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Shots rang out, and cannon and gunfire clouded the air with thick smoke as the opposing armies advanced into battle.
Royalty, dignitaries and soldiers commemorated the 1815 Battle of Waterloo on Thursday, a watershed moment in European history that marked the end of the continent’s domination by France and its emperor Napoleon and the beginning of the British century.
