Yakin Waterloo

Ketare iyaka kusa da Charleroi kafin wayewar gari a ranar 15 ga Yuni, Faransawa sun mamaye matsugunin haɗin gwiwar cikin hanzari, tare da tabbatar da "tsakiyar matsayi" Napoleon tsakanin sojojin Wellington da Blücher.Ya yi fatan wannan zai hana su hada kansu, kuma zai iya halakar da farko sojojin Prussian, sa'an nan Wellington.Umurnin Ney shine ya tsare mashigar Quatre Bras, ta yadda daga baya zai iya karkata zuwa gabas kuma ya karfafa Napoleon idan ya cancanta.Ney ya gano mashigar Quatre Bras da sauki a hannun Yariman Orange, wanda ya dakile harin da Ney ya fara kai masa, amma a hankali wasu gungun sojojin Faransa sun kore shi.A halin yanzu, a ranar 16 ga Yuni, Napoleon ya kai hari kuma ya ci nasara a Blücher's Prussians a yakin Ligny ta amfani da wani ɓangare na ajiyar da kuma reshen dama na sojojinsa.Cibiyar Prussian ta ba da izini a karkashin manyan hare-haren Faransanci, amma gefuna sun rike kasa.Komawar Prussian daga Ligny ya tafi ba tare da katsewa ba kuma da alama Faransawa basu kula ba.Tare da komawar Prussian daga Ligny, matsayin Wellington a Quatre Bras ba zai yuwu ba.Kashegari ya janye zuwa arewa, zuwa wani matsayi na tsaro da ya sake nazarin shekarar da ta gabata—ƙananan ƙoramar Mont-Saint-Jean, kudu da ƙauyen Waterloo da dajin Sonian.Kafin ya bar Ligny, Napoleon ya umarci Grouchy, wanda ya umarci reshe na dama, da ya bi Prussians da suka koma tare da maza 33,000.A farkon farawa, rashin tabbas game da jagorancin Prussians suka ɗauka, da rashin daidaituwa na umarnin da aka ba shi, yana nufin cewa Grouchy ya yi latti don hana sojojin Prussian isa Wavre, daga inda zai iya tafiya don tallafawa Wellington.

Wellington ya tashi da misalin karfe 02:00 ko 03:00 a ranar 18 ga Yuni, kuma ya rubuta wasiku har wayewar gari.Tun da farko ya rubuta wa Blücher yana mai tabbatar da cewa zai yi yaƙi a Mont-Saint-Jean idan Blücher zai iya ba shi gawawwaki ɗaya;in ba haka ba zai koma Brussels.A wata majalisa da daddare, shugaban ma’aikatan Blücher, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, ya nuna rashin amincewa da dabarun Wellington, amma Blücher ya lallashe shi cewa ya kamata su yi tattaki don shiga sojojin Wellington.Da safe Wellington ta sami amsa daga Blücher, ta yi alkawarin tallafa masa da gawawwaki uku.

Napoleon ya yi karin kumallo daga farantin azurfa a Le Caillou, gidan da ya kwana.Lokacin da Soult ya ba da shawarar cewa ya kamata a tuna da Grouchy don shiga babban runduna, Napoleon ya ce, "Saboda dukan ku Wellington ya doke ku, kuna tsammanin shi babban janar ne. Ina gaya muku Wellington mummunan janar ne, Ingilishi baƙar fata ne. kuma wannan lamarin bai wuce cin karin kumallo ba”.Maganar watsi da Napoleon na iya zama dabara, idan aka yi la'akari da iyakarsa "a cikin yaki, halin kirki shine komai".Ya taba yin irin wannan abu a baya, kuma a safiyar yakin Waterloo yana mai da martani ne ga bacin rai da rashin amincewar babban hafsan hafsoshinsa da manyan hafsoshin sojojinsa.

A Wavre, Prussian IV Corps a ƙarƙashin Bülow an tsara shi don jagorantar tafiya zuwa Waterloo kamar yadda yake cikin mafi kyawun tsari, ba tare da shiga cikin yakin Ligny ba.Ko da yake ba su sami raunuka ba, IV Corps sun shafe kwanaki biyu suna tafiya, suna rufe ja da baya na wasu gawawwakin sojojin Prussian guda uku daga filin daga na Ligny.An sanya su a nesa da filin daga, kuma ci gaban ya kasance a hankali.Hanyoyin ba su da kyau bayan ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya da aka yi a daren, kuma mutanen Bülow sun bi ta kan titunan Wavre masu cunkoson jama'a tare da motsa manyan bindigogi 88.Ba a taimaka ba lokacin da gobara ta tashi a Wavre, tare da toshe wasu tituna da ke kan hanyar Bülow.Sakamakon haka, ɓangaren ƙarshe na gawarwakin ya tashi da ƙarfe 10:00, sa'o'i shida bayan manyan abubuwan sun tashi zuwa Waterloo.An bi mutanen Bülow zuwa Waterloo da farko daga I Corps sannan II Corps.

