Battle of Waterloo anniversary: The story of Napolean's defeat in numbers
Essential facts about the historic battle, in which Britain and her allies defeated France, on 18 June, 1815
Today is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.
The bicentennial has been marked by a memorial – Britain's first – at Waterloo station in London, to commemorate the soldiers who died.
5,000: The number of Napoleon's troops that advanced on Hougoumont, Wellington's most well-defended garrison.
12.30PM:Time at which the French broke through the gates; the British forced the gates shut trapping 40 French soldiers inside.
68,000: Number of Anglo-Allied troops (including German, Belgian and Dutch units) led by the Duke of Wellington.
72,000: Number of French troops led by Napoleon Bonaparte.
13,700: Anglo-Allied soldiers killed.
24,000: French soldiers killed.
5,600: Prussian soldiers killed.
6: Members of the so-called 'Seventh Coalition' that defeated France at Waterloo. The belligerents were Britain, the Netherlands, Hanover, Nassau, Brunswick and Prussia.
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