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To: nickcarraway
Besides, everyone knows that the Battle Of Waterloo was won by the Dutch Division under Baron Chasse -- the counter- attack which drove the French Imperial Guard from the field, while the British troops when ready to break and run.

3 posted on 06/23/2015 10:41:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

The Dutch? On land?


4 posted on 06/23/2015 10:43:05 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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http://www.grenadiercompagnie.nl/Afbeeldingen/HvP,%20De%20divisie%20van%20Chasse%20in%20de%20slag%20bij%20Waterloo.jpg


6 posted on 06/23/2015 10:44:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve always thought it was the Prussian reinforcements that saved the day at Waterloo. And if I recall correctly, the Prussian commander at first declined to support the British, but later changed his mind and came to their rescue at the eleventh hour.


13 posted on 06/23/2015 11:30:51 AM PDT by IronJack
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