Battle of Waterloo 1815 — Map, Order of Battle, Commanders & Campaign
Campaign context, command, battlefield ground and the decisions that shaped the Napoleonic and Revolutionary era.
Battle of Waterloo 1815
Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 south of Brussels in present-day Belgium. Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the Anglo-Allied army under the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher. The battle ended Napoleon's Hundred Days and his final campaign.
Start here: Battle of Waterloo 1815 — complete Gallus field guide. It covers the battlefield, ground, French, Anglo-Allied and Prussian orders of battle, commanders, chronology, casualties and contemporary accounts.
Quick answers
- When was the Battle of Waterloo? 18 June 1815.
- Where was it fought? Around Mont-Saint-Jean, south of Brussels.
- Who won? Wellington's Anglo-Allied army and Blücher's Prussians defeated Napoleon's Army of the North.
- Where can I see the Battle of Waterloo map? Use the map-led Waterloo battlefield guide for Mont-Saint-Jean, Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, Papelotte, Plancenoit and the main attack axes.
Waterloo map and battlefield
Battle of Waterloo Map: Ground, Farms & Attack Axes → is the fast visual route into the battle. It explains how to read the ridge, strongpoints, French attack directions and the Prussian approach before handing you into the full field guide.
Why Waterloo happened
- The Political Road to the Hundred Days — Elba, Vienna, Napoleon's return and the Seventh Coalition.
- Hundred Days 1815: Complete Campaign Guide — Charleroi, Ligny, Quatre Bras, Waterloo and Wavre.
- Battle of Waterloo 1815: Complete Field Guide — ground, order of battle and timeline.
Waterloo commanders
- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
- Marshal Michel Ney
Continue Waterloo on Iron Regiment
Gallus provides the broad research gateway; our companion brand Iron Regiment takes the pre-modern story deeper and carries the live Waterloo range.
- Waterloo 1815: How the Battle Unfolded →
- The Hundred Days 1815: Why Waterloo Had to Happen →
- British Infantry Squares in the Napoleonic Wars →
- Marshal Michel Ney: Quatre Bras & Waterloo →
Shop Iron Regiment — Revolution & Empire / Waterloo →
Other Napoleonic Gallus research
For later military history, continue through Gallus Military Heritage →.