A 11:00, Napoleon ya tsara umarninsa na gaba ɗaya: Reille's Corps a hagu da kuma d'Erlon's Corps a hannun dama za su kai farmaki kauyen Mont-Saint-Jean kuma su ci gaba da kasancewa da juna.Wannan oda ya ɗauka cewa layin yaƙi na Wellington yana cikin ƙauyen, maimakon a matsayi na gaba a kan tudu.Don ba da damar hakan, ƙungiyar Jerome za ta fara kai hari kan Hougoumont, wanda Napoleon ya sa ran zai zana a ajiyar Wellington, tunda asararsa za ta yi barazana ga hanyoyin sadarwarsa da teku.Babban baturi na ajiyar manyan bindigogi na I, II, da VI Corps shine zai jefa bam a tsakiyar matsayin Wellington daga misalin karfe 13:00.Gawawwakin D'Erlon za su kai hari a hagu na Wellington, su keta, su mirgina layinsa daga gabas zuwa yamma.A cikin abubuwan tunawa, Napoleon ya rubuta cewa nufinsa shine ya raba sojojin Wellington daga Prussian kuma ya mayar da shi zuwa teku.

Masanin tarihi Andrew Roberts ya lura cewa "Abu ne mai ban sha'awa game da yakin Waterloo cewa babu wanda ya tabbatar da gaske lokacin da ya fara".Wellington ya rubuta a cikin sakonsa cewa "da misalin karfe goma [Napoleon] ya fara wani mummunan hari a ofishinmu a Hougoumont".Wasu majiyoyin sun bayyana cewa harin ya fara ne da misalin karfe 11:30. Kamfanin wuta na Guards hudu ne suka kare gidan da kewayensa, da katako da wurin shakatawa na Hanoverian Jäger da 1/2nd Nassau.Harin farko da rundunar Bauduin ta kai ya kwashe itacen da wurin shakatawa, amma manyan bindigogin Birtaniyya suka kora su da baya, kuma Bauduin ya kashe rayuwarsa.Yayin da bindigu na Birtaniyya suka shagaltu da wani kawanya da makamin Faransa, hari na biyu na rundunar Soye da abin da Bauduin ya yi suka yi nasarar isa kofar gidan da ke arewa.Sous-Lieutenant Legros, wani jami'in Faransa, ya karya kofar da gatari, kuma wasu sojojin Faransa sun yi nasarar shiga tsakar gidan.Coldstream Guards da Scots Guards sun isa don tallafawa tsaro.An yi ta fama da tashin hankali, kuma Birtaniya sun yi nasarar rufe kofa ga sojojin Faransa da ke kwararowa a ciki. Faransawan da suka makale a farfajiyar duk an kashe su.Wani matashin dan ganga ne kawai aka tsira.An ci gaba da gwabza fada a kusa da Hougoumont duk da yamma.Sojojin ruwan Faransa ne suka saka hannun jari sosai a kewayenta, kuma an kai hare-hare a kan sojojin da ke bayan Hougoumont.Sojojin Wellington sun kare gidan da babbar hanyar da ke gudu daga arewa.Da yamma, Napoleon da kansa ya ba da umarnin a yi harsashi a gidan don cinna masa wuta, wanda hakan ya yi sanadiyyar lalata kowa sai ɗakin sujada.Du Plat's brigade na King's German Legion an kawo su gaba don kare hanya mara kyau, wanda dole ne su yi ba tare da manyan jami'ai ba.Daga ƙarshe sun sami kwanciyar hankali daga 71st Highlanders, rundunar sojojin Biritaniya.Birgediya ta 3 ta Hugh Halkett ta Hanoverian Brigade ta kara karfafa rundunar Adam, kuma ta yi nasarar fatattakar wasu hare-haren dakaru da na doki da Reille ya aike.Hougoumont ya tsaya har zuwa karshen yakin.

Bayan 13:00 kaɗan, harin na Corps ya fara cikin manyan ginshiƙai.Bernard Cornwell ya rubuta "[column] yana ba da shawarar tsari mai tsayi tare da kunkuntar ƙarshensa wanda ke nufin kamar mashi a layin abokan gaba, yayin da a gaskiya ya kasance kamar bulo da ke ci gaba a gefe kuma harin d'Erlon ya kasance da irin wannan tubali guda hudu, kowannensu. daya bangare na sojojin faransa.Kowane bangare, in ban da guda daya, an zana shi da dimbin jama’a, wanda ya kunshi runduna takwas ko tara da aka kafa, aka tura su, aka sanya su a ginshiki daya bayan daya, taki biyar kacal a tsakanin rundunonin.Ƙungiyoyin za su ci gaba a cikin echelon daga hagu a nesa na taki 400 - Rukunin 2nd (Donzelot's) a hannun dama na brigade na Bourgeois, 3rd Division (Marcognet's) na gaba, da 4th Division (Durutte's) a dama. .Ney ne ya jagorance su zuwa harin, kowanne shafi yana da gaban kusan fayiloli dari da sittin zuwa dari biyu.Yankin hagu na hagu ya ci gaba a kan filin gona mai bangon La Haye Sainte.Rundunar sojojin Jamus ta Sarki ta kare gidan gona.Yayin da wata bataliyar Faransa ta yi wa masu tsaron baya daga gaba, bataliyoyin da suka biyo baya sun fantsama zuwa kowane bangare kuma, tare da goyon bayan wasu gungun 'yan ta'adda, sun yi nasarar ware gidan gona.Sojojin Jamus na Sarki sun kare gidan gona da kakkausan harshe.A duk lokacin da Faransawa suka yi ƙoƙarin yin girman bangon Jamusawan da suka fi yawa sun ɗauke su.Yariman Orange ya ga an yanke La Haye Sainte kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya ƙarfafa ta ta hanyar tura Battalion Hanoverian Lüneburg a layi.Cuirassiers sun ɓoye a cikin wani folds a cikin ƙasa sun kama su kuma suka lalata shi cikin mintuna kaɗan sannan suka wuce La Haye Sainte, kusan gaɓar ramin, inda suka rufe gefen hagu na d'Erlon yayin da harin nasa ya ci gaba.

