英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 92
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻与报道—News and Reports
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Wk 25 (18 June 1815)
France Loses The Battle Of WaterlooThis Week in HistoryFrench forces under Napoleon Bonaparte are defeated by the Allies 1 in Belgium.
In 1815, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte suffered their final defeat in the "The Battle of Waterloo", and the Napoleonic Wars were over. The French were defeated by Allied 2 armies commanded by the Duke of Wellington from Britain and General Blucher from Prussia. The battle was fought a few kilometres south of Brussels in Belgium and was over within a single day. It marked the end of 23 years of conflict across Europe resulting from Napolean's attempt to establish a French Empire across much of the continent. Napoleon was exiled 3 to the island of St Helena where he died in 1821.
- The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium. 这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品。
- A number of the United States' allies had urged him not to take a hasty decision. 美国的一些盟友已力劝他不要急于作决定。