Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three BattlesThe Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller A fabulous story, superbly told cannot be bettered Max Hastings Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything. On the 18th June 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days the French army had beaten the British at Quatre Bras and the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were in retreat. The blood soaked battle of Waterloo