A kusan 13:15, Napoleon ya ga ginshiƙan farko na Prussians a kusa da ƙauyen Lasne-Chapelle-Saint-Lambert, mil 4 zuwa 5 (kilomita 6.4 zuwa 8.0) daga gefen damansa - kimanin sa'o'i uku suna tafiya don sojoji.Halin Napoleon shine Marshal Soult ya aika da sako zuwa Grouchy yana gaya masa ya zo fagen fama kuma ya kai hari ga Prussians masu zuwa.Grouchy, duk da haka, ya kasance yana aiwatar da umarnin Napoleon na baya don bin Prussians "da takobin ku a bayansa" zuwa Wavre, kuma ya yi nisa sosai don isa Waterloo.Gérard, wanda ke karkashinsa, ya shawarci Grouchy, da ya “tafi zuwa sautin bindigogi”, amma ya makale a kan umarninsa, ya kuma yi aikin gadi na Prussian III Corps karkashin jagorancin Laftanar-Janar Baron von Thielmann a yakin Wavre.Bugu da ƙari, wasiƙar Soult ta umurci Grouchy da sauri don shiga Napoleon kuma ya kai hari Bülow ba zai isa Grouchy ba har sai bayan 20:00.

Bindigogin 80 na babban baturin Napoleon sun zana a tsakiya.Wadannan sun bude wuta ne da karfe 11:50, a cewar Lord Hill (Kwamandan rundunar Anglo-allied II Corps), yayin da wasu majiyoyin suka sanya lokacin tsakanin tsakar rana zuwa 13:30.Babban baturi ya yi nisa da baya don yin niyya daidai, kuma kawai sauran sojojin da suke iya gani sune skirmishers na regiments na Kempt and Pack, da Perponcher's 2nd Dutch division (sauran suna amfani da halayyar Wellington "reverse gangara tsaro").Harin bam din ya janyo asarar dimbin rayuka.Ko da yake wasu na'urori sun binne kansu a cikin ƙasa mai laushi, yawancin sun sami alamar su a kan gangaren juzu'i.Harin bam din ya tilastawa sojojin dawaki na Union Brigade (a layi na uku) komawa hagu, don rage yawan asarar da suka yi.

Uxbridge ya umurci brigades guda biyu na sojan doki na Biritaniya - waɗanda ba a gani a bayan tudu - don yin cajin don tallafawa sojojin da ke da ƙarfi.Brigade na farko, wanda aka fi sani da Brigade Household, wanda Manjo-Janar Lord Edward Somerset ya ba da umarni, ya ƙunshi rundunonin tsaro: 1st da 2nd Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), da 1st (Sarki) Dragoon Guards.Brigade na biyu, wanda kuma aka fi sani da Union Brigade, wanda Manjo-Janar Sir William Ponsonby ya ba da umarni, ana kiran ta kamar yadda ta ƙunshi Ingilishi (na farko ko The Royals), ɗan Scotland (2nd Scots Grays), da ɗan Irish (na shida). ko Inniskilling) rejista na nauyi dragons.Brigade na Iyali ya ketare iyakar matsayin Anglo-allied kuma ya caje ƙasa.Har yanzu masu gadin gefen hagu na d'Erlon sun tarwatse, don haka aka mamaye babbar hanyar da ta nutse sannan aka fatattake su.A ci gaba da harin nasu, squadrons na hagu na Brigade na Household Brigade sannan suka lalata Brigade na Aulard.Duk da yunƙurin tunawa da su, sun ci gaba da wucewa La Haye Sainte kuma suka sami kansu a gindin tsaunin a kan dawakai da ke fuskantar ƙungiyar Schmitz da aka kafa a cikin murabba'i.Nan da nan Napoleon ya mayar da martani ta hanyar ba da umarnin kai hari daga dakarun cuirassier brigades na Farine da Travers da na Jaquinot na Chevau-léger (lancer) guda biyu a rukunin sojojin doki na I Corps.Rashin tsari da niƙa game da kasan kwarin tsakanin Hougoumont da La Belle Alliance, Scots Grays da sauran manyan mayaƙan doki na Biritaniya sun yi mamaki ta hanyar cajin ma'aikatan Milhaud, tare da lancers daga Baron Jaquinot's 1st Cavalry Division.Yayin da Ponsonby ya yi ƙoƙari ya tara mutanensa a kan ƴan ta'addar Faransawa, ma'aikatan Jaquinot sun kai masa hari suka kama shi.Wata ƙungiya da ke kusa da Scots Grays ta ga kama kuma ta yi yunƙurin ceto kwamandan nasu.Dan kasar Faransa wanda ya kama Ponsonby ya kashe shi sannan ya yi amfani da mashinsa ya kashe uku daga cikin 'yan Scots Grays da suka yi yunkurin ceto.A lokacin da Ponsonby ya mutu, ƙarfin ya dawo gaba ɗaya don goyon bayan Faransawa.Sojojin Milhaud da Jaquinot sun kori Brigade na Union daga kwari.Sakamakon ya kasance asara mai yawa ga sojojin dawakan Burtaniya.Wani cajin cajin, da dodon haske na Birtaniyya a ƙarƙashin Manjo-Janar Vandeleur da dodon haske na Dutch-Belgian da hussars a ƙarƙashin Manjo-Janar Ghigny a gefen hagu, da Dutch-Belgian carabiniers a ƙarƙashin Manjo-Janar Tafiya a tsakiya, sun kori sojojin Faransa.

