Lion's Mound commemorating the Battle at Waterloo, Belgium. cover photo - 51531015

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The mound is 43 m in height and has a circumference of 520 m, which dimensions would yield a volume in excess of 390,000 mÂ³, despite the usual claim of 300,000 mÂ³. The discrepancy might be accounted for if part of the volume is occupied by an existing volume of some topographic feature, say, the ridge of Mont-St. Jean. The Battle of Waterloo took place near Waterloo on 18 June 1815 between the First French Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Alliance of the Seventh Coalition (the United Kingdom, Prussia, Austria and others), under the main allied commanders, the Duke of Wellington and General von Blucher.

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