Anglo-Allied Army

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The Anglo-Allied Army was the multinational coalition force under the Duke of Wellington that fought Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars military unit ⓘ
coalition army ⓘ
alliance Duchy of Brunswick ⓘ
Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
commanderCountry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
commanderRank Field Marshal ⓘ
conflict Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Waterloo Campaign ⓘ
cooperationWith Prussian Army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
date 18 June 1815 ⓘ
disbandedAfter end of Waterloo Campaign ⓘ
formedFor campaign against Napoleon during the Hundred Days ⓘ
hasComponent Belgian troops ⓘ
British Army units ⓘ
Brunswick troops ⓘ
Dutch troops ⓘ
Hanoverian troops ⓘ
King's German Legion ⓘ
Nassau troops ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
legacy central to British and European military history ⓘ
location United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
Waterloo, present-day Belgium ⓘ
linked to: Waterloo, Belgium
notableEngagement defence of Hougoumont ⓘ
linked to: Hougoumont farm

defence of La Haye Sainte ⓘ
defence of Papelotte and Frischermont ⓘ
notableUnit Household Brigade ⓘ
King's German Legion cavalry ⓘ
King's German Legion infantry ⓘ
Union Brigade ⓘ
opponent French Army of the North ⓘ
opponentCommander Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
partOf Seventh Coalition ⓘ
result decisive victory ⓘ
role defeated Napoleon at Waterloo ⓘ
secondaryLanguagesUsed Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
strategicObjective block French advance towards Brussels ⓘ
strengthEstimate about 68,000 men ⓘ
strengthNote included infantry, cavalry, and artillery ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Netherlands 2nd Division → partOf → Anglo-Allied Army ⓘ
Prussian I Corps → supported → Anglo‑Allied army under the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
La Haye farm → opponent → Allied army under the Duke of Wellington ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
Smohain → nearDefensivePositionsOf → Allied army at Waterloo ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
Light Division → alliedTo → Duke of Wellington's army ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
Manley Power → partOf → Allied army at Waterloo ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
Wellington’s field army in the Peninsula → followedBy → Anglo-Allied army at Waterloo ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
Prussian Field Army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher → alliedWith → Anglo‑Allied army under the Duke of Wellington ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
Willem Frederik van Bylandt → partOf → Anglo-allied army at Waterloo ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
I Corps (Anglo-Allied Army) → partOf → Anglo-Allied Army ⓘ
Bylandt’s Brigade → allegiance → Duke of Wellington’s Anglo-Allied army ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
Bylandt’s Brigade → army → Anglo-Allied army ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army