Kafin karfe 16:00, Ney ya lura da fitowa fili daga tsakiyar Wellington.Ya karkata akalar motsin wadanda suka jikkata zuwa baya don farkon koma-baya, ya nemi yin amfani da shi.Bayan shan kashi na d'Erlon's Corps, Ney yana da 'yan tsirarun sojojin da suka rage, saboda yawancin sojojin da aka yi wa harin Hougoumont mara amfani ko don kare hakkin Faransanci.Don haka Ney yayi kokarin karya cibiyar Wellington da sojojin dawakai kadai.Da farko, rundunar sojan dawaki ta Milhaud na cuirassiers da Lefebvre-Desnoëttes na rukunin sojojin doki na Imperial Guard, wasu saber 4,800, an yi.Lokacin da aka kori wadannan, an kara yawan sojojin dawakai na Kellermann da na Guyot na Guard a cikin harin da aka yi, jimlar kusan 9,000 na doki a cikin 67 squadrons.Lokacin da Napoleon ya ga cajin, ya ce an yi sa'a guda da sauri.Sojojin na Wellington sun amsa ta hanyar samar da murabba'ai (tsararrun akwatin-tsararrun darajoji hudu masu zurfi).Filayen sun fi ƙanƙanta fiye da yadda aka saba nunawa a cikin zane-zanen yaƙin- filin bataliyar mutum 500 ba zai wuce ƙafa 60 ba (m18) a tsayi a gefe.Filayen sojojin da suka tsaya tsayin daka sun yi sanadin mutuwar sojojin dawakai, saboda sojojin dawakai ba za su iya yin cudanya da sojoji a bayan shingen bayonet ba, amma su kansu suna fuskantar wuta daga dandalin.Dawakai ba za su yi cajin murabba'i ba, kuma ba za a iya fitar da su daga gefe ba, amma sun kasance masu rauni ga harbin bindiga ko sojoji.Wellington ya umarci ma'aikatansa na bindigu da su fake a cikin filaye yayin da sojojin dawakan ke gabatowa, kuma su koma ga bindigunsu su sake yin harbi yayin da suke ja da baya.Shaidu a cikin sojojin Biritaniya sun yi rikodin hare-hare har 12, kodayake wannan yana iya haɗawa da raƙuman ruwa na gaba ɗaya;Yawan hare-haren gama-gari babu shakka ya yi ƙasa sosai.Kellermann, ya fahimci rashin amfanin hare-haren, ya yi ƙoƙari ya ajiye manyan brigade carabinier daga shiga, amma daga bisani Ney ya hango su kuma ya dage kan shigar su.

Daga ƙarshe ya zama a fili, har ma ga Ney, cewa sojojin dawakai kaɗai ba su cimma kaɗan ba.Ba tare da bata lokaci ba, ya shirya harin makami mai hade da juna, inda ya yi amfani da bangaren Bachelu da Tissot's rejist na Foy's division daga Reille's II Corps (kimanin sojoji 6,500) da sojojin dawakai na Faransa da suka rage a cikin yanayi mai kyau don yin yaki.An kai wannan harin ne ta hanya iri daya da harin da aka kai na sojan doki na baya (tsakanin Hougoumont da La Haye Sainte).Wani cajin sojan doki na Household Brigade wanda Uxbridge ke jagoranta ya dakatar da shi.Sojojin na Burtaniya sun kasa, duk da haka, su karya sojojin Faransa, kuma sun koma baya tare da hasara daga gobarar musketry.Duk da cewa sojojin dawakin Faransa sun yi sanadin mutuwar mutane kaɗan a tsakiyar Wellington, harbin bindigogi da aka yi a dandalin sojojin sa ya jawo mutane da yawa.Sojojin dawakan Wellington, in ban da Sir John Vandeleur's da Sir Hussey Vivian brigades a hagu mai nisa, duk sun jajirce wajen yakin, kuma sun yi hasara mai yawa.Lamarin dai ya yi matukar kaduwa har Cumberland Hussars, rundunar sojan doki ta Hanoveriya daya tilo da ke wurin, ta tsere daga filin tana yada kararrawa har zuwa Brussels.

