article_snippet: But it seems that the French don’t see it that way, even after 200 years.
article_snippet: The defeat of Napoleon’s army outside a Belgian town by Britain, Prussia and allies from Northern Europe still appears to be something of a sore point.
article_snippet: Hollande argued the Battle of Waterloo was still a bad memory for the French people.
article_snippet: know that the French still could not cope with the fact the French were defeated. '
article_snippet: It is absurd, I would have thought the French the French would have been quite keen to have got rid of an emperor.
article_snippet: the French should grow up a bit.
article_snippet: Despite the popular image of Waterloo as a heroic endeavour, it was also the scene of brutal slaughter as thousands of troops were killed, with the French bearing the brunt of the losses.