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Approximately how many total casualties were inflicted at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815?
About 60,000 casualties in roughly ten hours of combat — 25,000 French dead or wounded, 17,000 Anglo-allied, 7,000 Prussian. Napoleon abdicated four days later. He was exiled to Saint Helena.
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The Single-Day Battle South of Brussels on 18 June 1815 That Ended Napoleon's Hundred Days, Cost Approximately 60,000 Casualties, and Began the Century of British Naval Hegemony The Duke of Wellington's Anglo-allied army of approximately 68,000 and the Prussian army under Blücher of approximately 50,000 defeated Napoleon's French army of approximately 73,000 at Waterloo on 18 June 1815. Approximately 60,000 men were killed or wounded in about ten hours of combat. Napoleon abdicated four days later and was exiled to Saint Helena.
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