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The Battle of La Belle Alliance was the final battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on June 18, 1815. It took place near the village of Waterloo in present-day Belgium. The battle was fought between the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Seventh Coalition, consisting of British, Dutch, and Prussian forces. The coalition forces, under the command of the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, defeated Napoleon's army, leading to his abdication and subsequent exile.