One Hundred — Days: Napoleon's Road To Waterloo

Just as the French surged, Blücher’s Prussian army arrived to strike the French flank.

The map of Europe was redrawn to ensure a "balance of power" for decades. One Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo

The Duke of Wellington held a ridge with "iron" discipline. Just as the French surged, Blücher’s Prussian army

Napoleon defeated the Prussians but failed to destroy them. Just as the French surged

Napoleon abdicated and was sent to the remote island of . The Bourbon Monarchy was restored to France.

Napoleon’s return began not with a shot, but with a gamble. He escaped the island of with 1,000 men. King Louis XVIII sent the 5th Regiment to arrest him.