A daidai lokacin da Ney ya kai hari da makami a tsakiyar dama na layin Wellington, abubuwan da suka hada da D'Erlon's I Corps, wanda 13th Légère ya jagoranta, ya sabunta harin a La Haye Sainte kuma wannan lokacin ya yi nasara, wani bangare saboda Harsashin rundunar sojojin Sarkin Jamus sun kare.Duk da haka, Jamusawa sun riƙe tsakiyar filin daga kusan dukan yini, kuma hakan ya hana Faransa ci gaba.Da aka kama La Haye Sainte, Ney sai ya matsar da mahara da bindigogin dawakai zuwa tsakiyar Wellington.Sojojin Faransa sun fara murza filayen sojojin cikin gajeren zango da gwangwani.Runduna ta 30 da ta 73 sun sha asara mai yawa wanda ya sa suka hada kai don samar da fili mai inganci.Nasarar da Napoleon ya buƙaci ya ci gaba da kai farmaki ya faru.Ney yana gab da karya cibiyar kawancen Anglo.Tare da wannan gobarar manyan bindigogin Faransa masu tirailleur sun mamaye manyan wurare a bayan La Haye Sainte kuma suka zuba wuta mai inganci a cikin murabba'i.Halin da ake ciki na Anglo-allies a yanzu ya kasance mai muni sosai don haka launuka na 33 na Regiment da dukkan launuka na Brigade na Halkett an aika su zuwa baya don kare lafiya, wanda masanin tarihi Alessandro Barbero ya bayyana a matsayin, "... ma'aunin da ba shi da wani misali".Wellington, lura da raguwar gobara daga La Haye Sainte, tare da ma'aikatansa sun yi tafiya kusa da ita.'Yan ta'addar Faransa sun bayyana a kusa da ginin kuma suka yi ta harbin kan mai uwa da wabi a lokacin da suke kokarin tserewa ta shingen shingen da ke kan hanya.An kashe da yawa daga cikin manyan hafsoshin Wellington da mataimakansu ciki har da FitzRoy Somerset, Canning, de Lancey, Alten da Cooke.Halin da ake ciki yanzu yana da mahimmanci kuma Wellington, wanda aka makale a cikin filin jirgin sama kuma bai san abubuwan da suka faru ba, yana da matsananciyar zuwan taimako daga Prussians.

Prussian IV Corps (Bülow's) shine farkon wanda ya isa cikin ƙarfi.Burin Bülow shine Plancenoit, wanda Prussians suka yi niyya don amfani da shi azaman tsintsiya madaurinki daya zuwa baya na matsayi na Faransa.Blücher yayi niyyar tabbatar da hakkinsa akan Châteaux Frichermont ta hanyar amfani da hanyar Bois de Paris.Blücher da Wellington sun kasance suna musayar sadarwa tun daga karfe 10:00 kuma sun amince da wannan ci gaba a Frichermont idan har cibiyar Wellington ta kai hari. Janar Bülow ya lura cewa hanyar Plancenoit a bude take kuma lokacin ya kasance 16:30.A daidai wannan lokacin, an aika da Brigade na 15 na Prussian don haɗa kai da Nassauers na Wellington ta gefen hagu a yankin Frichermont-La Haie, tare da batirin bindigogin doki na brigade da ƙarin bindigogin birged da aka tura zuwa hagu don tallafawa.Napoleon ya aika da gawar Lobau don dakatar da sauran Bülow's IV Corps zuwa Plancenoit.Brigade na 15 ya kori sojojin Lobau daga Frichermont tare da cajin bayonet, sa'an nan kuma ya ci gaba da hawan Frichermont, ya yi wa Chasseurs na Faransa da wuta mai 12-pounder, kuma ya tura zuwa Plancenoit.Wannan ya aika da gawarwakin Lobau zuwa ja da baya zuwa yankin Plancenoit, inda ya tuka Lobau ya wuce bayan gefen dama na Armee Du Nord kuma kai tsaye ya yi barazanar ja da baya kawai.Hiller's Brigade na 16 kuma sun tura gaba tare da bataliya shida akan Plancenoit.Napoleon ya aika da bataliyoyin Matasa guda takwas don ƙarfafa Lobau, wanda a yanzu ya matsa sosai.Matasan Guard sun kai hari, kuma, bayan fada mai tsanani, sun tabbatar da Plancenoit, amma an kai musu hari aka kore su.Napoleon ya aika da bataliyoyin biyu na Tsakiya / Tsohon Tsaro a cikin Plancenoit kuma bayan mummunan fadan bayonet - ba su yi watsi da su ba - wannan rundunar ta sake kama kauyen.

