The sounds of gunshots ring through the air. Boom! Boom! Boom! We went to Waterloo, Belgium. Waterloo is famous for the Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo was started when Napoleon led the French army to attack the British, Germans, Belgians, Dutch and Prussians (Allies). Napoleon Bonaparte led the French and the Duke of Wellington led the others. The battle took place on June 18, 1815. Horses and canons were used in battle. Some of the canons were so big it took around six horses to pull one. No wonder because each canon was almost a ton! The battle was only a few days, but thousands of people were killed. At the end the French lost. The French were all close together with the British around them. The British told them to surrender, but the French said, "The guard may die, but they will never surrender." The Allies won a huge victory. When you go to where the battle was fought you will see a huge hill. On top lies a big lion which is part of the memorial. The hill is so big it takes 226 steps to get to the top. When we climbed to the top we could see for miles. Waterloo is a great city. Saturday, February 11, 2012
Waterloo
The sounds of gunshots ring through the air. Boom! Boom! Boom! We went to Waterloo, Belgium. Waterloo is famous for the Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo was started when Napoleon led the French army to attack the British, Germans, Belgians, Dutch and Prussians (Allies). Napoleon Bonaparte led the French and the Duke of Wellington led the others. The battle took place on June 18, 1815. Horses and canons were used in battle. Some of the canons were so big it took around six horses to pull one. No wonder because each canon was almost a ton! The battle was only a few days, but thousands of people were killed. At the end the French lost. The French were all close together with the British around them. The British told them to surrender, but the French said, "The guard may die, but they will never surrender." The Allies won a huge victory. When you go to where the battle was fought you will see a huge hill. On top lies a big lion which is part of the memorial. The hill is so big it takes 226 steps to get to the top. When we climbed to the top we could see for miles. Waterloo is a great city.
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Cool lion and that is one big hill. Are you sure it isn't a mini mountain.
ReplyDeleteCool lion and tat is one big hill.
ReplyDeleteAfter climbing those steps I was pretty sure I was climbing a mountain! It was neat too because the hill was actually made by people. They moved earth from different parts of the battles to make it. It was a monument for the Prince of Orange because he got wounded there. I like the name Orange but it’s a little tangy. Get it? You would have liked the gift shop. They had a ton of swords made out of real steel.
ReplyDeleteBANG, BANG, BANG!!! BOOM!!! BOOM!!! AHHHHHH!!!!! POUR LA FRANCE!!!!! In Michigan we had these civil war reactors that would act out a battle at a nearby park the cannons shook the ground and the riffles would crack the air.
ReplyDeleteNice imitation of a war! The reactors sound really cool.
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