriorposition.However,afterawhile,Britainarmygotitback.Aseesawbattl
8、estarted.Atdusk,about50,000bodyofFrenchaswellasBritainlayonthenarrowbattlefieldofWaterloo.BothofNapoleon’sarmyandArthur’sarmywasdesperate.Allofthemwaslookingfortheirreinforc
