# Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign > Connect the battlefield, Wellington’s defense, the arrival of Prussian forces, and Napoleon’s final defeat during the Hundred Days. Canonical URL: https://aristotree.com/adrian.26/waterloo-18-june-1815-the-last-campaign Language: en Creator: adrian.26 Last modified: 2026-10-08T08:11:41.850Z Concepts: 10 Relationships: 14 This is a public, user-curated knowledge graph. Follow the cited sources when verifying claims. ## Concepts ### Hougoumont The Château d'Hougoumont is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near Waterloo, Belgium. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hougoumont - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hougoumont?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign Connect the battlefield, Wellington’s defense, the arrival of Prussian forces, and Napoleon’s final defeat during the Hundred Days. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Hundred Days The Hundred Days, commonly referred to as The War Of The Seventh Coalition or Napoleon’s Hundred days marked the period between Napoleon's return from ten months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Battle of Ligny The Battle of Ligny, in which French troops of the Armée du Nord under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, was fought on 16 June 1815 near Ligny in what is now Belgium. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ligny - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ligny?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. He earned his greatest recognition after leading his army against Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British Army officer and statesman. A leading figure in early-19th-century British politics, Wellesley served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### La Haye Sainte La Haye Sainte is a walled farmhouse compound at the foot of an escarpment near Waterloo, Belgium, on the N5 road connecting Brussels and Charleroi. It has changed very little since it played a crucial part in the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Haye_Sainte - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Haye_Sainte?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Battle of Quatre Bras The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred two days later. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quatre_Bras - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quatre_Bras?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Battle of Wavre The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wavre - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wavre?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ## Relationships - Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign — related_to → Napoleon: French commander - Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign — related_to → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Allied commander - Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign — related_to → Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher: Prussian commander - Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign — related_to → Hundred Days: Final campaign - Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign — related_to → Hougoumont: Contested strongpoint - Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign — related_to → La Haye Sainte: Central strongpoint - Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign — related_to → Battle of Ligny: Earlier French victory - Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign — related_to → Battle of Quatre Bras: Earlier crossroads battle - Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign — related_to → Battle of Wavre: Parallel Prussian action - Napoleon — related_to → Hundred Days: Returned during this period - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington — related_to → Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher: Coordinated allied armies - Napoleon — related_to → Battle of Ligny: Won two days earlier - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington — related_to → Battle of Quatre Bras: Fought two days earlier - Battle of Wavre — related_to → Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher: Part of Prussian campaign