LIS 385T.16 - Fall 1997: The Napoleon Project
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Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo
About this painting
Europe saw that the time had arrived to strike a devastating blow against Napoleon. Russia created a strategic alliance with Prussia, Sweden, and Great Britain. Napoleon's few allies abandoned him one by one. In 1813, Napoleon was forced at the Battle of Leipzig to retreat across the Rhine River, creating a free Germany. The following year Russia and her allies invaded France. They captured Paris, Napoleon abdicated, and Bonaparte was sent into exile to the island of Elba. His exile lasted only a few months.

In March, 1815, Napoleon returned to France and was able to organize a new army. Another alliance, this one consisting of Great Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, opposed him. Napoleon was eventually defeated at Waterloo on June 16-18, 1815. He abdicated on June 22, and Louis XVIII restored the monarchy to France. Napoleon was forced into exile to Saint Helena, a far more remote island than Elba, in the south Atlantic Ocean. He remained there until his death.

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