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Vandamme (i 770-1830) entered the army in early youth, and became Brigadier-General at the âge of twenty-two. Was "with Grouchy during the battle of Waterloo. Banished from France, he hved for a time in the United States, but was subsequently permitted to return to his native land.

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of. Born in Ireland in 1769. From 1797 to 1805 he served in India. In 180S he was sent to Portugal, and commanded the English troops in ail the peninsular campaigns, in which he was almost uniformly successful. He returned to England in 18 14, and in Mardi of the followmg year was sent against Napoléon, whom he completely defeated at Waterloo. From 1827 to 1830 he was Prime Minister, and during the rest of his life he had great influence in the councils of the English government. He died Sept. 18, 1852, and was given the most magnificent funeral ever seen in England.

Ziethen (more properly Zieten) (i 770-1 848) commanded the Prussian first corps at Waterloo.

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