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An immersion into the heart of the Waterloo battle with Napoleon’s 7th line infantry regiment. Captured by Olivier Papegnies 

“If some battles succeeded in changing the course of a war, Waterloo completely altered that of History, marking the end of an extraordinary odyssey and paving the way towards a new era in Europe and across the world” – Waterloo: The Battle For Modern Europe by Andrew Roberts 

June 2015. Waterloo remains synonymous with the downfall of him who was crowned by his enemies ‘The Ogre of Corsica’: Napoleon Bonaparte. 

On this celebratory year marking Waterloo’s bicentenary, a historical event organised in Belgium took place. In the open, thousands of participants contributed to reenacting this memorable, epic clash: the battle that shook Europe and the World. © OLIVIER PAPEGNIES