A cikin yammacin yamma, Prussian I Corps (Zieten's) sun kasance suna isa da karfi a yankin arewacin La Haie.Janar Müffling, mai haɗin gwiwar Prussian zuwa Wellington, ya hau don saduwa da Zieten.A wannan lokacin Zieten ya kawo Prussian 1st Brigade (Steinmetz's), amma ya damu da ganin 'yan fashi da kuma wadanda suka jikkata daga sassan Nassau a gefen hagu na Wellington da kuma daga Prussian 15th Brigade (Laurens').Wadannan dakaru sun bayyana suna janyewa kuma Zieten, yana tsoron cewa za a kama sojojinsa a cikin wani babban koma baya, ya fara motsawa daga Wellington's flank kuma zuwa ga Prussian babban jiki kusa da Plancenoit.Zieten ya kuma sami umarni kai tsaye daga Blücher don tallafawa Bülow, wanda Zieten ya yi biyayya, ya fara tafiya zuwa taimakon Bülow.Müffling ya ga wannan motsi ya tafi kuma ya lallashe Zieten ya goyi bayan gefen hagu na Wellington.Müffling ya gargadi Zieten cewa "Yaƙin ya ɓace idan gawarwakin ba su ci gaba da tafiya ba kuma nan da nan sun tallafa wa sojojin Ingila."Zieten ya ci gaba da tafiya don tallafa wa Wellington kai tsaye, kuma zuwan sojojinsa ya ba Wellington damar ƙarfafa cibiyarsa ta rushewa ta hanyar motsa dawakai daga hagunsa.Faransawa suna tsammanin Grouchy zai yi tafiya zuwa goyon bayan su daga Wavre, kuma lokacin da Prussian I Corps (Zieten's) ya bayyana a Waterloo maimakon Grouchy, "firgita na rashin tausayi ya rushe halin Faransanci" kuma "ganin zuwan Zieten ya haifar da tashin hankali a Napoleon. sojojin".I Corps ya ci gaba da kai hari ga sojojin Faransa a gaban Papelotte kuma da karfe 19:30 na Faransanci ya lankwashe shi a cikin siffar takalmin dawakai.Ƙarshen layin yanzu sun dogara ne akan Hougoumont a hagu, Plancenoit a dama, da kuma tsakiya a kan La Haie.

A halin yanzu, tare da cibiyar Wellington ta fallasa ta faɗuwar La Haye Sainte da kuma gaban Plancenoit ya daidaita na ɗan lokaci, Napoleon ya ƙaddamar da ajiyarsa na ƙarshe, rundunar sojojin Imperial Guard da ba ta yi nasara ba.Wannan harin, wanda aka ɗora da misalin karfe 19:30, an yi niyya ne don shiga tsakiyar Wellington ya mirgine layinsa daga Prussians.Sauran sojojin sun yi gangamin goyon bayan ci gaban da aka samu.A gefen hagu na sojojin Reille waɗanda ba su da hannu tare da Hougoumont da sojojin dawakai sun ci gaba.A hannun dama duk abubuwan da aka tattara na D'Érlon's corps sun sake hawa kan tudu kuma suka shiga layin Anglo-allied.Daga cikin waɗannan, brigade na Pégot ya shiga cikin tsari na rikici kuma ya koma arewa da yammacin La Haye Sainte kuma ya ba da goyon bayan wuta ga Ney, ba tare da doki ba, da Friant's 1st/3rd Grenadiers.Da farko dai Jami’an tsaron sun samu wuta daga wasu bataliya na Brunswick, amma gobarar da ‘yan gurneti suka mayar ya tilasta musu yin ritaya.Bayan haka, layin gaba na Brigade na Colin Halkett wanda ya kunshi na 30th Foot da 73th sun yi musayar wuta amma sai aka mayar da su cikin rudani a cikin runduna ta 33 da 69, an harbi Halket a fuska tare da raunata sosai sannan gaba dayan brigade suka ja da baya a cikin jama'a.Sauran sojojin da ke kawance da Anglo suma sun fara ba da dama.Wani harin da 'yan Nassauers suka yi da ragowar sojojin Kielmansegge daga layin na biyu na Anglo-allied, karkashin jagorancin Yariman Orange, an jefar da su baya kuma Yariman na Orange ya sami mummunan rauni.Janar Harlet ya kawo Grenadiers na 4 kuma cibiyar haɗin gwiwar Anglo tana cikin haɗari mai tsanani na karye.A wannan mawuyacin lokaci ne Janar Chassé na Holland ya shiga sojojin Faransa masu ci gaba.An aika da sabon rukuni na Chassé na Dutch a kansu, wanda batirin dawakai na Dutch ya jagoranta wanda Kyaftin Krahmer de Bichin ya umarta.Baturin ya buɗe wuta mai lalacewa a gefen 1st/3rd Grenadiers' gefen.Wannan har yanzu bai dakatar da ci gaban Guard ba, don haka Chassé ya umarci brigadensa na farko, wanda Kanar Hendrik Detmers ya umarta, da ya caje Faransanci da suka fi yawa da bayonet;Ginediyan Faransawa daga nan sai suka fashe suka karye.Grenadiers na 4, ganin abokan aikinsu sun ja da baya kuma sun sha wahala da kansu, yanzu sun yi tafiya daidai kuma sun yi ritaya.

