'My, my! At Waterloo Napoleon did surrender,’ sang Sweden’s fab four in their famous Eurovision Song Contest winner. Now this may come as a surprise, but you would be well advised not to rely on Abba to help with your history homework. If Benny and Bjorn actually laboured under this surrendering misapprehension when they wrote their song (songwriters are not hot on facts – happy to say anything as long as it rhymes), they would have discovered the truth when they subsequently paid a visit to the Wellington Museum in Waterloo, just south of Brussels in Belgium. View of Hougoumont farmhouse from The Lion's Mound or Butte du Lion on the battlefield of Waterloo, BelgiumContrary to the Abba song, Napoleon did not surrender at WaterlooTemplar hospice is being turned into a restaurant-cum-brewery, museumMay sees the 75th anniversary of 'glorious failure' of Operation Dynamo
Battle of _ reenactors stand in historic costume, with rifles and flags. Despite facing superior forces with a hastily assembled army, it is extraordinary that _ came very close to victory.