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== Oh, Hi, and Thanks. ==
The '''Belle-Alliance''' is a small [[inn]] situated a few miles south of [[Brussells]] in [[Belgium]].
It came to prominance when [[Napoleon]] spent the night there prior to the [[Battle of Waterloo]] on [[18 June]] [[1815]], and where he then established his headquaters for the battle itself.
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After the battle [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher|Blucher]], the [[Prussia|Prussian]] Commander suggested that the Battle should be remembered as ''la Belle-Alliance'',to commemerate the European alliance of [[Britain]], [[Russia]], [[Austria]] and Prussia which had gathered to defeat the [[French]] [[Emperor]]. The [[Duke of Wellington]], the Supreme commander of the allied army, instead recommended [[Waterloo, Belgium |Waterloo]], the village just north of the battlefield, where he himself had spent the previous night, commenting that it would not do to name the battle after the loser's command post.
Like my namesake, I am setting out on an adventure: I've no idea where it will end, but am just enjoying the journey through an [[Wikipedia|unknown land]] :-). If I can kill a few trolls on the way, so much the better.
Thanks for the pointers, should prove useful.--[[User:Bilbobee|Bilbo B]] 19:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
[[Category:1815|Waterloo]]
[[Category:Battles of the Napoleonic Wars|Waterloo]]
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