A gefen hagu na Grenadiers na 4th sune murabba'i biyu na 1st/ da 2nd/3rd Chasseurs waɗanda suka yi gaba zuwa yamma kuma sun sha fama da gobarar manyan bindigogi fiye da gurneti.Amma yayin da suka ci gaba da hawan dutsen, sai suka tarar an watsar da shi kuma an rufe shi da matattu.Ba zato ba tsammani 1,500 Guard Foot Guard na Biritaniya a ƙarƙashin Maitland waɗanda ke kwance don kare kansu daga makaman Faransa sun tashi tare da lalata su da babura.Masu tseren ne aka tura domin amsa gobarar, amma wasu 300 ne suka fado daga wasan volley na farko, ciki har da Kanar Mallet da Janar Michel, da kwamandojin bataliya.Wani cajin bayonet da masu tsaron ƙafa suka yi sannan ya karya murabba'in marasa jagora, waɗanda suka koma kan ginshiƙi mai zuwa.Bataliya ta 4 ta Chasseurs, mai ƙarfi 800, yanzu ta zo kan bataliyoyin da aka fallasa na Sojojin Kafafu na Biritaniya, waɗanda suka rasa duk wani haɗin kai kuma suka koma kan gangaren a matsayin taron da ba su da tsari tare da 'yan fashin suna bi.A bakin kololuwar 'yan chasseurs sun zo kan baturin da ya yi sanadin asara mai tsanani a kan 1st da 2nd/3rd Chasseurs.Suka bude wuta suka tafi da ‘yan bindigar.Bangaren hagu na filin nasu a yanzu ya fuskanci wuta daga wani gagarumin fafatawa na 'yan gwagwarmayar Burtaniya, wanda masu tseren suka kora da baya.Amma an maye gurbin skirmishers da 52nd Light Infantry (2nd Division), karkashin jagorancin John Colborne, wanda ya yi tafiya a kan layi a gefen 'yan chasseurs kuma ya zuba musu wata mummunar wuta.Maharan sun mayar da wuta mai kaifi da ta kashe ko raunata wasu mazaje 150 na 52.Sai na 52 ya caje, kuma a karkashin wannan harin, masu chasseurs sun karye.Karshen Mai gadin ya ja da baya.Wani firgici ya ratsa cikin layin Faransanci yayin da labari mai ban mamaki ya bazu: "La Garde recule. Sauve qui peut!"("Mai gadi yana ja da baya. Kowane mutum don kansa!") Wellington yanzu ya tashi a cikin muryoyin Copenhagen kuma ya kada hularsa a cikin iska don nuna alamar ci gaba gaba ɗaya.Sojojinsa sun yi gaba da sauri daga layin kuma suka jefa kansu a kan Faransawa masu ja da baya.Masu gadin Imperial da suka tsira sun yi tattaki kan bataliyoyin ajiyar su uku (wasu majiyoyi sun ce hudu) a kudu da La Haye Sainte don tsayawa ta karshe.Wani cajin da aka yi daga Brigade na Adam da Battalion na Landwehr Osnabrück, da Vivian's da Vandeleur's sabbin sojojin doki a hannun dama, ya jefa su cikin rudani.Waɗanda aka bari a rukunin haɗin gwiwa sun koma La Belle Alliance.A lokacin wannan ja da baya ne aka gayyaci wasu daga cikin Masu gadin da su mika wuya, wanda ya haifar da sanannen, idan apocryphal, retort "La Garde meurt, elle ne se rend pas!"("Mai gadi ya mutu, ba ya mika wuya!").

A daidai lokacin da aka kai harin na Imperial Guard, Prussian 5th, 14th, and 16th Brigades sun fara turawa ta Plancenoit, a hari na uku na rana.A yanzu cocin na ci da wuta, yayin da makabarta—cibiyar juriya ta Faransa—gawawwakin gawarwaki sun bazu “kamar guguwa”.Bataliyoyin Masu gadi biyar ne aka tura domin tallafawa Matasan Guard, kusan dukkansu sun sadaukar da kansu ga tsaron, tare da ragowar gawarwakin Lobau.Makullin matsayi na Plancenoit ya tabbatar da cewa itacen Chantelet zuwa kudu.Pirch's II Corps ya isa tare da brigades biyu kuma ya karfafa harin na IV Corps, yana ci gaba ta cikin dazuzzuka.Bataliyoyin musketeer na Regiment na 25 sun jefa 1/2e Grenadiers (Old Guard) daga cikin dazuzzukan Chantelet, sun yi waje da Plancenoit tare da tilasta ja da baya.Tsohuwar Guard ɗin sun ja da baya cikin tsari mai kyau har sai da suka gamu da ɗimbin sojoji suna ja da baya a firgice, suka zama wani ɓangare na wannan mugunyar.Prussian IV Corps ya wuce Plancenoit don nemo ɗimbin Faransawa da ke ja da baya a cikin rikici daga bin Birtaniyya.Prussians ba su iya yin wuta ba saboda tsoron bugun sassan Wellington.Wannan shine karo na biyar kuma na ƙarshe da Plancenoit ya canza hannu.Sojojin Faransa da ba su ja da baya ba tare da Masu gadin an kewaye su a wurarensu kuma an kawar da su, ba wani bangare na neman ko bayar da kwata.Sashen Tsaron Matasan Faransa ya ba da rahoton mutuwar kashi 96 cikin ɗari, kuma kashi biyu bisa uku na rundunar Lobau ta daina wanzuwa.

