Wellington chose this place to defend Brussels. Thanks to the relief with its successive ridges, his troops had a place to hide here and the enemy had to climb up with every attack.

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It was at this road that the Imperial Guard, the elite battalion of the French army, launched the attack shortly after 7:30 PM. However, shelling from the Allied infantry and artillery forced the Imperial Guard to retreat, which heralded the beginning of the withdrawal of the rest of the French army. Around 8 p.m., Wellington advanced his troops and achieved victory.

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