Caption:
Battle of Waterloo. Combat that took place on 18 June 1815 in present-day Belgium. Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition. Marshal Ney, at the head of the cuirassiers of the Delort division, charges against General Alten's British division. Drawing by Philippoteaux. Engraving by Deschamps. "Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1879.