Dama, hagu, da tsakiya na Faransa duk sun gaza yanzu.Sojojin Faransa na ƙarshe na haɗin gwiwa sun ƙunshi bataliyoyin Tsohuwar Guard guda biyu da ke kewayen La Belle Alliance;An sanya su don yin aiki a matsayin ajiyar ƙarshe da kuma kare Napoleon a yayin da Faransa ta koma baya.Ya yi fatan hada sojojin Faransa a baya, amma yayin da ja da baya ya zama cin zarafi, su ma an tilasta musu janyewa, daya daga kowane bangare na La Belle Alliance, a cikin fili domin kariya daga sojojin kawance.Har sai da aka shawo kan cewa yakin ya ɓace kuma ya kamata ya tafi, Napoleon ya umarci filin da ke hagu na masaukin.Brigade na Adam ya tuhumi tare da tilasta mayar da wannan filin, yayin da Prussians suka shiga ɗayan.Da magariba ta faɗo, murabba'i biyu sun janye cikin tsari mai kyau, amma makaman Faransa da sauran duk sun fada hannun sojojin Prussian da na Anglo-allied.Dakarun tsaron da ke ja da baya sun yi wa dubban sojojin Faransa da ke gudun hijira kawanya.Dakarun dawakai na hadin gwiwa sun yi wa 'yan gudun hijirar har zuwa karfe 23:00, inda Gneisenau ya bi su har zuwa Genappe kafin ya ba da umarnin dakatar da su.A can, an kama karusar Napoleon da aka yi watsi da ita, har yanzu tana ɗauke da kwafin Mahiavelli The Prince, da lu'u-lu'u da aka bari a baya cikin gaggawar tserewa.Wadannan lu'u-lu'u sun zama wani ɓangare na sarki Friedrich Wilhelm na kambi na Prussia;Manjo Keller na F/15th ya karɓi Pour le Mérite tare da ganyen itacen oak don fa'ida.A wannan lokacin kuma an kama bindigogi 78 da fursunoni 2,000, ciki har da karin janar-janar.

Da karfe 10:30 na ranar 19 ga watan Yuni Janar Grouchy, har yanzu yana bin umarninsa, ya yi nasara kan Janar Thielemann a Wavre kuma ya janye cikin tsari mai kyau - duk da cewa an kashe sojojin Faransa 33,000 wadanda ba su isa filin daga na Waterloo ba.Wellington ya aika da sakonsa na hukuma yana kwatanta yakin zuwa Ingila a ranar 19 ga Yuni 1815;Ya isa Landan a ranar 21 ga Yuni 1815 kuma an buga shi azaman Babban Gazette na London akan 22 ga Yuni.Wellington, Blücher da sauran sojojin hadin gwiwa sun kai hari kan Paris.Bayan da sojojinsa suka koma baya, Napoleon ya gudu zuwa Paris bayan shan kayen da ya yi, ya isa karfe 5:30 na safe ranar 21 ga watan Yuni.Napoleon ya rubuta wa ɗan'uwansa kuma mai mulki a Paris, Joseph, yana gaskata cewa har yanzu zai iya tayar da sojoji don yakar sojojin Anglo-Prussian yayin da yake gudu daga filin yaƙin Waterloo.Napoleon ya yi imanin cewa zai iya tara magoya bayan Faransa zuwa ga manufarsa kuma ya yi kira ga dakarun da za su dakatar da sojojin da suka mamaye har sai sojojin Janar Grouchy za su iya ƙarfafa shi a birnin Paris.Duk da haka, bayan shan kaye a Waterloo, goyon bayan Napoleon daga jama'ar Faransa da sojojinsa ya ragu, ciki har da Janar Ney, wanda ya yi imanin cewa Paris za ta fadi idan Napoleon ya ci gaba da mulki.Napoleon ya sanar da murabus dinsa na biyu a ranar 24 ga Yuni 1815. A fadan karshe na yakin Napoleon, Marshal Davout, ministan yaki na Napoleon, ya ci nasara da Blücher a Issy a ranar 3 ga Yuli 1815. Wai, Napoleon ya yi ƙoƙari ya tsere zuwa Arewacin Amirka, amma sojojin Napoleon sun yi nasara. Sojojin ruwa na Royal suna toshe tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Faransa don hana irin wannan yunkuri.Daga karshe ya mika wuya ga Kyaftin Frederick Maitland na HMS Bellerophon a ranar 15 ga Yuli.An mayar da Louis XVIII kan karagar Faransa kuma Napoleon ya kasance gudun hijira zuwa Saint Helena, inda ya mutu a 1821. An sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar Paris a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba 1815.