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"Victory, Victory!" at Waterloo

With these two simple and adequate words the Prince of Orange began his short letter he penned somewhere in the late night of 18 June or the early morning of 19 June, to his father and mother. Yes, Napoleon was beaten he wrote and his army corps had played a vital role in the battle. Sure, he was wounded, but not that bad.

Read this original letter (in French) yourselves as it is now on display from the Dutch Royal House archives: Letter from prince Willem.

Prince of Orange

How exactly he had been wounded at Waterloo is described in minute detail by various officers who witnessed the event, such as General van Reede and a brigade-captain of the cavalry Constant-Rebecque de Villars, in our third volume.

Next in Volume Four we will follow the prince how he recuperated from his wound and returned to the army.

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